Healthy Lunch Recipes
I’ve collected a slew of healthy lunches to inspire your mid-day meal! These recipes are great for all ages (yes, even you). With this awesome round-up of Healthy Lunch Recipes, you can confidently send your kids off to school and yourself off to work (or work at home) knowing you’ll all be well nourished and well fed.
So whether you like to wrap it, stuff it into a jar, sandwich it, dip it or snack on it, we have you covered with this impressive round-up of lunch box recipes for kids. And most are simple enough that the kids can help or even pack their own lunch and maybe yours too. How great is that?!!
I hope you enjoy these awesome recipes from me as well as other amazing food bloggers that were generous enough to contribute!
Healthy Lunch Recipes
The options for lunch recipes are truly endless. You can pack green leafy salads, pasta salads, chicken salads, sandwiches, healthy sweets, and so much more. Here is a roundup of our all-time favorites.
Turkey Avocado Sandwich
This Turkey Avocado Sandwich is the sandwich of my dreams. It is made with honey oat bread, honey mustard, smoked turkey, avocado and sprouts!
Classic Italian Veggie Pasta Salad
Pasta salad with broccoli, tomatoes, cucumber and peppers is a win-win combination. Perfect for leftovers and bringing on the go.
Easy Fruit and Cream Cheese Lunch Wraps
Here’s another easy kid-friendly lunchbox recipe for back to school time: fruit and cream cheese lunch wraps. They are super fast to make, and kids will love them because they are naturally sweet.
Maple Pumpkin Pie Dip
This maple pumpkin pie dip is a delicious and super easy snack that kids love! It is made with cream cheese, canned pumpkin, maple syrup and a little spice. Serve it with apples or gingersnaps.
Zucchini Oat Bread
This Zucchini Oat Bread is packed with zucchini and sweetened with dates raisins and a touch of honey instead of refined sugar. The oats make it sturdy enough to pack in a picnic basket or lunchbox.
Mexican Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups
These Mexican Chicken Salad Lettuce Cups with avocado, jalapeño, cumin and cilantro in tender Bibb lettuce leaves are the perfect fuss-free lunch or snack. The chicken salad is also easy to make ahead, making it all the more better.
Buffalo Hummus Chicken Salad Roll Ups
These buffalo chicken salad roll ups are quick, easy and so delicious. They're the perfect snack or lunch.
California Quinoa Salad Collard Wraps with Edamame Pesto
Gluten-free and gluten-lovers alike will love these collard green wraps. Filled with lots of quinoa, edamame, and other veggies they're the perfect healthy and delicious lunch.
Chicken Tikka Wrap - Food Pleasure and Health
Fresh ingredients and bold spice come together in these Chicken Tikka Wraps. Yogurt marinated and grilled chicken is paired with creamy yogurt sauce, mint and cilantro along with red onion and bell peppers all wrapped up in hearty wraps.
Veggie Wrap Recipe
All you need is 10 minutes and a sharp knife to put this simple veggie and cheese wrap together. They're a great vegetarian lunchbox item to pack for Meatless Mondays!
Healthy Rainbow Fruit and Yogurt Parfaits To-Go
These Healthy Fruit and Yogurt Rainbow Parfaits are perfect to pack in your children’s’ (and your own) lunchboxes! They’re super easy to make and are loaded with nutritious fruit, protein-rich Greek yogurt, and satisfying granola. Plus, who can resist when they see the pretty colorful layers of fruit.
Southwest Quinoa Salad with Black Beans, Mango and Avocado
This Southwest Quinoa Salad with black beans, mango and avocado is a delicious side salad for potlucks, parties and summertime picnics. The cumin, lime and cilantro dressing is flavorful and bright and pairs so well with the quinoa and fresh, healthy ingredients!
Simple Tabbouleh Salad
A simple tabbouleh salad with curly parsley, mint, tomatoes and red onion. A perfect healthy vegetarian grain salad that requires just 15 minutes of prep work!
Chickpea and Grilled Corn Salad
This chickpea and grilled corn salad is so easy and delicious. You’ll wish you had made a double batch! It has basil, parsley and tomatoes in it. I also added in mild goat feta too, but if you want to keep it vegan simply omit it.
Taco Mason Jar Salad Recipe
These mason jar salads are fuss-free, delicious, and easy to bring on the go. You can also personalize them which is great.
Blueberry Chicken Salad with Rosemary
This chicken salad is good on its own, but even better served in cute little lettuce cups. Zesty, creamy, healthy and delicious.
California Veggie Sandwich - A Tasty Fresh Market Copycat
This sandwich is a particularly good to-go lunch. Whole wheat bread is topped with lettuce, other yummy vegetables and a simple spinach sauce.
Superfood Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Sandwich
No one loves a good chicken salad as much as me, and I can promise you this one rocks. It even has Greek yogurt for extra protein.
Foolproof Stovetop Popcorn
If you’re wondering how to make stovetop popcorn without burning the kernels, then you have to try this trick to get perfect Foolproof Stovetop Popcorn. It is one of my favorite snacks.
Pumpkin Streusel Bread
This Pumpkin Streusel Bread is simply the best, most moist and delicious classic pumpkin bread you’ll make this season. I guarantee it! It’s easy to stir together, and then it bakes up to a big beautiful loaf perfect to slice and add to your lunchbox!
Healthy Banana Bread with Dates and Walnuts
Hold on to your whisks my friends, I’m about to rock your kitchen with this Healthy Banana Bread recipe made with whole-grain flour and no refined sugar. It is sweetened with dates and maple syrup.
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread
Once this honey sweetened and whole grain chocolate chip zucchini bread recipe is sliced, it stands no chance of lasting more than a few minutes. It will be devoured in no time! It is so yummy for a snack or to bring to a party.
Low-Calorie Ranch Dip and Veggies
You guys are going to love this Healthy Low-Calorie Ranch Dip recipe I made for you today. It is super easy and makes a quick crowd-pleasing appetizer and it is great for snack time! It’s a bonus that it is only 43 calories per serving! You’d never know that it was secretly healthy.
Black Bean Hummus
This healthy homemade black bean hummus is one of my very favorite recipes. It is naturally gluten-free and vegan! It’s the perfect appetizer, party food or plant-based snack.
Edamame Hummus
This protein packed, vegan, super green edamame hummus recipe is bursting with nutrients and it’s so delicious. My daughters love it for snack or to make a tortilla roll-up for their lunch boxes.
Roasted Garlic Hummus
This roasted garlic hummus recipe is one of our most popular recipes and always wins rave reviews. The garlic, lemon and creamy texture are just perfect!
Meal Prep Wasabi Glazed Salmon Power Salad
These Meal Prep Wasabi Glazed Salmon Power Salads are high protein, gluten-free and totally satisfying for a week of healthy lunches.
Waldorf Chicken Salad
This Waldorf Chicken Salad recipe is an easy and delicious lunch! It has celery, apples, walnuts and poached chicken breast in a creamy Greek yogurt dressing.
Mediterranean Tuna Salad
Stir together this mayonnaise-free mediterranean tuna salad for lunch in just 10 minutes. It’s loaded with incredible flavor from fresh scallion, basil, olives and roasted red peppers.
Healthy Cobb Salad
This hunger-busting Cobb Salad is bursting with fresh vegetables and protein-rich chicken, hard-boiled eggs, creamy avocado and smoky crumbled bacon. It is topped off with a simple homemade Blue Cheese vinaigrette which has all the delicious flavor of a traditional Brown Derby Cobb Salad, but with fewer calories and less saturated fat!
Chickpea "Tuna" Salad (Vegan)
This delicious Chickpea Tuna Salad is a vegan version of a classic tuna salad. Featuring all the traditional flavors of the beloved salad, you won’t miss the tuna at all! Serve over lettuce or on a toasted slice of hearty whole-grain bread.
Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad
This Mediterranean Black Lentil Salad with cucumbers, spinach and feta is super easy to whip together. Just toss the lentils together with a little dressing and veggies, and you have the perfect summer side dish or gluten-free vegetarian main course.
Mexican Pasta Salad
Friends, I don’t know if Mexican pasta salad was a thing before now, but I do know that when pasta salad takes a metaphorical trip south of the border to Mexico, magical things happen!
Roasted Red Pepper Hummus
I have a brand new recipe for homemade Roasted Red Pepper Hummus, and let me just say that you’re going to want to save this one for your next snack attack because it’s utterly delicious!
Meal Prep Spinach Beet and Chicken Power Salads
Are you new to Meal Prep? Today is the day to give it a go! You can start your new year off right and pack these high-protein Spinach, Beet and Chicken Power Salads for a week’s worth of healthy hunger-busting lunches.
Kale Salad with Blueberries, Manchego and Pumpkin Seed Clusters
htlaeThis Kale Salad with Blueberries, Manchego and Pumpkin Seed Clusters is the perfect blend of juicy fresh berries, salty cheese, spicy seed clusters all tossed with kale and a delicious lemon vinaigrette dressing.
Healthy Pasta Salad with Ham and Peas
There is only one thing that is better than a creamy yet healthy pasta salad with ham and peas, and that one thing is an ultra-creamy version made with Greek yogurt and whole-wheat pasta!
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Beautiful recipes!
Great collection for dinner!
Great collection of healthy recipes!
Thanks so much Mary! Hope you have a great day!
Great roundup! Love all the lunch box options here. Can’t wait to try some!
love mason jar salads!
Me too!! So convenient!
Great round up! So many yummy things here! Thanks for sharing our Banana Chocolate Chip Mini Muffins – I’ll be sharing this on our FB page this week because great round ups rock!
Thanks Jessica! Awesome! And thanks for sharing your recipes.
These are wonderful lunchbox options, I love the variety!
Thanks Marye!
Welcome Stephanie! Bookmarking this bad boy for later – loving all the tasty and healthy ideas! <3 Thanks for featuring my salad!
Thanks Jenn!! And thanks so much for sharing your awesome recipes!