Name: 10-minute no cook healthy lunch bowls
Prep time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 2
Ingredients: 2 lettuce leaves, thinly chopped; 4 cherry tomatoes, halved; 1 cucumber, cubed; 1/2 cup arugula, chopped; 2 scallions; 1 tsp olive oil; 1/2 tsp vinegar/lemon juice; 1/2 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained; 2 tbsp hummus; 2 artichoke hearts from a jar; 2 roasted peppers of choice; 2-3 radishes; 1 tsp toasted sesame seeds; ground black pepper; 1 slice of whole grain bread

Throw together this simple & healthy lunch bowl in less than 10 minutes! This is a simple no cook healthy lunch idea that is vegan and gluten free and you can adjust the recipe to your own needs & taste!

Okay, okay, okay. So is this bowl similar to the “Mediterranean Bowl” We made a while ago? Of course it is. Duh, it’s almost the same. You know why? Because this is what we always have in our pantry/fridge:

Chickpeas
Tahini
Tomatoes
Cucumbers
Olive oil
Onions

Those are our basics. We ALWAYS have them. ALWAYS. We've talked about how we hate meal prep before. We do. Whenever we try to meal prep – we find our food containers full of mold the next week. It’s pretty disgusting and Penicillin has already been discovered, so there’s no detective work for us to do there. Therefore, we stopped pretending to meal prep. At least not full dishes.

But ingredients for dishes? Aaaahhh. Also not. Well, sometimes. Mostly though, we rely on our basics. Because we've found it’s close to a miracle how a jar of chickpeas and some tahini can transform your life. For example they can help you make a healthy vegan lunch in 10 minutes, even if you haven’t cooked quinoa, baked sweet potatoes, scrambled tofu or seared mushrooms. Look at this bowl.

Is it something genius? No. It’s simple and basic. Here’s all you need:

Canned chickpeas
Hummus
Artichokes
Some lettuce, cucumbers, tomatoes/ other veggies
Roasted peppers / or grilled zucchini from a jar
Radishes
Toasted Whole Grain Bread

And yet… It’s healthier than a sandwich, healthier than pizza, definitely healthier than McDonald’s.

If you’re trying to lose weight/ struggling to eat healthy…

If for whatever reason, you can’t or don’t like meal prep and think there’s no way for you to stick to a healthy diet, we're telling you: MAKE this. You don’t need to meal prep to eat healthy and lose weight. You don’t need to wait until next week to start eat healthy. Start today. Even if you had doughnuts for breakfast. Forgive and forget and start fresh! This is a fast healthy lunch that can help you stay on track with your diet.

The Simple Way To Make This Healthy Lunch Bowl

Make cooking healthy work for you:

You can buy hummus from the store, meal prep your own or make it quickly right before.
The roasted peppers we used are from our dad, but we think you can also buy similar in a jar, grill your own or use fresh ones (great source of vitamin C!)
Then all you need is a jar of chickpeas and artichokes (and they’re optional).
To make the salad: chop some cucumber, some lettuce, some tomatoes – throw those vegetables in a bowl, mix with olive oil, salt and vinegar and you’re done.
Then put EVERYTHING in a lunch bowl, toast some bread or don’t if you don’t eat bread.

And it’s ready: a simple healthy lunch for work (or wherever) and it’s vegan!

Meal Prep Lunch Bowl Option:

There’s absolutely no need to, but you can also meal prep this lunch bowl if you have NO TIME during the week and don’t trust yourself around unhealthy food. Here are the changes you need to make to meal prep this bowl:

Don’t add dressing/oil to the salad and use whole cherry tomatoes instead of slicing tomatoes – otherwise the salad will get soggy.
If you’re using bread, toast it right before using or buy fresh.

You can adjust this bowl any way you want, here are some other additions/swaps:

quinoa
avocado
if you’re not vegan – you can also add another source of protein
olives
roasted seeds/ nuts
grilled vegetables (like zucchini or eggplant)
any additional sauce (for example this avocado dill sauce or roasted peppers sauce)

Make this vegan lunch bowl in less than 10 minutes! This is an simple healthy lunch recipe to help you lose weight, and stay on track with…

Yield: 2
Prep: 10 minutes
Total: 10 minutes

Ingredients

2 lettuce leaves, thinly chopped
4 cherry tomatoes, halved
1 cucumber, cubed
1/2 cup arugula, chopped
2 scallions
1 tsp olive oil
1/2 tsp vinegar/lemon juice
1/2 cup canned chickpeas, rinsed and drained
2 tbsp hummus
2 artichoke hearts from a jar
2 roasted peppers of choice
2-3 radishes
1 tsp toasted sesame seeds
ground black pepper
1 slice of whole grain bread

Method

Salad: In a small bowl mix lettuce, tomatoes, cucumber, arugula, scallions, olive oil, vinegar/lemon juice. Add a tiny pinch of salt.
In your lunch bowl arrange the salad, chickpeas, radishes, roasted peppers, artichokes and hummus. Grind black pepper and sprinkle roasted sesame seeds.
Enjoy lunch with or without bread!

Notes

Meal Prep Option: You can buy everything pre-made (hummus, artichokes, grilled peppers, chickpeas) except for the salad. To make the salad ahead - don't add the dressing ingredients (so no lemon juice/vinegar & olive oil) and don't slice the tomatoes. Keep in separate containers in the fridge and assemble when it's time to eat.