Chipotle Tahini Bowls
A super versatile clean-your-fridge-out bowl option, BUT if we can convince you to include toasty-crisp sweet potatoes, kale, avocado and a perfect soft-boiled egg, you would not be mad! Just make sure it’s all swirling in that vegan chipotle tahini sauce.
Lentil Greek Salad with Dill Sauce
With its bright cherry tomatoes, fresh cukes and velvety black lentils, it’s the real belle of the lunch ball. And we haven’t even mentioned that homemade fresh dill yogurt sauce yet.
Detox Rainbow Roll-Ups with Peanut Sauce
This nutritional powerhouse is packed with carrots, curry hummus, red cabbage and dark leafy greens for color, crunch and general yumminess. And then, you know, dip it in some amazing peanut sauce because dreams *can* come true.
Spring Roll Bowls with Sweet Garlic Lime Sauce
We’ve made fresh spring rolls in fork and bowl form! Pile those noodles sky high with fresh veg, a protein if you like and then soak them in sweet lime garlic dreamsauce and an aggressive amount of herbs.
Mediterranean Quinoa Bowls with Roasted Red Pepper Sauce
Bright, fresh, acidic and salty — solid dating profile but even better bowl! Kalamatas, feta, cucumber and red onion, along with spinach or kale and a pitch perfect roasted red pepper sauce.
Sesame Noodle Bowls
Sauce made with a simple jar-shake? Noodles done in 2 minutes?! Could end meal prep there but brown up some chicken and send in the veg parade and you’ll be doing a little pre-lunch cheer every day this week. Delicious cold so no microwave needed.
Lemon Herb Pasta Salad with Marinated Chickpeas
Delicious doesn’t have to be complicated. Perfectly squishy pasta coated in a silky olive oil/lemon juice blend tossed up with some marinated chickpeas full of garlic and herbs. Minimal effort, maximum taste.
The LA Chop
Ready your chopping spirit, whip up a quick lemon vinaigrette and then come lunch, you can just crunch away on this colorful, fresh, punchy, healthy-but-not-too-healthy (👈life motto), actual full-meal salad.
Quinoa Sweet Potato Salad
Back to school still means fall and this is fall in a bowl. Roasted sweet potatoes, caramelizy onions, toasty maple walnuts and crisped chickpeas, fragrant with fresh rosemary. Feels warm, still great cold.
Chopped Thai-Inspired Chicken Salad
She’s a textural dream, full of surprising zippy punchy flavors (thank you papaya or under-ripe mangoes!) and tossed with just about the best peanut dressing you ever did chomp.
Super Quick Avocado Shrimp Salad
Hard not to love a super easy fast, throw it all in one bowl, fresh healthy delicious lunch situation. Especially when it involves chilled poached shrimp, creamy avocado, fresh dill, and a nice big lemon drench. HEART EYES.
Spicy Peanut Soba Noodle Salad
Sure, yes, a salad…but it’s noodle-based so no need to get sad! This ol’girl has got you – spicy, saucy, peanutty and most important, noodle-y! Perfect no heat-up lunch.
Quinoa Crunch Salad with Peanut Dressing
There’s crunch, there’s sweet, there’s spice, there’s creamy peanut dressing and chili-lime cashews (whaaat?! Thank you tiny treasures!). Get this bright rainbow boost in your lunch rotation, asap.
Winter Grain Bowl with Balsamic Dressing
Love a super versatile colorful bowl that feels salady and wintery all at once, is super easy to meal prep, nutrition packed and totally delicious hot or cold? Great, yes, us too.
Goddess Curry Chicken Salad
Hey, we’re not telling you what to pack for lunch except YES WE ARE PLEASE PACK THIS CLEAN PERFECT CRISP MAYO-FREE CURRY CHICKEN SALAD. The chicken is beautiful, the texture is dreamy, the crunch is just what everyone needs.
Corn, Avocado, and Quinoa Salad with Marinated Tomatoes
Bringing a bit of summer into the school year – fresh corn, buttery avocado, nutty quinoa, juicy marinated tomatoes, and tons of fresh herbs.
I love this! Those detox rainbow roll-ups with peanut sauce look so delicious.
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You need those roll-ups! So good!
I made the chicken tinga bowls and it made six separate lunch portions to have ready for my husband and I this week. We are working and teaching virtual school. They were for a sure a bright spot on the day! Thanks!!
Yay! So happy to hear this, Katie!
I cannot believe this list does not include tacos!!! ;-D
Thank you so much for this. I’ve been back at work for weeks, and am avoiding the shared kitchen space. So no refrigerator, no microwave. I have a good lunchbox and ice packs so I can keep things cold, but it’s surprisingly tricky to figure out what would be good for lunch with no reheating.
Cool selection of recipes. I really liked the presentation of the dishes. Who came up with such a name? This is very original. I have always associated autumn with school, you probably have the same associations. By the way, I noticed that all the dishes are very nicely described. Was this written by a professional? By the way, I often use writing services for my blog. I found a good service on the site WritingJudge Perhaps you will need it.
wow! these lunch ideas look yum and ive already printed out a few! i was looking for more ideas for easy take-along lunches and you gave me the perfect ones!!!!!!! thx!
wow! these lunch ideas look yum and ive already printed out a few! i was looking for more ideas for easy take-along lunches and you gave me the perfect ones!!!!!!! thx!