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Lunch

Need lunch ideas that are easy, tasty, and made with real ingredients? Skip fast food meals and make these healthy lunch recipes instead!

In this archive, you can find recipes to make healthy lunches that travel well. Make a delicious, low carb lunch like chicken egg roll in a bowl, a protein-packed harvest salad, yogurt bowl or egg salad wrap.

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  • Ground turkey and sweet potato skillet with melted cheese in a large cast iron. It is topped with sliced avocado, jalapeño, and cilantro.

    Ground Turkey Sweet Potato Skillet (One Pan)

  • Curry lentil soup garnished with coconut milk and cilantro in a large white dutch oven with a spoon in it. Off to the side is a plate of lime wedges.

    Coconut Curry Lentil Soup (One Pot)

  • Large white dutch oven filled with ground turkey pasta with veggies. A spoon is also in the pot.

    Ground Turkey Pasta w/ Veggies (One Pot)

  • Instant Pot filled with shredded bbq chicken.

    Instant Pot BBQ Chicken (Quick & Easy)

  • High protein lunch recipe in a bowl with greens, roasted veggies, sliced chicken thighs, a tomato and cucumber salad, and a yogurt sauce on top. Around the bowl is a sheet pan of more roasted veggies and a bowl of yogurt sauce.

    32 Healthy High Protein Lunch Recipes

  • A bowl of chicken fajita soup topped with sliced avocado, cilantro, and shredded cheese. Around it is another bowl of soup, a bowl of tortilla chips, a striped kitchen towel, and a plate of sliced avocado and cilantro.

    Chicken Fajita Soup with Rice (One Pot)

  • Leftover turkey salad with apples and celery in a bowl with some crackers overtop some greens. Behind the bowl is another bowl with similar contents.

    Leftover Turkey Salad with Apples & Walnuts

  • Cranberry pecan chicken salad overtop some greens in a bowl and garnished with 2 lemon wedges. Around the bowl is a plate of celery and carrots and a bowl of pecans.

    Cranberry Pecan Chicken Salad

  • Sweet potato smoothie in a large jar with a metal straw in it topped with granola and cinnamon. In front of the jar is a teaspoon filled with cinnamon. Behind the jar is a bowl of granola and a white kitchen towel.

    Creamy Sweet Potato Smoothie (w/ Protein)

  • Pistachio crusted chicken tenders on a plate piled on top of each other. There is a small ramekin of ranch on the plate too. Next to the plate is a bowl of shelled pistachios and a white kitchen towel.

    Baked Pistachio Crusted Chicken Tenders (Gluten-Free)

  • Avocado chicken salad on top of some sliced tomatoes and arugula on a piece of toast on a plate. On the plate is a lime wedge.

    10-Minute Avocado Chicken Salad Recipe

  • Half of a healthy sandwich on a cutting board. It has greens, banana peppers, cheese, turkey, tomato, cucumber, and avocado in it.

    How to Make a Healthy Sandwich (Macro-Balanced)

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Two taco stuffed sweet potatoes piece of parchment paper. They are stuffed with taco meat, shredded cheese, shredded lettuce, pico de gallo, guacamole, greek yogurt, and cilantro. Around them is a fork, some cilantro leaves, and a bowl of shredded cheese.

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