If you work outside of the home, lunch time can make healthy eating difficult. You may be faced with co-worker lunch in’s, office pizza parties, or even local restaurants tempting you into eating something you know isn’t the healthiest choice.
If lunch happens to be the most challenging meal of the day for you, I am about to share three easy grab-and-go lunch options with you. You can quickly prep and pack these recipes for work every day of the week with very little prep time.
A little preparation on the weekend can make for seamless lunch breaks throughout the week.
Healthy Chicken Salad
Who doesn’t love chicken salad? It’s one of those go-to lunch options, and something you would probably find at those local lunch joints close to the office. Instead of ordering out, save yourself money and excess calories and make your own. Here’s what you need.
- Boiled chicken breast, cubed
- ½ of an avocado
- Squeeze of lemon juice
- Onion powder to taste
- Salt & pepper
Method: Combine everything together and refrigerate the night before to bring to work. You can enjoy this chicken salad alone or on top of a salad.
Turkey Roll Ups
Ditch the heavy carbs and reinvent the traditional turkey sandwich. If sandwiches are your go-to lunch, you’re in luck. You can now enjoy your turkey sandwich guilt free, without the bread.
- Turkey breast, thinly sliced OR organic nitrate-free turkey lunch meat
- Slices of cheese
- Veggies of choice
- 1 Tbsp.of avocado based mayonnaise
Method: Add the cheese, veggies, and mayo to the center of the turkey and roll. That’s it! You now have yourself a turkey sandwich without the heavy carbs.
Superfood Bowl
When lunch time comes around, do you find yourself starving and ready for a hearty meal? If you tend to be more hungry at lunch than any other meal, this may be the recipe for you. Plus, this recipe is 100% vegan which means you pack in a nice dose of fiber helping to keep you full until dinner time.
- ½ cup of cooked quinoa
- ¼ cup of black beans
- 1 cup of steamed broccoli florets
- 2 Tbsp. of tahini
- 1 Tbsp. of nutritional yeast
- Salt & pepper to taste
Method: Add all the ingredients minus the tahini to an on-the-go container. Drizzle with tahini.
Don’t let you hunger get in the way of eating healthy. With a little prep work, you can easily have lunch made for the entire week. No more fast food pit stops and no more feeling stranded when those afternoon hunger pangs kick in.
A healthy lifestyle starts with the foods you put in your body. Do your body good by packing lunch every day. You would be surprised how quickly you reduce the amount of sodium, fat, and calories you consume each day.
