Easy Healthy Lunch Recipes

This category of Healthy Lunch Recipes gives you mostly raw produce dishes which can be accompanied with a grain or legume. Eating a mostly raw lunch is a good habit to boost your immune system naturally and keep cravings for bad foods at bay. I am starting with some new Healthy Lunch Recipes and then adding recipes found in my ‘Quick and Easy Healthy Salad Recipes’ section which are my most recommended recipes for lunch.

Raw Veg Pizza

Crust:2 whole grain tortillas or pitas
Sauce:organic pizza sauce or spaghetti sauce

Choose vegetables of your choice - suggestions:
onion, chopped
mushroom, sliced or diced
black olive, chopped
zuccinni, sliced or diced
tomato, diced or sliced
bell pepper, all colors, diced
fresh jalapeno, sliced thin
broccoli or cauliflower, chopped

Topping suggestions:
fresh chopped cilantro, basil or parsley
cayenne

Toast tortillas or pitas until almost desired texture (I like mine crispy). Top with sauce then add vegetables of your choice and warm in oven just a couple of minutes to warm thru but not destroy the enzymes in vegetables. Top with fresh green herbs of choice. Serves one.

Tabouli

1 cup bulgar wheat, soaked in 2 cups purified water for 30-60 minutes
2 large tomatoes, chopped
1-2 medium cucumbers, chopped
½ cup scallions or fresh chives, chopped
1-2 cups parsley, chopped
1/3 cup chopped fresh mint
½ cup red onion, chopped (optional)
1 clove garlic, minced (optional)

Dressing:
1 tsp sea salt
2 T extra virgin olive oil
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice

For a Healthy Lunch Recipe which is a meal in a bowl, whisk together dressing ingredients and pour over combined remaining ingredients. Will keep in refrigerator for 2-3 days. You may also try replacing the bulgar wheat with quinoa, couscous, brown rice or millet. Can be served on a bed of lettuce or stuffed into a tomato. A meal in a bowl which provides loads of energy!

.Apple Cinnamon Salad

Great for a lighter lunch but very filling and provides loads of energy:
½ large or 1 small lemon or lime, juiced
1 tsp raw honey
1 organic apple, chopped
½ cup raw pecans, slightly broken
2-3 T dried cranberries or raisins
1 tsp cinnamon

Stir honey into lemon/lime juice until dissolved.. Add apple as you chop it to prevent browning. Add remaining ingredients and stir. One large lunch portion or two small.

Mexican Tortilla Blender Soup

2 ½ cups boiling water
1 jalapeno, seeded
1 carrot, trip top
1 vegetable bullion cube
1 green onion
1 T. raw sesame tahini
1 stalk celery
1 small tomato
1 slice green cabbage
½ med. zuccini
1 tsp. cumin
½ yellow squash
1/3 cup organic fresh or frozen corn, thawed
Handful of organic corn tortilla chips
1/4 cup black olives
Juice of ½ lime
1 garlic clove
Salt to taste

Place first 12 ingredients (vegetables are all raw) in a blender or Vita-mix (request my resource list for more info) and blend on high for one minute. Then add remaining six ingredients and blend on extra low for a few seconds. Final consistency should be very chunky. Pour into bowls and consume immediately. Leftovers can be reheated as a cooked soup.

Confetti Salad

2-3 ears of corn, cut off cobb
2 stalks celery, chopped
1 red bell pepper, chopped
1 orange bell pepper, chopped
1 medium cucumber, chopped
2 T. fresh parsley, chopped
½ small jicama, chopped (optional)
1 bag cherry tomatoes, cut in half

Combine all ingredients in a bowl. Toss with dressing and serve while fresh. Serves two meal-size portions or 4-6 single servings. Recommended dressings are Super Fast Balsamic Vinegarette or Cilantro Dressing

Garbanzo and Avocado Salad

1 cup garbanzo beans, drained
½ cup diced cucumber
1 T. parsley or cilantro, chopped
1 green onion with top, chopped
1 medium avocado, cubed
lettuce leaves or shredded cabbage

Prepare and combine first four ingredients in a medium bowl; chill if desired. Just before serving, prepare avocado and add to mixture. Toss with Mexican Dressing and spoon mixture onto lettuce leaves or finely shredded cabbage. Serve this Healthy Lunch Recipe with a whole grain garlic bread or other grain dish. Serves one as a meal or 2-4 as a side dish.

Sweet Healing Greens

2-3 cups fresh young bok choy, shredded fine
½ cup cilantro, chopped (heavy stems removed)
1 red bell pepper, chopped
½ -1 can black beans or dark red kidney beans, drained (optional for meal in a bowl)

Toss with Honey Mustard Walnut Dressing or Sweet Lemon Vinaigrette Serves one or two as a meal or 4-6 as a side dish.

Greek Salad Pita

3 cups romaine, shredded fine
½ cucumber, half moon slices
1 tomato, cut into small slices
1 can garbanzo beans, drained
2 T. Chopped dill pickles
6 kalimata olives, cut in fourths
Zesty italian or tahini dressing
4 pita halves

For a Healthy Lunch Recipe all-in-one mix all ingredients together and add dressing. Mix well. Warm pitas in toaster oven a couple of minutes and stuff with salad. Hummus can be a side dish or spread in pita.

Check back soon for more Easy Healthy Lunch Recipes and other great Easy Healthy Recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and snacks!

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