Healthy Lunch and Snack Recipes

Lunch is often a rushed meal due to our busy work schedules and it is often eaten out. But lunch can be a very easy meal to prepare yourself if you plan ahead a little bit. Things like sandwiches or leftovers from dinner make quick, easy and healthy meals for lunch.




Lunch recipe ideas:

BYOS – Build Your Own Sandwich. Most work places have refrigerators, so bring some lean lunchmeat, some lettuce, tomato, cucumber or other veggie toppings you enjoy and a loaf of hearty whole wheat bread to make your own sandwiches for lunch. Save time, money, and your health. Spice it up with different condiments like mustard, hummus or pickles.

Veggie Deluxe Sandwich – This sandwich is filled with nutrients and is also quite filling. The hummus provides protein. The avocado is a healthy fat. Plus it’s versatile so you can mix it up by using different condiments, veggies, or flavors of hummus. Click here for recipe

Grilled Chicken & Artichoke Salad – packed with flavor (as well as fiber and nutrients) this salad is an energizing lunch.Click here for recipe

Whole Grain Salad – any cooked grain will work for this twist on a salad. Yes, whole grains taste great cold! Click here for recipe

Potato Lentil Soup with Greens – this soup is quick and easy to make. The lentils have lots of nutrients, fiber, complex carbohydrates, and folic acid. The greens offer a rich source of vitamins and minerals. Click here for recipe