Tomato and Feta With Green Beans

This recipe is the perfect blend of deliciousness and energy. Not only is this recipe easy to prepare, but can be a great fuel for you at work. You can also choose this as a side dish for lunch time with friends and family. You can also add the vegetables and sauces of your choice to this simple dish and make it much more interesting.

Ingredients

• Roughly chopped 6 large tomatoes
• Trimmed 300g green beans
• Cubed 100g feta
• 1 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1. In a pan, boil some water.
2. Once the water starts to boil, add beans and cook for 4 more minutes.
3. Check to see if the beans are tender and drain them.
4. Now mix the beans with the tomato and feta in a bowl.
5. Drizzle olive oil on top and season with black pepper.

Low Fat Pasta Salad

In search of a lunch box recipe that is healthy, delicious, and easy to make? This low-fat pasta salad is the best lunch to take to work. This recipe will keep you from gaining those extra pounds. The best part about this recipe is that you can add your favorite ingredients to it.

Ingredients

• A 250g pack of pasta
• One pack chopped parsley
• One lemon zest and juice
• 140g of frozen peas
• One small pack snipped chives
• 2 tablespoon olive oil

Preparation

1. Cook the pasta in a bowl, and once it is about to be cooked, add peas and cook for two more minutes.
2. Drain the peas and the pasta, and rinse with cold water and drain again.
3. In a separate bowl, add all the herbs and other ingredients.
4. Add the pasta and the peas into the bowl with all the ingredients.
5. Season it with olive oil and toss so that everything is mixed well.
6. You can also add something creamy into the pasta before you add it into your lunch box.

Chicken Tikka Wraps

This recipe is perfect for days when you want to have a fancy lunch at work. These wraps are delicious and take only a few minutes to prepare. These chicken tikka wraps are a combination of mouth-watering chicken, all your favorite salads, and your choice of sauce. If you have a taste for spicy food, then you can add a flaming sauce of your choice in the wrap. You can also add any ingredient of your choice to this recipe and enjoy more personalized chicken tikka wraps for lunch at work.

Ingredients

• 2 sliced spring onion
• A 140g pack of cooked chicken tikka pieces
• Halved and sliced ¼ cucumber
• Torn leaves of a handful mint
• Yogurt to serve
• Shredded ¼ ice berg lettuce
• 4 pieces of plain bread

Preparation

1. In a bowl, toss all the vegetables together.
2. Place the bread in the microwave and set the temperature on medium until the bread puffs up.
3. Add the chicken tikka pieces into a bowl and place in the microwave to warm them.
4. Now split the breads in half and add salad.
5. Add the chicken tikka pieces and some yogurt.
6. You can also add any sauce of your choice.

Hoisin Wraps

If you want to have an utterly delicious lunch at work but also want to make sure that it is healthy, try out this hoisin wraps recipe. These wraps are saucy, tasty, and easy-to-make. You can also keep a few dips of your choice for these mouth-watering wraps.

Ingredients

• Deseeded and shredded ¼ cucumber
• 4 tablespoon hoisin sauce
• 4 spring onions, finely shredded and trimmed
• 200g cooked chicken or turkey
• 2 flour tortilla
• Handful of watercress

Preparation

1. Mix the chicken or turkey with half of the hoisin sauce and coat it properly.
2. Spread the chicken or turkey strips onto an ovenproof dish and grill over high heat until it starts sizzling.
3. Warm the tortillas following the pack instructions.
4. Spread the hoisin sauce over the tortillas and use some of it to wrap the chicken and onions, watercress, and cucumber.
5. Cut the wraps in half and place in the lunch box to enjoy later at work.

Mexican Bean Salad

If you are looking for something spicy and filling, you should definitely give this Mexican bean salad recipe a try. This recipe is great for a healthy meal at work and has a delicious taste the will leave you mesmerized. The best thing about this amazing recipe is that it can be eaten as a salad and with tortillas as well. Don’t forget to toast the tortillas before having this delicious dish for lunch at a rather dull day at work.

Ingredients

• ½ teaspoon cumin
• 250g halved cherry tomato
• Finely sliced small red onion
• 2 peeled and stoned avocados
• Two 400g cans of rinsed and drained beans of your choice
• High-quality dressing of your choice
• a large bunch of roughly chopped coriander leaves
• 4 eggs
• Finely sliced and deseeded red chili

Preparation

1. Place the eggs in boiling water and boil for 6-7 minutes.
2. Once done, cool them in a bowl of cold water.
3. In a large bowl, add beans, tomatoes, onion, coriander, and sliced avocados.
4. In a small bowl, add 3 tablespoons of the dressing and mix in chili and cumin in it.
5. Now, begin peeling off egg shells and cut the eggs into quarters.
6. Add the salad into the dressing and mix well.
7. Add the eggs into the bowl as well.
8. Place this dressing into the lunch box and enjoy at lunch.

Paleo-Friendly Spicy Chicken Salad

There are times when you don’t feel like cooking proper lunch meals to take to work, and that’s when you need simple and quick recipes like this one. This spicy chicken salad is not only Paleo-friendly, but it is also dairy-free and gluten-free and also has low carbs. So if you are looking for a meal that can be made within a few minutes and keeps extra pounds at bay, this recipe should be your go-to option. This delicious and quick recipe only requires you to combine all the ingredients and you are all set to take it to work.

Ingredients

• 1 shredded rotisserie chicken
• 2 tablespoons black sesame seeds
• 2 bags of carrots (shredded)
• 1 finely chopped jalapeno
• 2 bags of slaw mix and shredded kale
• Juice of 2 limes
• 1 tablespoon siracha
• 5 to 6 drops of honey or maple syrup
• 4 tablespoons soy sauce

Preparation

1. Add all the ingredients into a plastic bag.
2. Mix well so that every ingredient is combined.
3. Add into your lunch box and enjoy a healthy salad at work.

Spinach Jar Salad

The best lunch to keep your work meals healthy is to make some fresh salad and nothing fancy. A great way to take salad to work is to place them in a glass jar. Salad in a jar not only looks interesting, but is also an easy way to enjoy some fresh food at work. This salad recipe is quite easy and doesn’t involve hardcore cooking. So even if you are getting late for work, you will still have time to assemble this amazing salad.

Ingredients

• 1 cup snap peas (halved)
• 1 cup orzo
• 1 pint cherry tomatoes (halved)
• 1 tablespoon lime juice
• 3 tablespoons olive oil
• 8 ounces mozzarella balls
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 tablespoon lemon zest (grated)
• ½ teaspoon black pepper (freshly ground)
• 5 ounces baby spinach
• 4 quart-size canning jars (with lids)

Preparation

1. In a saucepan, cook the orzo following the package instructions.
2. Once done, drain and let it cool in a bowl.
3. Now in a separate bowl, whisk together the lemon juice, oil, lemon zest, salt and pepper, and herbs.
4. Add this dressing to the bottom of each of the jar.
5. Now is the time to add the salad ingredients into each of the four jars.
6. Start by placing ½ cup cherry tomatoes followed by ¼ cup orzo.
7. Now continue adding the rest ingredients in the following order; 1/4 cup snap peas, 2 oz mozzarella, and about 1-1/4 oz of baby spinach leaves.
8. Once the jar is filled, close the lid tightly and place in the refrigerator to cool it.
9. Just pull out the jar out of the fridge and take it to work.

White Bean And Avocado Sandwich

This recipe is the perfect combination of the crispiness of cucumbers, the creaminess of avocados, and the deliciousness of white beans. If you are too tired of taking salads to work, this smashed white bean and avocado sandwich can be a good replacement. The best part about this sandwich is that it can be made in little time, which means that you don’t need to wake up too early.

Ingredients

• 5 ounces sprouts
• 1 small red onion (thinly sliced)
• 2 cans of 15 ounce white beans (rinsed and drained)
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 2 avocados (pitted and thinly sliced)
• 8 slices multi-grain bread (toasted)
• 1 cucumber (thinly sliced)
• Juice of half lemon
• 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

Preparation

1. In a medium bowl, add together olive oil, lemon juice, and beans.
2. Combine the ingredients and smash them so that it has a paste-like consistency with small chunks only.
3. Season the paste with salt and pepper.
4. Spread the bean paste equally among four slices of bread.
5. Now place red onion, avocado, cucumber, and sprouts over it.
6. Add some more salt and pepper and top the sandwiches with the remaining slices of bread.
7. Pack in your lunch box and enjoy a delicious and refreshing meal at work.