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While dinner may get the spotlight, we believe lunch deserves just as much attention. So skip ordering out or grabbing those sad grab-and-go lunches! From bowls, salads, soups, sandwiches, and more, these easy meal ideas will turn even the busiest work days around.

chicken club egg white wraps

79 Tasty Lunch Ideas To Turn Your Work Day Around

No more boring PB&Js for you!

By Mackenzie Filson, Camille Lowder

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New & Improved

tortillas filled with a tofu and rice mixture served with limes

Bowls, Burritos & More Packable Lunches That Will Make You The Envy Of The Office

tuna salad sandwich with avocado and lettuce

11 Cold School Lunch Ideas

Colorful salad with arugula, cherry tomatoes, radishes, roasted sweet potatoes, farro, and nuts garnished with cheese shavings.

Ina Garten’s Charlie Bird’s Autumn Salad

mediterranean chickpea protein bowls

16 Quick & Easy Cold Lunch Recipes

A variety of sandwiches with layers of meats, cheese, and vegetables, accompanied by potato chips.

Club Sandwich

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Bowls

chicken shawarma bowls

Chicken Shawarma Bowls

BBQ protein bowl with chicken, red cabbage, corn, pickles, brown rice, and barbecue sauce.

BBQ Protein Bowls

peanut chickpea protein bowls with rice, crispy chickpeas, red cabbage, carrot, cucumbers, and peanut sauce

Peanut Chickpea Protein Bowls

bowls filled with chicken, tomatoes, cucumber, olives, feta, and avocado

Greek Power Bowls

Wraps

italian grinder chicken salad wrap

Italian Grinder Chicken Salad Wrap

whole wheat wrap spread with parmesan herb mayonnaise and wrapped around chopped rotisserie chicken, creamy fresh mozzarella, spinach, and cherry tomatoes

Tuscan Chicken Wrap

buffalo ranch chickpea wraps

Buffalo Ranch Chickpea Wraps

chicken club egg white wraps

Chicken Club Egg White Wrap

Salads

coconut lime chicken salad

Coconut-Lime Chicken Salad

chicken avocado salad

Avocado Chicken Salad

italian grinder bean salad

Italian Grinder Bean Salad

panera thai chicken salad in a bowl

Panera Thai Chicken Salad

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italian grinder chicken salad wrap

45 High-Protein Lunch Ideas To Get You Through Whatever Your Day Throws At You

High in protein, low in effort.

By Mackenzie Filson, Colton Trowbridge

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Spicy shrimp lettuce cups with sliced carrots and sesame seeds.

Hot Honey Lovers—These Shrimp Lettuce Wraps Deliver Big Flavor With Minimal Effort

Spinach wrap filled with chicken, lettuce, and croutons.

Chicken Caesar Wraps

chicken pesto pasta topped with basil and parmesan cheese

Chicken Pesto Pasta

Sub sandwich filled with ground meat, lettuce, and tomatoes, featuring a circular image of a woman on top.

Chopped Cheese

cowboy pasta salad with bowtie pasta, tomatoes, ground beef, cheese, corn, and black beans

Cowboy Pasta Salad

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Chicken salad sandwich with lettuce on a soft hoagie roll, garnished with diced vegetables.

Chopped Greek Chicken Sandwich

Three chicken wraps with coleslaw on a wooden board next to a bowl of red sauce.

Buffalo Chicken Wrap

toasted bread layered with mozzarella, tomato slices, basil, arugula, pesto, and balsamic

Caprese Sandwich

lettuce, bacon, avocado slices, hard boiled eggs, halves tomatoes, blue cheese and chicken pieces in a bowl

Cobb Salad

poke bowl

Poke Bowls

Shrimp salad with creamy mayo dressing and dill in a bowl.

Shrimp Salad

A plate full of kimbap with a pair of metal chopsticks picking one piece up.

Kimbap

Bowl of sushi ingredients including rice, avocado, and edamame.

Spicy Tuna & Crispy Rice Bowls

sliced steak with grilled peppers, corn, avocado, and black beans over rice

Steak Fajita Power Bowls

summer couscous salad with cucumber, tomato, avocado, and feta

Summer Couscous Salad

Robin Arzón’s Vegan Big Stack

Robin Arzón’s Vegan Big Stack

copycat mcdonald's mcrib sandwich

Copycat McDonald’s McRib Sandwich