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LunchEasy Lunch Meal Prep
Adult lunchable meal preps. Perfect for anyone on the go or for short lunch breaks!
Amber DamianosIngredients
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Cherries
- Watermelon
- Carrots
- 1-1.5 tbsp Veggie dip
- While wheat bread
- 1 slice Sargento White cheddar cheese
- 2-3 slices Sliced turkey
- Handful Arugula
- Mayo
- 2-3 Pear slices
Instructions
- 1Wash strawberries blueberries and cherries. Cut watermelon and strawberries up. Add to one slot in your container.
- 2Butter one side of each bread slice. You can toast the bread however you like.
- 3Add your favorite sandwich condiments. Add cheese, turkey slices, arugula and pear slices to the sandwich. You can turn the sandwich into a panini if you would like. Cut sandwich and add to another slot in your container.
- 4Add your veggie dip (I used marzetti ranch veggie dip, any kind will do). Add carrots to the dip. You can leave them whole or cut in half.
- 5Optional: fruit and vegetables are interchangeable. I use cucumbers and bell pepper slices sometimes as well. Any seasonal fruit works well in this meal prep!
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A brown-bag PB&J gets old by Wednesday — a real lunch, even a fifteen-minute grain bowl, resets the whole afternoon.
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The recipes here are the community's midday rotation — the meals that keep the 3 p.m. slump from turning into a vending-machine visit.
Quick Tips
- 1
Bring your own dressing
Pack dressing in a separate jar — a wilted salad by noon is the fastest way to abandon lunch.
- 2
Reheat with a splash of water
One tablespoon of water in the microwave-safe container keeps rice and pasta from turning to concrete.
- 3
Batch grains on Sunday
Two cups of dry rice or farro is four days of lunch bases — one pot does the whole week.
- 4
Pack contrast
One crunchy element, one creamy element, one bright acid — even leftovers eat like a fresh meal.
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