Lunch

Sandwiches are the easiest lunch, but they can get boring too easily. These healthy sandwiches and healthy wraps will put some spice in your lunch!

Light, flavorful, and perfect for summer! This Lemon Basil Tuna Quinoa Salad recipe is packed with protein and full of antioxidants for your body to enjoy.

Enjoy this warm and comforting savory recipe from guest author and Registered Dietitian, Melanie Flinn of Nutritious Eats.

You’re on the road, in a hurry, and hungry. You didn’t pack a lunch so your only option is fast food. What do you do? While fast food is never the best option, sometimes it’s necessary. Find out how to order with your health in mind.

Whether you are a strict vegan or vegetarian, or just interested in adding the occasional vegetarian meal to your (or your kids’) weekly meal rotation, this post is for you! Before we go any further, I just want to take a minute to explain the difference between a vegan diet and a vegetarian diet. A vegetarian diet includes mostly plant based foods and excludes meat and meat products. A vegetarian diet may however include fish, dairy and eggs.

Lean proteins are an essential building block for a healthy diet, and beans are a wholesome option that have long been recognized for their health benefts. Now, thanks to the ProteinUP, CarbDown line from Flatout Flatbread, beans are taking on a whole new shape. Looking for a filling school lunch idea or a post-workout snack that’s low in carbs and high in energy-producing protein? Wrap it.

How many days per week do you eat lunch away from home? If you work a normal Monday-Friday job, you probably eat lunch out or have to pack a lunch 5-6 days a week. It’s more common than not to be on the go these days, but we know that all it takes to stay healthy is a little bit of preparation! Pack portable lunches to take with you to work, to the park, or anywhere else your life might take you.

It’s better to be prepared than sorry when it comes to food because no one likes a hangry person. If you’ve ever been hangry, you know what we are talking about…so hungry that you are angry. Yup, it’s not a very good feeling! There is nothing worse than forgetting to pack a lunch and hearing your stomach grumble during school or a work meeting. And the longer you go without mid-day nutritious eats, the more likely you are to make poor afternoon food choices.

Sandwich wraps are the greatest thing since sliced bread! Just as simple as a sandwich to prepare, wraps are a perfect option for meals on the go. Leftovers are reinvented when rolled up together in a flatbread for a packed lunch; the portability of a breakfast burrito means you’ll never have to skip a healthy breakfast again. Who needs a fork? Wrap that salad up for a filling no-fuss snack.

There’s no need to be bored or sacrifice flavor when you’re eating better this New Year! Yes – you’ll have to take some time to shop, stock your kitchen and PREPARE your foods, but the rewards will be worth it. Get into a routine each week, and set aside time to prepare your meals for healthy eats.

Veg out with these meatless meals! Enjoy them for #MeatlessMonday or make them last all week long.

As each and every day brings me closer to my goals of having a ripped six pack and lean-as-Jennifer-Aniston-arms, I continue to keep enjoying the food that I am eating. As a righteous foodie, I feel that even in the healthiest, leanest of times, food must be enjoyable to the highest degree. In layman’s terms: I like to eat good food. But good food doesn’t have to be boring, overly simplified or tasteless. It’s the opposite that is true in my mind. Healthy food should be exciting, it should blow people’s minds! I like to serve food that people think is overly indulgent, but when I tell them it was made with half the calories of the original, I want them to be stunned into silence.

There’s no doubt about it. But salad dressings? That’s where it gets tricky. Many store-bought dressings can turn your healthy little salad into a calorie bomb. Loaded with preservatives, chock full of unhealthy fats and high in sugar, these dressings can sabotage your weight loss and turn a healthy lunch into a cheat meal faster than you can say “ranch.” The solution? Make your own!