Help, lunch ideas!

[jennygirl37 47]

Hi All,

I am getting so bored with lunch and really need some new inspiration. I am fairly tight in the morning and don't eat much if anything. So by 1:00 or so I am getting hungry, but am having such a hard time coming up with new quick, easy and healthy lunches. I'd love to hear what others are having for lunch.

Thanks!

[2muchfun 8,927]

Is this for taking to work or do you eat lunch at home?

[jennygirl37 47]

I generally eat at home.

[2muchfun 8,927]

When I feel like a sandwich I'll toast an oroweat flatbread add some lite mayo with deli sliced turkey(smoked mesquite) and a slice of pepper jack cheese. Sometime I'll add a slice of red bell pepper to it.

I cook a lot of food when I cook so I lean on leftovers a lot. Stuffed peppers, salmon cakes, stir fry chicken and hamburger patties are my favs.

Other lunch ideas are chicken salad, tuna salad. Also, I had a smart ones for lunch today and I also eat a Progresso Soup once a week or so.

But I agree with you, it's difficult to think of good lunch choices especially when you're cooking or making lunch for just one.

[pink dahlia 2,513]

I usually have leftovers since we cook dinner at home most nights ( hubby is diabetic, but a healthy weight) so for us its lots of chicken, salmon, turkey burger, and because he hunts , deer and elk burger. Once a week we'll have steak or pork. Try cooking up extra portions of your dinners and divide them into your own "lunchables." Homemade baked Beans, hard boiled eggs, brown rice, whole wheat crackers with pb or cream cheese, canned salmon or tuna, fresh fruit or sliced veggies, fruit salad , almonds etc.....

[SandyM 1,956]

I do chili, sour cream and shredded cheese. I do sandwiches on whole grain, low fat deli meat, and, left overs....we do a lot of rotisserie chicken

[Sherlock1969 231]

Oscar meyer carving board turkey, Tomato slices, lettuce slice, low fat mayo, slice of thin toast...open faced sandwich, cut up in small bites. My current fav.

Chili...when I make it I measure one cup portions in freezer bags.

[Sirena12 24]

I've been doing some meat and cheese rolls with cucumber slices. I take 3oz of chicken or turkey deli meat, roll it with three slices of ultra thin sliced Swiss cheese. I spread a little bit, about 1/4-1/2 tbsp, of chipotle cream cheese on the ends to hold it together. It's 30g of Protein. I eat with some cucumber slices. It's delicious!

[rivergirl14 30]

oooooo, some great new ideas for ME to try. I'm a teacher and now home for lunch for the summer. I was already getting bored with my own ideas. thanks for the shares.