Quick and Healthy Meal Prep Lunch Ideas to Try this Week!

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If you’re looking for same time and money, meal planning is the way to go.

When you plan your meals for the week, you can control the ingredients as well as resorting to fast food.

Need some inspiration? Here are 6 healthy meal prep lunch ideas that you can make ahead of time to make it easy for you during the week.

Healthy Meal Prep Lunch Ideas

1. Mason Jar Salads

There are tons of mason jar recipes out there, so you are sure to find your favorites.

Plus, they make packing your salads so easy since you can them up in the fridge.

The 32 oz. mason jar is the best size for salads.

Healthy mason jar recipes to try:

10 Delicious Mason Jar Salad Recipes for Easy Meal Prep

If you want to eat more healthy, clean foods, but don’t want to spend a bunch of time preparing meals, then mason jar salad recipes are just what you’re looking for. Because they make eating healthy foods so much more convenient.

8 Protein-packed Mason Jar Salad Recipes You Need To Make This Weekend!

Mason jar salad recipes are, hands down, my favorite meal prep recipe. Over the last 5+ years I’ve made a mason jar salad just about every week for lunches. Honestly, I missed 3-4 weeks if that! So, needless to say I’m salad in the jar obsessed.

2. Bento Box with Grilled Chicken and Brown Rice

The two most important ingredients for this lunch idea – brown rice and grilled chicken. And, to make it even easier, you can buy pre-made grilled chicken (love the grilled chicken at Aldi!).

For seasoning, you can add sweet chili spice, teriyaki sauce or my favorite, Panda Express Orange Sauce! Yum!!

Chicken and brown rice recipes to try:

Quick and Easy Healthy Recipes: Chicken & Brown Rice

A tasty, budget-friendly lunch or dinner awaits with this healthy recipe for a chicken and brown rice bowl. Celery, onion, peas and carrots dressed in a lemon-mustard sauce accompany grilled chicken and brown rice for a perfect portable and guilt-free meal. Read more recipes at MyFitnessPal!

Blackened Chicken Brown Rice Bowls – Cooking for Keeps

These Blackened Chicken Brown Rice Bowls with Avocado Cream are packed with spicy seared chicken, sweet potatoes, black beans, and hearty brown rice. They’re tossed with plenty of cilantro and then drizzled with an easy avocado cream sauce. Healthy and delicious!

All-in-One Instant Pot Chicken and Brown Rice Recipe | Yummly

All-in-one Instant Pot Chicken And Brown Rice With Medium Onion, Garlic, Carrots, Mushrooms, Brown Rice, Olive Oil, Chicken Broth, Chicken Thigh, Salt, Black Pepper, Soup, Worcestershire Sauce, Thyme

3. Beans, Broccoli, and Brown Rice

I typically buy canned black beans, but if you have extra time, you can make homemade black beans. Other beans to try with this would be chickpeas.

For the broccoli, I prefer to use frozen broccoli where I heat it up in the microwave.

For the rice, I find that regular brown rice tastes better than instant.

For seasoning, you can use low-salt soy sauce, Mrs. Dash, or one of my favorites, Spike.

4. Stir Fry Shrimp

When you have stir fry shrimp one night for dinner, make sure to double the recipe. This way you can use the leftovers for lunch the next day.

You can add either brown rice or make it low-mein by adding spaghetti noodles.

Stir fry shrimp recipes to try:

Easy Shrimp Stir-Fry – Paleo, Whole 30, Low Carb

I love a good stir-fry. They are so easy to throw together, but they have so much flavor. It’s my favorite meal to make when I have veggies I need to use up. We eat it on it’s own or serve it over rice (regular or cauliflower) for a delicious and easy weeknight meal.

Sweet Chili Shrimp Stir Fry Easy Recipe – Butter Your Biscuit

This Sweet Chili Shrimp Stir Fry is full of sauteed shrimp, onions, red peppers, and asparagus, tossed in a sweet and spicy sauce. The combination of flavors are fantastic and this quickly became a family favorite. My whole family loves shrimp, one of the great benefits is that it cooks super fast.

5. Grilled Chicken Veggie Bowls

A huge timesaver for this lunch idea is pre-made grilled chicken. Then add brown rice.

For the vegetable part of the dish, this is really your preference. You can roast, steam, grill the veggies. Or you can use frozen veggies instead.

6. Quinoa and Roasted Broccoli Bowl

This easy lunch idea uses red quinoa, roasted broccoli, chickpeas, feta cheese, and avocado.

Create a dressing out of olive oil, Dijon mustard, and lemon juice.

More quinoa bowl recipes to try:

Southwest Quinoa Power Bowl with Honey Lime Dressing

A filling plant-based meal using simple whole foods and some adobo seasoning makes for one delicious Southwest Quinoa Power Bowl. Top with a healthy, homemade honey lime dressing and this bowl will be on repeat! Packed with protein and fiber, plus gluten-free, and dairy-free friendly.

Veggie Quinoa Power Bowl | What Molly Made

This veggie quinoa power bowl is a great meal prep lunch idea. It’s full of flavor and packed with roasted vegetables to keep you powered up all day. I’ve found that the number one reason I eat healthy is if I plan ahead.

Chickpeas Kale And Quinoa Power Bowls

Chickpeas Kale And Quinoa Power Bowls packed with nutritious vegetables these are easy to prepare, nutritious and delicious. Happy Thursday guys! One more day till the weekend ! Warmer weather around here feels so nice! My husband has been home this week and did a lot of outside grilling.