A healthy lunch doesn’t have to be expensive.
Making your lunch at home can help you stick to your budget.
With over 40 easy, healthy lunch ideas for work, there is something here for everyone.
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Chicken Caesar Lettuce Cups
Upgrade your work lunch with these tasty Caesar salad lettuce cups.
This Caesar salad recipe gets a healthy makeover, thanks to homemade dressing made with Greek yogurt.
Chickpea “Chicken” Salad
This chickpea salad is a vegetarian version of a classic chicken salad.
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Plus, it’s easily transportable, perfect for picnics and will surely step up your usual desk lunch.
Meal-Prep Curried Chicken Bowls
Curry doesn’t have to take hours to prepare.
Avocado Ranch Chicken Salad
Avocado makes an exceptionally creamy and healthful dressing for this chicken salad.
A bit of ranch dressing with pickled jalapeno adds a tangy spin to the lunchtime classic.
Save any leftovers to wrap up for an easy lunch.
Serve with a mixed green salad and a glass of crisp white wine.
Freezer Bean & Cheese Burritos
This copycat version of store-bought frozen burritos is perfect for meal prepping.
Make a big batch to store in the freezer for healthy packable lunches or a quick campsite meal.
Loading it with vegetables and using quinoa in place of rice adds nutrition for a healthier dinner.
If you prefer another salad dressing, feel free to use that instead of our honey-mustard vinaigrette.
The tangy citrus dressing is a refreshing flavor with the sweet caramel of the roasted sheet-pan veggies.
It combines cucumber salad, hummus, pita and more for a satisfying work lunch.
Cabbage provides a delicious crunch.
The extra dressing is delicious served with grilled vegetables.
Chicken SaladStuffed Avocados
Looking for a clean, packable lunch for work?
This healthy homemade chicken salad served inside an avocado instead of with bread is just the ticket.
Plus, this recipe makes enough for ready-made lunches for the week!
Clean-Eating Bento Box Lunch
Who says bento boxes are just for kids?
This healthy bento-style lunchloaded with clean, satisfying foodsis perfect to pack for work.
Pack it with some crunchy crackers and tomatoes for a healthy, light lunch.
A hearty serving of crunchy croutons makes it filling.
Or double the recipe and use the hummus for a healthy snack with cut-up vegetables.
Served with whole-wheat pita and prepared hummus, it makes a filling, yet healthy lunch.
Spicy Tuna Wrap
These tuna wraps were inspired by spicy tuna sushi rolls.
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Turkey BLT Wraps
This delicious kid-friendly twist on a classic BLT includes turkey.
The extra protein makes a filling, healthy lunch to pack up for school or work.
Look for sprouted bread in the freezer section of your grocery store.
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Serve over greens or make it into a sandwich for a healthy lunch.
If you’re able to’t find lacinato (aka Tuscan) kale, try cabbage for your wrap.
Make the full recipe over the weekend and pack into individual ready-to-go lunches for work all week.
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