Lunch

Lunch recipes calibrated for every diet, keto, paleo, vegan, vegetarian, low-carb, high-protein. Quick prep, meal-prep friendly, with full macros and printable shopping lists.

500 Calorie Lunch Ideas

7 Healthy 500 Calorie Lunch Ideas

A 500 calorie lunch is the middle of the road: light enough to fit inside a 1,500 to 1,800 calorie day, substantial enough that you are not raiding the snack drawer at 3 p.m. The seven meals below each land…

High Protein Lunch Ideas

12 High-Protein Lunch Ideas With Per-Serving Macros

Talk with a registered dietitian if you have a medical condition, take medication, are pregnant or breastfeeding, or are managing chronic kidney disease before making significant protein changes.

Mediterranean Diet Lunch Ideas

30 Authentic Mediterranean Diet Lunch Ideas

Most diets today are doomed to break for similar reasons. Here is “How can I maintain this diet while going to the office every day?” one of these reasons.

White Bean Stew

Traditional White Bean Stew Recipe | With Beef Pepperoni

This kuru fasulye, Turkey’s national dish and a fixture at my grandmother’s Sunday table, delivers 395 calories per bowl with 22 grams of protein, 11 grams of fiber, and 12 grams of fat. The twist here is beef pepperoni, known…

Cabbage Meatballs

500-Calorie Vegetarian Fried Cabbage Meatballs

Cabbage is one of the vegetables that unfortunately does not enter every home, and even if we do not see it while doing grocery shopping, we will forget its existence.

Veggie Power Bowl

How to Prepare Veggie Power Bowl? | 1111 Cal Vegetarian Meal

This vegetarian power bowl is calorie dense on purpose: 1,111 calories per bowl with 42 grams of protein from mushrooms, kidney beans, Greek yogurt, and quinoa, plus 22 grams of fiber and 38 grams of healthy fat. It is meant…

Vegetarian Schnitzel

Vegetarian Schnitzel | Eggplant Schnitzel Recipe

This eggplant schnitzel is built for anyone who wants the pan-fried crunch and comfort of a classic Wiener schnitzel without the meat. Two rounds of eggplant sandwich a slice of mozzarella, get double-breaded, and shallow-fry to golden brown. Each schnitzel…

Grilled Peach Salad Recipe

Nutrient-Dense Mediterranean Grilled Peach Salad Recipe

This summer salad delivers about 395 calories, 14 grams of protein from goat cheese and pepitas, 26 grams of healthy fat from avocado and olive oil, and only 22 grams of carbs. It is built for warm-weather lunches, backyard dinners,…

Vegetarian Soup Recipes

5 Out of the Box Vegetarian Soup Recipes

Forget all alternatives you have tried before. The soups you will meet now will cause you to go another dimension in your kitchen.

Low Carb Lunch Ideas

38 Low Carb Lunch Ideas (With Recipes)

Before you decide what to cook, try our top 38 low-carb lunch ideas. This article has been carefully created to eliminate your “what to cook” worries.

Turkish Mediterranean Soup

Turkish Mediterranean Soup Recipe

Let’s be direct about what this soup actually does. It is not a detox in any clinical sense; your liver and kidneys already handle detoxification on their own. What this soup does is fill you up on 8g of fiber,…

Crispy Keto French Fries

Crispy Keto French Fries Recipe (4 Easy Steps)

These are a rutabaga-based copycat of restaurant fries, built for anyone on a strict keto or low-carb diet who is missing the deep-fry pleasure of a McDonald’s medium. A restaurant medium fry runs around 340 calories and 63g of net…