20 Easy Healthy Meal Prep Lunch Ideas for Work
These 20 Easy, Healthy Meal Prep Lunch Ideas for Work are the perfect way to stay on track with your weekly meal planning – these meal prep bowls are creative, delicious ways to eat healthy and stay organized during busy work weeks, and they're perfect for meal planning on a budget too!
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Let me tell you about these Healthy Meal Prep Lunch Ideas for Work…they are super fun ways to switch up your weekly meal planning process so that you're eating healthy, wholesome foods but you're also eating delicious meals that fuel you during your work week!
I always used to struggle with meal prep for the work week because I had trouble planning ahead and let's just say this was long before I discovered blogging as a hobby or even as a reader! I used to rely primarily on cookbooks to whip together delicious dinners but would then struggle when it came to getting my lunches together for work and school.
Often I would just rely on dinner leftovers as opposed to specifically planning any easy lunch ideas or trying to find some healthy meal prep recipes online. Well, times are a changing and now you can find so many lunch ideas for work on the web! I've rounded up my favourite healthy meal prep recipes from my fave healthy living bloggers so you can switch up your weekly meal prep routine and give some more thought to the creative side of lunch time!
And in case you're in need of some meal prep tools, here are my staples:
- Glass meal prep bowls are so great for microwaving and reheating your food safely
- Mason jars are perfect for salads since they keep lettuce separated from dressings
- Salad containers are another awesome option for keeping your greens and proteins separated so nothing gets soggy
- My Rice Cooker saves me so much time in the meal prep process because I can cook my grains ahead of time
- These Bento box containers are perfect for packing snacks and lunches together!
- Restock your freezer with grass-fed beef and poultry from Butcher Box – and for a limited time get two free ribeyes and bacon!
- I would be nowhere without my trusty Vitamix blender – it whips up giant batches of delicious sauces for my meal prep bowls in a hurry
- Hello Fresh also has some AWESOME recipes if you're looking to also get your groceries delivered to your door..and they will give you $30 off your first purchase too!
In this round up, we've got everything from Caprese Chicken bowls to Cashew Chicken, Thai Yellow Curry, Greek Chicken and even a few vegetarian options like Chickpea Bowls. You can make these healthy meal prep lunch ideas on a sheet pan, on the BBQ, in a skillet or choose a couple of the no-cook recipes to try out while you get used to meal prepping on the weekend.
All it takes is a couple of hours (or less) on the weekend and you're on your way to healthy eating throughout the work week – and no stressing over what to take for lunch either, or doing any last minute scrambling!
Which one of these easy lunch ideas will you be trying first?!
Sheet Pan Greek Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Instant Pot Chicken Pesto Pasta via Eating Instantly
Healthy Chickpea Meal Prep Bowls via Green Healthy Cooking
One Pan Thai Coconut Yellow Curry Chicken & Rice via Ambitious Kitchen
Instant Pot Honey Garlic Noodles via Eating Instantly
Honey Chipotle Meatball Meal Prep via Sweet Peas and Saffron
Chicken Tandoori Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Keto Prosciutto Egg Cups via Meal Prep on Fleek
Korean Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Caprese Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via Sweet Peas and Saffron
Southwest Sweet Potato Vegan Meal Prep Bowls via Salt and Lavender
Meal Prep Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps via Skinny Fitalicious
Sweet Chili Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Meal Prep Burrito Bowls via Free Your Fork
Meal Prep Cilantro Lime Chicken Bowls via Fit Foodie Finds
Peanut Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Low Carb Philly Cheesesteak Meal Prep via Meal Prep on Fleek
Meal Prep Shrimp Zucchini Noodles via Skinny Fitalicious
Cashew Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
Chicken Burrito Bowl Meal Prep via Kitchen @ Hoskins
Healthy Sheet Pan Sausage and Veggies via Isabel Eats
Coconut Mango Chicken Meal Prep Bowls via The Girl on Bloor
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These are awesome! No more Michelina’s microwave fettuccine Alfredo for this bish!
Hahahahaha love it!!! Thanks Syd!
This is so helpful! I needed some fresh ideas and this is how I already pack my lunches for the week.
So happy to hear that Luisa! Thank you 🙂
Looks delicious! I love one pan dishes, they are really fast to prepare and always yummy. Just can’t go wrong with them.
Totally agree! Thanks Olivia!
How do you keep your meals fresh and “good?” Do you freeze them? I can’t eat food on Wednesday that was made on Sunday. Tuesday is even pushing it for me.
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Hey Candace – you’re safe to eat most of my meals 5 days from when you make them. My roommate has even eaten leftovers I’ve made 7 days after for some rice dishes, though I recommend up to 5 days. Hope that helps!
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Not sure if it’s been asked already but I’ve read it’s not ok to reheat rIce and get a lot of your dishes have rice in- what should I do?
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Hey Lydia – not sure where you might have read that you can’t reheat rice because you absolutely can!
this tells you why you shouldn’t reheat rice https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/reheat-leftover-rice-food-poisoning-a7655816.html
Just be careful!
This advice definitely applies to any other type of food much as it does rice – if you don’t refrigerate or store meats, pastas, etc. it can grow bacteria which can lead to food borne illness. Taking the proper precautions when cooking and storing leftovers once food has cooled will help prevent this, as the article mentions. This to me is common sense but I can understand that everyone brings different levels of experience when it comes to cooking!
I’m always looking for new recipes and coming from Florida my family definitely are seafood lovers. This looks great and I can’t wait to serve it to my sons. Thanks for posting it
My husband and I made the chicken caprese and the korean chicken bowls last week for our lunch prep and we both loved them! The fresh ingredients are so yummy! I am an RN who works in the operating room and I got tired of paying for the cafeteria lunches (unhealthy and always the same old stuff). Last week we prepped our lunches and it was fantastic to have a gourmet meal at lunch every day. Thanks for the great recipes~ I am off to prep for the week !
Charlotte I’m so happy to hear you like my recipes!!! I’m so happy meal prep is working for you and your schedule, it seriously makes life so much easier! You’ve just made my day, thank you so much for the kind words 🙂
Oh my gosh awesome list! How have I not found you sooner? There is not one on here I wouldn’t try!!