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Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but lunch is often the most neglected. Between picking the easiest option (fast food!) and finding the time in the midst of a busy schedule, it’s no wonder we need that afternoon cup of coffee so badly. So you must realize the importance of having a healthy, delicious lunch every day. From vibrant salads and hearty soups to veg-packed wraps, we've got plenty of healthy lunch ideas to keep your midday eating on the right track. If you’re looking for some easy recipes that can be enjoyed at work or at home with the family, take a look at our selection of delicious lunch recipes.
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Fettuccine Alfredo in Lunch Recipes,For this dish, we prefer dry fettuccine noodles to freshly made because the pasta holds up better to the sauce. The instructions assume that you are using dry noodles. If you use fresh, adjust timing accordingly. Fettuccine Alfredo is the best served as soon as you make it, but it will keep, covered, in the fridge for up to 5 days. It can be reheated with a little bit of water or butter in a saucepan over low heat. It typically does not freeze well.
Fettuccine Alfredo
Fettuccine Alfredo in Lunch Recipes,Fettuccine alfredo with mushrooms brings a mix of cheesy, creamy and earthy flavors together. It's a restaurant-worthy dish you can totally make at home. Alfredo is one of the most underrated sauces—it’s made with just a few pantry staples, it’s always satisfying, and it’s surprisingly easy to make at home. Every home cook should have a recipe at the ready for quick weeknight dinners. It’s certainly not just for restaurant dining!
Fettuccine Alfredo
Whole Wheat Pasta in Lunch Recipes,This Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale Pesto is a quick and easy meatless dinner! Make your pesto with cashews for extra creaminess. Blanching the kale also helps keep the pesto green.Kale has long been a popular vegetable in New England since it can be grown all year round in both the field and cold frames. Luckily, its popularity has really gained traction everywhere lately, giving us plenty of new ways to enjoy it – like this pesto pasta!
Whole Wheat Pasta
Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta with penne, sauteed strips of chicken breast, broth, cream, goat cheese, parmesan, lemon, and asparagus! Easy midweek meal, perfect for spring! Feel free to play around with this one! Swap out a different cheese, or experiment with different herbs like thyme or basil, or even add some heat with a few chili pepper flakes.
Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta
Pasta Pomodoro in Lunch Recipes,Pasta Pomodoro—angel hair pasta tossed with sauteed shrimp, garlic, tomatoes, and basil. Only 30 minutes! To safely defrost frozen shrimp, place in a bowl of ice water. In this Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp we are using both, and tossing them with quickly cooked fresh tomatoes (that’s the “Pomodoro” part), garlic, and basil. You could use canned tomatoes, but if tomatoes are in season, and they are ripe and juicy, you can use them with hardly any extra time.
Pasta Pomodoro
Thyme-Mint Chicken Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Cubed chicken sauteed in olive oil, served with pasta in a creamy sauce infused with thyme, mint, and honey. This is a quick and easy chicken pasta with a cream sauce infused with thyme, mint, and lemon. What a great flavor combination! And the kicker is that by the time the pasta water has come to a boil and the pasta is cooked, everything else is ready too, making for a filling, tasty midweek meal.
Thyme-Mint Chicken Pasta
Quick and Easy Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Quick, easy, and surprisingly delicious, pasta with wilted arugula and a sauce made of olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, and canned tuna. All you need is canned tuna (packed in olive oil), garlic, olive oil, chili pepper flakes, baby arugula, and pasta. This recipe requires tuna canned in olive oil. Tuna canned in water just doesn't work well with this recipe. If water canned tuna is your only option, drain it, and soak it in half a cup of good quality olive oil for an hour first.
Quick and Easy Pasta
Smoked Salmon Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Smoked salmon with pasta in a sauce of shallots, garlic, white wine, lemon, and cream, with toasted pine nuts and parsley.The essentials are smoked fish, lemon, garlic, and pasta with some olive oil, wine, and or cream binding them together.There’s also room for maneuvering; add more or less wine or cream to taste; leave out the pine nuts if you can’t be bothered; add some asparagus or cream cheese if you want; use smoked trout or sturgeon instead of the salmon.
Smoked Salmon Pasta
Club Sandwiches in Lunch Recipes,Club Sandwiches are always a favorite recipe! Loaded with ham, turkey, bacon and more- these delicious sandwiches take hardly any time to prepare and make for a great lunch or dinner! These Club Sandwiches are one of our favorite sandwiches. Ham, turkey, bacon, and cheese? What’s not to love!? They’re also super easy and quick to make. Perfect for family night!
Club Sandwiches
Mini Rainbow Sandwiches in Lunch Recipes,When you are looking for lunch box ideas, consider your fruits ad veggies first. The beautiful, natural colors of fruits and vegetables all offer different phytochemicals and antioxidants necessary for optimal health! Just like you are eating the rainbow! And the color is a great way to engage kids–from filling the shopping cart with a spectrum of colorful fruits and vegetables to making sure there’s a rainbow on their plate!
Mini Rainbow Sandwiches
The Perfect Tuna Salad Sandwich in Lunch Recipes,No matter how creative or spontaneous or inventive to be with my weekday lunches, a simple tuna salad sandwich is lunchtime comfort food. Has it been a while since you last had tuna salad? Here’s the most basic recipe. It’s just about perfect. There’s not much to making tuna salad, just mixes the tuna with mayo and a few cracks of black pepper and calls it good!
The Perfect Tuna Salad Sandwich
Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich in Lunch Recipes,Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich Recipe – Quick and easy to make a sandwich that can be served as breakfast, snack or can be packed into the lunch box. As the name says, it has a mix of vegetables mixed with mayonnaise. For some Indian touch, I have added little green coriander chutney to the sandwich mixture. It tastes too good. If making for those who do not like spicy taste, you can skip it. It still taste good without chutney too.
Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich
Macaroni and Cheese in Lunch Recipes,Creamy and ooey-gooey, my homemade macaroni and cheese are over the top! Garlicky croutons add a delicious crunch. This super creamy macaroni and cheese is flavored with garlic and parmesan cheese. It is a more grown-up version of macaroni and cheese, but just as easy to make as the classic.
Macaroni and Cheese
Kale, Edamame and Quinoa Salad in Lunch Recipes,Kale, edamame, quinoa salad with sweet lemon vinaigrette. Packed with juicy mango, tomatoes, heart-healthy avocado, nutty quinoa, and crunchy kale. This salad is perfect for parties or for packing for lunch. If you’re wondering what the trick to a really good quinoa salad, it’s simple: massage in the dressing with your hands!
Kale, Edamame and Quinoa Salad
Green Goddess Mac and Cheese in Lunch Recipes,Get your power greens in this macaroni cheese! With loads of baby spinach, parsley, garlic, white sharp cheddar, Parmesan, and macaroni pasta. It’s an unapologetic homage to vibrant green veggies (in this case spinach and parsley), wrapped in silky sharp cheddar bechamel, tossed with elbow macaroni pasta.
Green Goddess Mac and Cheese
Baked Eggplant Cutlets in Lunch Recipes,Baked Eggplant Cutlets come out crispy and delicious without frying! Make a batch for eggplant parmesan, to make sandwiches, or just eat on their own. These delicious and easy breaded eggplant cutlets are a healthy way to make perfectly crispy eggplant in the oven every time. They are a great meatless alternative to classically baked chicken cutlets and also a great way to introduce eggplant to kids.
Baked Eggplant Cutlets
Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant in Lunch Recipes,Stuffed baked eggplant with Moroccan-spiced lentils! Just 9 ingredients, big flavor, plenty of protein and fiber, and the perfect side dish or entree. For those stuffing the eggplant, simply bake until bubbling and golden brown and you have one saucy, satisfying dinner on your hands. Freshly baked Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant that's gluten-free and vegan. This is the perfect hearty entree or side dish that would be especially perfect for hosting.
Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant

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    Breakfast might be the most important meal of the day, but lunch is often the most neglected. Between picking the easiest option (fast food!) and finding the time in the midst of a busy schedule, it’s no wonder we need that afternoon cup of coffee so badly. So you must realize the importance of having a healthy, delicious lunch every day. From vibrant salads and hearty soups to veg-packed wraps, we've got plenty of healthy lunch ideas to keep your midday eating on the right track. If you’re looking for some easy recipes that can be enjoyed at work or at home with the family, take a look at our selection of delicious lunch recipes.
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    21 Best Christmas Dinner Recipes Recipes, Dinners and Easy Meal Ideas 5-Star Pasta Recipes Delicious Breakfast Recipes
    Fettuccine Alfredo in Lunch Recipes,For this dish, we prefer dry fettuccine noodles to freshly made because the pasta holds up better to the sauce. The instructions assume that you are using dry noodles. If you use fresh, adjust timing accordingly. Fettuccine Alfredo is the best served as soon as you make it, but it will keep, covered, in the fridge for up to 5 days. It can be reheated with a little bit of water or butter in a saucepan over low heat. It typically does not freeze well.
    Fettuccine Alfredo
    30 minutes
    easy
    Fettuccine Alfredo in Lunch Recipes,Fettuccine alfredo with mushrooms brings a mix of cheesy, creamy and earthy flavors together. It's a restaurant-worthy dish you can totally make at home. Alfredo is one of the most underrated sauces—it’s made with just a few pantry staples, it’s always satisfying, and it’s surprisingly easy to make at home. Every home cook should have a recipe at the ready for quick weeknight dinners. It’s certainly not just for restaurant dining!
    Fettuccine Alfredo
    45 minutes
    easy
    Whole Wheat Pasta in Lunch Recipes,This Whole Wheat Pasta with Kale Pesto is a quick and easy meatless dinner! Make your pesto with cashews for extra creaminess. Blanching the kale also helps keep the pesto green.Kale has long been a popular vegetable in New England since it can be grown all year round in both the field and cold frames. Luckily, its popularity has really gained traction everywhere lately, giving us plenty of new ways to enjoy it – like this pesto pasta!
    Whole Wheat Pasta
    30 minutes
    easy
    Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta with penne, sauteed strips of chicken breast, broth, cream, goat cheese, parmesan, lemon, and asparagus! Easy midweek meal, perfect for spring! Feel free to play around with this one! Swap out a different cheese, or experiment with different herbs like thyme or basil, or even add some heat with a few chili pepper flakes.
    Creamy Chicken and Asparagus Pasta
    35 minutes
    easy
    Pasta Pomodoro in Lunch Recipes,Pasta Pomodoro—angel hair pasta tossed with sauteed shrimp, garlic, tomatoes, and basil. Only 30 minutes! To safely defrost frozen shrimp, place in a bowl of ice water. In this Pasta Pomodoro with Shrimp we are using both, and tossing them with quickly cooked fresh tomatoes (that’s the “Pomodoro” part), garlic, and basil. You could use canned tomatoes, but if tomatoes are in season, and they are ripe and juicy, you can use them with hardly any extra time.
    Pasta Pomodoro
    30 minutes
    easy
    Thyme-Mint Chicken Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Cubed chicken sauteed in olive oil, served with pasta in a creamy sauce infused with thyme, mint, and honey. This is a quick and easy chicken pasta with a cream sauce infused with thyme, mint, and lemon. What a great flavor combination! And the kicker is that by the time the pasta water has come to a boil and the pasta is cooked, everything else is ready too, making for a filling, tasty midweek meal.
    Thyme-Mint Chicken Pasta
    40 minutes
    easy
    Quick and Easy Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Quick, easy, and surprisingly delicious, pasta with wilted arugula and a sauce made of olive oil, garlic, red pepper flakes, and canned tuna. All you need is canned tuna (packed in olive oil), garlic, olive oil, chili pepper flakes, baby arugula, and pasta. This recipe requires tuna canned in olive oil. Tuna canned in water just doesn't work well with this recipe. If water canned tuna is your only option, drain it, and soak it in half a cup of good quality olive oil for an hour first.
    Quick and Easy Pasta
    25 minutes
    easy
    Smoked Salmon Pasta in Lunch Recipes,Smoked salmon with pasta in a sauce of shallots, garlic, white wine, lemon, and cream, with toasted pine nuts and parsley.The essentials are smoked fish, lemon, garlic, and pasta with some olive oil, wine, and or cream binding them together.There’s also room for maneuvering; add more or less wine or cream to taste; leave out the pine nuts if you can’t be bothered; add some asparagus or cream cheese if you want; use smoked trout or sturgeon instead of the salmon.
    Smoked Salmon Pasta
    40 minutes
    easy
    Club Sandwiches in Lunch Recipes,Club Sandwiches are always a favorite recipe! Loaded with ham, turkey, bacon and more- these delicious sandwiches take hardly any time to prepare and make for a great lunch or dinner! These Club Sandwiches are one of our favorite sandwiches. Ham, turkey, bacon, and cheese? What’s not to love!? They’re also super easy and quick to make. Perfect for family night!
    Club Sandwiches
    10 minutes
    easy
    Mini Rainbow Sandwiches in Lunch Recipes,When you are looking for lunch box ideas, consider your fruits ad veggies first. The beautiful, natural colors of fruits and vegetables all offer different phytochemicals and antioxidants necessary for optimal health! Just like you are eating the rainbow! And the color is a great way to engage kids–from filling the shopping cart with a spectrum of colorful fruits and vegetables to making sure there’s a rainbow on their plate!
    Mini Rainbow Sandwiches
    15 minutes
    easy
    The Perfect Tuna Salad Sandwich in Lunch Recipes,No matter how creative or spontaneous or inventive to be with my weekday lunches, a simple tuna salad sandwich is lunchtime comfort food. Has it been a while since you last had tuna salad? Here’s the most basic recipe. It’s just about perfect. There’s not much to making tuna salad, just mixes the tuna with mayo and a few cracks of black pepper and calls it good!
    The Perfect Tuna Salad Sandwich
    20 minutes
    easy
    Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich in Lunch Recipes,Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich Recipe – Quick and easy to make a sandwich that can be served as breakfast, snack or can be packed into the lunch box. As the name says, it has a mix of vegetables mixed with mayonnaise. For some Indian touch, I have added little green coriander chutney to the sandwich mixture. It tastes too good. If making for those who do not like spicy taste, you can skip it. It still taste good without chutney too.
    Veg Mayonnaise Sandwich
    15 minutes
    easy
    Macaroni and Cheese in Lunch Recipes,Creamy and ooey-gooey, my homemade macaroni and cheese are over the top! Garlicky croutons add a delicious crunch. This super creamy macaroni and cheese is flavored with garlic and parmesan cheese. It is a more grown-up version of macaroni and cheese, but just as easy to make as the classic.
    Macaroni and Cheese
    60 minutes
    easy
    Kale, Edamame and Quinoa Salad in Lunch Recipes,Kale, edamame, quinoa salad with sweet lemon vinaigrette. Packed with juicy mango, tomatoes, heart-healthy avocado, nutty quinoa, and crunchy kale. This salad is perfect for parties or for packing for lunch. If you’re wondering what the trick to a really good quinoa salad, it’s simple: massage in the dressing with your hands!
    Kale, Edamame and Quinoa Salad
    30 minutes
    easy
    Green Goddess Mac and Cheese in Lunch Recipes,Get your power greens in this macaroni cheese! With loads of baby spinach, parsley, garlic, white sharp cheddar, Parmesan, and macaroni pasta. It’s an unapologetic homage to vibrant green veggies (in this case spinach and parsley), wrapped in silky sharp cheddar bechamel, tossed with elbow macaroni pasta.
    Green Goddess Mac and Cheese
    60 minutes
    easy
    Baked Eggplant Cutlets in Lunch Recipes,Baked Eggplant Cutlets come out crispy and delicious without frying! Make a batch for eggplant parmesan, to make sandwiches, or just eat on their own. These delicious and easy breaded eggplant cutlets are a healthy way to make perfectly crispy eggplant in the oven every time. They are a great meatless alternative to classically baked chicken cutlets and also a great way to introduce eggplant to kids.
    Baked Eggplant Cutlets
    35 minutes
    medium
    Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant in Lunch Recipes,Stuffed baked eggplant with Moroccan-spiced lentils! Just 9 ingredients, big flavor, plenty of protein and fiber, and the perfect side dish or entree. For those stuffing the eggplant, simply bake until bubbling and golden brown and you have one saucy, satisfying dinner on your hands. Freshly baked Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant that's gluten-free and vegan. This is the perfect hearty entree or side dish that would be especially perfect for hosting.
    Moroccan Lentil-Stuffed Eggplant
    60 minutes
    easy