Easy Weekday Meal Prep Lunch Recipes

I’m back with another big list of meal prep recipes to make your weekdays easier and, dare I say, more enjoyable!

There’s nothing worse than deciding what to eat on a Tuesday afternoon when you’ve been hustling all morning. Sweetgreen (again?), random bag of chips? Or worse…just wait until dinner? No thanks.

That’s why I’ve made it my mission over the years to bring you nourishing, delicious meal prep lunch recipes that will not only fill you up, but will also be ones you get excited to eat.

Skip the $20 takeout salad and try one of these incredible weekday lunches. Choose your craving — I broke them down into:

• Salads
• Bowls
• Sandwiches & wraps
• Soups & stews
• And chilis

Our favorite meal prep tools

• Aluminum foil
• Airtight glass meal prep containers
• Reusable freezer-friendly silicone bags
• A label maker (for your meal prep containers)

Salads

1. Kale Peanut Crunch Salad
2. Honey Mustard Chicken Salad
3. One Pot Moroccan-Inspired Chickpea Quinoa Salad
4. My Favorite Spicy Chicken Salad
5. Roasted Carrot Cauliflower Quinoa Salad with Sunshine Dressing
6. California Roasted Sweet Potato Kale Salad
7. 15-Minute Healthy Moroccan-Spiced Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad
8. Warm Roasted Vegetable Harvest Couscous Salad
9. Italian Chopped Brussels Sprouts Salad
10. Spicy Cashew Chickpea Broccoli Salad with Ginger Peanut Dressing
11. Curry Roasted Cauliflower Sweet Potato Salad (vegan & gluten free)
12. Chickpea Apple Broccoli Salad with Honey Dijon Dressing
13. Roasted Veggie, Chickpea & Pesto Quinoa Salad
14. High Protein Salads in Jars that Make the Perfect Lunch
15. Vibrant Curry Cashew Chickpea Quinoa Salad
16. Sesame Edamame Salad with Cilantro and Toasted Almonds
17. Curried Chickpea Couscous Salad
18. The Easiest Chopped Greek Chickpea Salad

Bowls

1. Sweet & Spicy Sesame Chicken Meatball Bowls
2. Chicken Shawarma Meatball Bowls
3. Damn Good Salmon Taco Bowls For Two
4. Sheet Pan Hot Honey Chicken and Veggies
5. Jalapeño Coconut Curry Chicken Meatball Bowls
6. Sesame Roasted Vegetables and Chickpeas with Garlic Tahini Yogurt Sauce
7. Sweet and Spicy Gochujang Chicken Bowls
8. Mama’s Chickpeas in Sofrito with Arroz con Gandules
9. BBQ Ranch Chicken Quinoa Bowls
10. Mom’s Authentic Puerto Rican Rice and Beans
11. Healing Lemongrass Chickpea Thai-Inspired Green Curry with Toasted Coconut Brown Rice
12. Slow Cooker Yellow Chicken Curry
13. Sheet Pan Jalapeño Pistachio Chicken Meatball Bowls

Sandwiches & Wraps

1. Tahini Jalapeño Green Goddess Chicken Salad Wraps
2. Vegan Pecan Apple Chickpea Salad Wraps
3. The Ultimate Spicy Cheddar & Apple Fall Veggie Sandwich
4. Freezer-Friendly Green Chile Chicken Burritos
5. Vegan Curry Chickpea Salad Collard Wraps
6. Crunchy Rainbow Thai-Inspired Peanut Chicken Wraps

Soups & Stews

1. Healing Ginger Coconut Chicken Brown Rice Soup
2. Vegan Coconut Tomato Lentil Soup
3. Italian Wedding Soup
4. The Best Minestrone Soup
5. Creamy White Bean Chicken Enchilada Soup
6. Vegan Curried Pumpkin Lentil Soup
7. Butternut Squash Green Chile Chicken Soup
8. Vegan Slow Cooker Tofu Tikka Masala
9. Green Chile Chicken Pozole
10. Healthy Chicken Pot Pie Soup
11. Healing Curry Butternut Squash Lentil Soup (with a slow cooker option!)
12. Butternut Squash, Chickpea & Lentil Moroccan-Spiced Stew

Chilis

1. Actually, the Best Vegetarian Chili Ever
2. Healthy White Chicken Chili
3. The Best Healthy Turkey Chili
4. Slow Cooker Black Bean Pumpkin Turkey Chili
5. Chipotle Black Bean, Sweet Potato and Quinoa Chili
6. Slow Cooker Black Bean Quinoa Pumpkin Chicken Chili