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Lunch Meal Prep Ideas

Chicken quesadillas are stacked on top of a wooden cutting board.

Chicken Quesadilla Recipe

Close view of tuna lettuce boats served for an easy lunch or dinner.

Tuna Lettuce Wraps Recipe

Overhead of a serving bowl of lentil tabbouleh with two lemon wedges garnishing the bowl.

Lentil Tabbouleh Recipe

Overhead of a serving of greek barley salad with extra feta and balsamic dressing on the side.

Greek Barley Salad with Pan-Roasted Tomatoes

A burger bowl salad in a large white bowl sits on top of a cutting board, with a small dish of "special sauce" nearby.

Loaded Burger Bowl Salads with “Special Sauce”

Close view of baked chicken meatballs on a serving board, garnished with chopped fresh herbs.

Best Baked Chicken Meatballs Recipe

A tall mason jar with layered salad ingredients sits on a white counter in front of a white wall. Lemon slices sit next to the jar in a small black bowl.

Sesame Chickpea Salad in a Jar

Two hands hold a chicken Caesar wrap that has been cut in half.

Easy Chicken Caesar Wrap Recipe

Overhead of orzo pasta salad in a white bowl on a light countertop.

Vegetarian Summer Orzo Salad Recipe

A glass jar layered with dressing, rice, beans, pico de gallo, onions, tomatoes, cilantro, and lettuce sits on a folded dish towel. Extra ingredients are scattered around the jar.

Vegetarian Taco Salad in a Jar

Close view of taco pinwheels piled on a white plate around a small teal bowl of salsa for dipping.

Taco Roll-Ups (Taco Pinwheels)

A teal plate stacked high with chicken bacon ranch pinwheels.

Chicken Bacon Ranch Pinwheels

Seasoned black beans rest on a wooden spoon in a large pot of cooked beans.

How to Cook Black Beans

A quesadilla packed into a lunch box with a condiment cup of sour cream

Avocado Black Bean Quesadilla

Quinoa in a 9x13 baking pan

How to Cook Perfect Quinoa, No Matter the Amount

Overhead of spinach and feta mini quiche on a platter garnished with a fresh parsley sprig.

Spinach and Feta Mini Quiche Recipe

A bowl of Kale and Walnut Pesto sits with a spoon, on a white background.

Kale and Walnut Pesto

A smiling woman in a teal shirt and gray striped apron holds a tall mason jar. The jar is filled with layered salad ingredients, including dressing, tomatoes, peppers,and lettuce. The jar has a white lid.

How to Make Mason Jar Salads + No-Fail Salad in a Jar Recipes

A gray plate holds chicken salad and lettuces. A blue fork rests on the plate. Red grapes also sit on a white wooden counter.

Curry Chicken Salad with Grapes

Tomatoes, mozzarella balls, basil, and grains are combined in a rectangular glass container. Container and ingredients sit on a brown and white plaid dishtowel.

Meal Prep Caprese Chicken Quinoa Bowls

Two mason jars are layered with chicken, black beans, tomatoes, and lettuce. A fork with a teal handle rests in front of the jars.

Chicken Taco Salad in a Jar

Two mason jars sit side-by-side, layered with components of strawberry spinach salads.

Strawberry Spinach Salad in a Jar

A small jar is filled with chicken zoodle soup. A spoon with a teal handle sits in the jar.

How to Make Instant Chicken Zoodle Soup in a Jar

Components for a mandarin salad layered in a mason jar - dressing, mandarin slices, onions, sprouts, pine nuts, and greens. Additional ingredients surround the jar.

Sunshine Mandarin Orange Salad in a Jar

Hands holding a filled bento-style lunch box for a zero-waste lunch

How to Pack Zero-Waste School Lunches

Cauliflower and Chickpea Curry in a white bowl with rice, with a spoon nearby

Chickpea and Cauliflower Curry

Steak Fajita Bowls with Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice in a grey bowl on a white background, with toppings in individual bowls nearby

Steak Fajita Bowls with Cilantro-Lime Cauliflower Rice

Two slices of Grain-Free Sandwich Bread on a white background

Grain-Free Cashew Sandwich Bread

Meal Prep Baked Falafel Lettuce Wraps packed into glass lunch containers with mixed berries

Meal Prep Baked Falafel Lettuce Wraps

Side angle shot of prepared Meal Prep Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits in glass jars

Meal Prep Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits

Meal Prep Chicken Pad Thai with Sweet Potato Noodles

Meal Prep Chicken Pad Thai with Sweet Potato Noodles

Overhead shot of Garden Fresh Tomato Soup on a white background, with whole tomatoes off to the side

Garden Fresh Tomato Soup

Spinach and Quinoa Patties on a white plate, topped with sour cream and chives

Spinach-Quinoa Patties

Easy-to-Peel Hard Boiled Eggs - Perfect Egg

3 Methods for Perfect, Easy-to-Peel Hard Boiled Eggs

Eight glass mason jars stacked, half with salads, and half with soups on a gray background

4 Soup and Salad Mason Jar Lunch Combos

Pumpkin Sage Blender Soup in a Jar

Pumpkin Sage Blender Soup in a Jar

A mason jar salad sits on a teal-edged cutting board, surrounded by lettuce, olives, and cherry tomatoes.

Italian Chopped Salad in a Jar

Components of a wedge salad are layered in a glass mason jar, which sits on a teal-edged cutting board. Additional ingredients surround the jar.

Wedge Salad in a Jar

Dairy-Free Tomato Basil Bisque

Dairy-Free Tomato Basil Bisque

Easy Spicy Black Bean Soup

Easy Spicy Black Bean Soup