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Lunch

Here are all the healthiest lunch recipes to carry you through even the busiest of days! Try easy lunches like these buffalo chicken rice bowls or my favorite meal prep taco salad to eat on the go. Or, beat the afternoon slump with high-protein lunch ideas like a quick and easy tuna egg salad. Of course, there are always the classics like chicken salad and egg salad, made healthier and lighter.

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An open-faced egg salad sandwich with wild Nova salmon and cucumber slices – under 300 calories, protein packed, and loaded with good fats.
4

Avocado Egg Salad and Salmon Sandwich

20 mins
Not your ordinary tacos – these Thai chicken lettuce tacos are spicy and exotic, made with my light peanut sauce which I make with PB2 (powdered peanut butter) sriracha, ginger and spices. To balance out the spice, I chose to serve these in crisp cool lettuce wraps but tortillas would work great too!
2

Thai Chicken Peanut Lettuce Tacos

40 mins
Healthy, Buffalo Chicken Nuggets baked in the oven are spicy and delicious! Crispy and golden on the outside with tender chicken breast on the inside, so good!
2

Baked Buffalo Chicken Nuggets

25 mins
Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto is my favorite easy, end-of-summer vegetarian dish made with raw, garden vegetables and homemade pesto.
4

Raw Spiralized Zucchini Noodles with Tomatoes and Pesto

30 mins
Chicken and quinoa salad made with cucumbers, feta, tomatoes and olives is perfect for summer!
4

Grilled Mediterranean Chicken and Quinoa Salad

35 mins
Italian tuna and brown rice salad is wonderful, easy lunch using basic pantry items such as tuna, brown rice, capers and good quality chopped olives plus some frozen mixed vegetables and fresh lemon juice.
5

Italian Tuna and Brown Rice Salad (Riso e Tonno)

15 mins
These Broccoli Rabe Turkey Burgers are deliciously flavorful – I skipped the bun, served them over lettuce and topped with sauteed broccoli rabe
2

Broccoli Rabe Turkey Burgers

25 mins
Spiralized Greek Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta is delicious, the perfect light dish. In Greece, Greek salads do not have lettuce, instead they are made with fresh cucumber, tomatoes, bell pepper, olives, red onion, oregano, lemon juice, olive oil, and fresh feta – delicious!
6

Spiralized Greek Cucumber Salad with Lemon and Feta

15 mins
Spiralized Raw Zucchini Salad with Avocado and Edamame is a fresh, quick and delicious salad that takes less than 5 minutes to make, start to finish and there's no cooking involved. It's perfect for the summer because you won't heat up your kitchen!
4

Spiralized Raw Zucchini Salad with Avocado and Edamame

25 mins
Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad uses romaine tossed with sweet, juicy watermelon, grilled shrimp and goat cheese with a golden balsamic vinaigrette – I'll be making this salad all summer!!
6

Grilled Shrimp and Watermelon Chopped Salad

29 mins
Turkey taco lettuce wraps are my go-to recipe when I want to eat something easy, delicious and light, and of course, healthy and low-carb! I forgo the taco shells and use lettuce leaves instead, and don't even miss them!
0

Ground Turkey Taco Lettuce Wraps

45 mins
I make Crock Pot Picadillo all the time in my house (Madison's number one request), and because it makes so much I like to get creative with my leftovers. I came up with this quesadilla for lunch one day and my husband said I should put it on the blog, so I thought with Cinco De Mayo coming, it would be fun to do some Cuban-Mexi fusion.
7

Picadillo Quesadillas

15 mins
Canned Tuna Ceviche – Transform ordinary canned tuna into a zesty, flavorful lunch with a Latin flair by adding fresh lime juice, cilantro, jalapeño, tomato and avocado in this easy tuna ceviche – so good!
2

Canned Tuna Ceviche

25 mins
Quinoa chickpea and avocado salad with cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, lime juice and cilantro – a flavorful vegetarian salad loaded with protein, fiber and healthy fats. 
3

Quinoa Chickpea and Avocado Salad

10 mins
These Greek Nachos are a lighter, healthier Greek twist on traditional nachos – made with whole wheat pita chips, hummus, cucumbers, tomatoes and feta.
5

Greek Nachos

15 mins
Sauteed sea scallops, arugula and sweet beet salad is another summer favorite, tossed with goat cheese and a honey vinaigrette – this salad is delicious!
7

Seared Scallop Beet Salad

1 hr 5 mins
Spicy shrimp with garlic, zucchini noodles (zoodles), tomatoes and a squeeze of lemon – I just inhaled this EASY low-carb, gluten-free, paleo-friendly dish for lunch which took less than 20 minutes to make, start to finish and it was DELICIOUS!
2

Zucchini Noodles with Lemon-Garlic Spicy Shrimp

20 mins
Wow, these Salsa Verde Burgers are OFF THE HOOK! If you need a new burger idea that everyone will love, look no further. These burgers are lean with a mean, green kick topped with pepper jack cheese, salsa verde and avocado – delish!
6

Salsa Verde Burgers

15 mins
For those of you who believe eating black eyed peas in the New Year will bring you luck (and we can certainly all use a little more luck) this healthy bean salad is for you! Whether you eat this as a salad or serve it as a dip with some baked chips, the zesty flavors in this salad is sure to turn you into a fan of black-eyed peas.
1

Black-eyed Pea Dip

20 mins