If you work from home, it can be easy to get in a rut over what you eat for lunch. While I love leftovers, it’s nice to have an alternate in mind that is quick, easy, and tasty. I’m excited to share a variety of easy lunches that are perfect if you work from home. These recipes fulfill almost any dietary preference. Lots of tasty vegan and vegetarian options, as well as options for the meat-eaters in the house. Many of these might be recipes you’ll want to make in advance, but the leftovers will be amazing to have during the week.
Broccoli Apple Salad with Greek Yogurt Dressing
This healthy & delicious broccoli salad is a quick & easy lunch. The best part is you can make it ahead of time and it keeps for days.
No Tuna Chickpea Salad Sandwich
This is the plant-based version of the classic Tuna Salad Sandwich. It is very yummy, doesn’t smell when you open your sandwich (sorry Tuna) and is still packed with protein along with fiber.
Simple Vegan French Lentil Salad
This lentil salad is a great work from home lunch staple. You can make a big batch and have it for the week. It is nutritious and delicious. When you don’t want to sit down for a meal, you can treat it as a dip and eat it with tortilla chips.
Healthy Plantain Breakfast (or Lunch!)
A satisfying, quick, and healthy plantain breakfast or lunch, you can make any time you want something nutritious yet have little time to cook. Enjoy it with fried eggs and a fruit salad on the side, or make it vegan-friendly with hearty toppings!
Crockpot Sausage and Peppers
These crockpot sausage and peppers are a “fast” slow cooker recipe. Toss them in your crockpot in the morning and take them out for lunch! They go great over rice, pasta, or on sandwiches.
Shrimp Cobb Salad
Throw this shrimp cobb salad together in minutes for a quick, tasty lunch! This salad is loaded with juicy shrimp, bacon and avocado for the ultimate meal!
Ultimate Grilled Chicken Wrap
This incredible Grilled Chicken Wrap is filled with fresh strawberries, bacon, parmesan cheese, spinach, and it’s drizzled in a homemade strawberry poppy seed dressing. Wrapped in a spinach wrap, you will enjoy every bite of your lunch or dinner!
Keto Feta and Spinach Omelette
This low carb egg and spinach with Bulgarian feta cheese is the perfect keto staple meal for your easy sugar detox plan and an excellent gut healthy foods and egg fast diet plan lunch ideas.
Teriyaki Chicken
Sticky and sweet teriyaki chicken made in a delicious homemade teriyaki sauce. The perfect quick and easy lunch that tastes delicious!
Egg Salad Recipe
This egg salad is creamy, flavorful and easy to make with only 6 ingredients. Use it to make delicious egg salad sandwiches or serve with crackers, over lettuce, as wraps, etc.!
Whole30 Chicken Salad
This super easy Chicken Salad is fresh, flavorful and savory. It takes just minutes to make and has the best flavors and textures.
Sheet Pan Chicken Thighs with Garlic and Honey
This sweet chicken thigh recipe is easy and yummy to make. It’s a nutritious flavorful meal you can have for the week to come.
Banana Pikelets
These healthy banana pikelets are quick and easy to make with just four ingredients. They make excellent lunches or snacks and freeze well for an effortless mid week meal.
Crispy Keto Buffalo Chicken Salad
You have to try out this delicious keto buffalo chicken salad recipe. This low carb salad, made with buffalo sauce coated chicken, crispy lettuce, creamy avocado, and sweet cherry tomatoes, makes a very delicious meal you should try out.
Southwestern Quinoa Salad
This Southwestern Quinoa Salad is simple and easy to whip up! It’s both colorful and flavorful with zesty salsa lime dressing.
Creamy Avocado Pasta
This pasta recipe features a creamy avocado sauce and fresh basil for a delicious summer dish! You only need handful of wholesome ingredients and 15 minutes to make as a light yet filling lunch.
Chicken Bacon Avocado Corn Salad
This easy salad comes together in a flash with simple ingredients and a light citrus dressing.
Easy Chicken Wrap
Keep it light with this easy and delicious Chicken Wrap recipe filled with fresh lettuce, grated cheese, juicy chicken, tomato, red onion, optional cilantro and more!
Caprese Orzo Pasta Salad
Caprese Orzo Pasta Salad is a light and refreshing salad, made with orzo pasta, grape tomatoes, mozzarella and fresh basil. This easy orzo pasta salad is so quick to make, perfect to take to a picnic or get-together.
Easy Keto Cucumber and Turkey Sandwiches
These tasty cucumber sandwiches with turkey and cream cheese are the perfect quick lunch. They only take two minutes to make and are high in protein.
Chicken Karahi
Chicken karahi is a dish you want to make in a busy day. Just dump everything in the pot and let it slow cook. Next thing you know is your delicious chicken curry is ready for your lunch.
Soft-Boiled Egg and Fresh Asparagus Tartine
This asparagus tartine combines raw, thinly sliced, asparagus with a runny egg and creamy hummus to create an easy and delightful lunch!
Mom’s Best Tuna Salad
Nostalgic, comforting and packed with protein, my Mom’s simple and delicious Tuna Salad made with egg and dill pickles is a family favorite. Not only is it healthy, it’s also versatile! Perfect for filling sandwiches, adding protein to a mixed green salad, or for scooping up with crackers, this is a recipe you’re sure to play on repeat.
5-Minute Turkey Club Ranch Wrap
This Turkey Bacon Ranch Wrap will take you 5 minutes to throw together. Make it with leftover turkey or deli meat. Either way, this tortilla wrap recipe makes a great lunch box meal for kids and adults alike!
Vegan Pasta Salad
Delicious, quick and easy Vegan Pasta Salad that takes less than 20 minutes to make start to finish. It’s made with simple ingredients that are healthy, colorful, and tasty.