Lunch is one of the hardest times of the day to eat healthy, right? In the middle of a crazy day, the last thing you want to think about when your stomach is rumbling is clean eating! But Alex and I have found with just a little bit of planning, lunch time can be manageable! Here are a few of the real life recipes that we eat for lunch. More lunch inspiration? Go to Easy Lunch Ideas, Healthy Lunch Ideas, Cold Lunch Ideas, Vegan Lunch Ideas or Gluten Free Lunch Ideas.
And now: our our favorite vegetarian lunch ideas!
Notes on vegetarian lunch ideas
These vegetarian lunch ideas are ultra simple. Honestly, we’d rather spend our main cooking energy on healthy dinner recipes. These vegetarian lunch ideas include sandwiches, snacks, and dips you can mix and match to form a meal. A few notes on protein:
It’s important to make sure your lunch has enough plant-based protein so you stay full! Here’s more about how to get protein as a vegetarian. Add in protein sides to keep you full all day. Some lunch ideas stand alone, like our Chickpea Salad Sandwich. But others are things you could combine to make a meal: for example, hummus, crackers, a hardboiled egg and an apple. Most of our vegetarian lunch recipes are simple to put together day of, or easy to make a big batch of and eat off of during the week.
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