Forget boring old ham and cheese sandwiches. These easy lunch ideas will perk up your midday meal!
What do you like to eat for lunch? I can’t tell you how many hundreds (thousands?) of frozen burritos I have eaten over the past ten years or so. I have plucked a burrito from the freezer, heated it, topped that baby with salsa and sour cream, and enjoyed it for lunch nearly every day of the week for months at a time. For some reason, I never ever get tired of it.
12 Easy Lunch Ideas to Make at Home in No Time
Cutting wheat from my diet has made it a little harder to keep up with my burrito habit. There are gluten-free versions, but they are either expensive or less than good. Plus, let’s face it: Eating fresh food is a lot healthier than a frozen, processed burrito even if it’s made from quality ingredients, right? When I don’t have leftovers available for lunch, I’m going to start branching out with some of these other quick and easy lunch ideas!
Tuna Salad Lettuce Wraps | The Weary Chef
Avocado Chickpea Salad Sandwich | Yummy Healthy Easy
Baked Corn Tortilla Cheese Dogs | Simply Gloria
Greek Vegetarian Sandwiches | Lemons for Lulu
Healthy Chipotle Chickpea Salad | The Grant Life
Light Ranch BLT Chicken Salad Sandwich | Krafted Koch
Avocado Tuna Melts | Dizzy Busy and Hungry
Strawberry Peanut Butter Quesadillas | Two Healthy Kitchens
Mediterranean Pita Pizzas | The Weary Chef
Creamy BBQ Chicken Wrap | Wonky Wonderful
Peanut Butter Apple Cinnamon Honey Sushi Rolls | Mom on Timeout
Sausage Dogs | Call Me PMc
Tash says
The avocado and chickpea sandwich + the apple pb rollups look amazing!! Such good ideas, thanks for putting them up here! I can’t wait to try them both :) New takes on comfort food!
Andi says
Thanks, Tash! Glad you like it :)
Kelly says
What a great roundup Andi! I am always looking for new lunch ideas and can’t wait to try some of these out! I really love your tuna lettuce wraps since I’ve been cutting down on the amount of gluten I eat too :) Pinning!
Andi says
I need new ideas too! Good luck with cutting gluten. I don’t think it has been that bad at all if that makes you feel any better about it :)
Danielle | Krafted Koch says
You can never have too many quick lunch ideas. Thanks for sharing!
Andi says
Thanks, Danielle. That chicken salad sounds delicious. I have to try it!
Cathy Travis says
Thank you for the great ideas to make for my work lunch! I am always eager to change it up.
Andi says
You’re welcome, Cathy! I hope you found some recipes you’d like to try.
Liz says
All lovely recipes. Thanks Andi.
Andi says
Thank you, Liz :)