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Here’s a list of 7 different lunches that you can easily pack and take with you for the day. If you eat meat, animal products can easily be added for a more filling lunch. I’ve chosen ingredients in each lunch to satisfy many of our needs for salty, sweet, savory, crunchy, and soft foods. Variety is important.
It is still preferable that fruits be eaten on an empty stomach, so if you pack the fruit I’ve suggested in these lunches, use them as a snack at another point in the day. Fruit does go great with fats, like nuts, so apples and peanuts are fine.
All of these ingredients are available at the Olympia, WA Food Co-Ops. You’ll also be able to find similar ingredients in most health-minded grocery stores.
Lunch 1 ~ Sandwich on gluten-free bread, with avocado, lettuce, tomato, optional meat ~ Apple ~ Roasted peanuts ~ Hardboiled egg
Lunch 2 ~ Soup (lentil or split pea soup work well when cold) ~ Organic tortilla chips with sliced cheese ~ Celery sticks ~ Carrot sticks
Lunch 3 ~ Bagel sandwich topped with onion, sprouts, tomato, cream cheese or goat chevre ~ Organic granola bar ~ Dried fruit
Lunch 4 ~ 2-3 soft tacos – Keep the corn tortillas separate from the filling until you’re ready to eat. Fill with beans, salsa or enchilada sauce, green onion, and lettuce. ~ Cucumber slices ~ Chewnami sesame bar
Lunch 5 ~1 bag of already prepared Indian food (most of these are rich in spiced lentils or beans) ~ 1 entire bell pepper, chopped ~ Dried mango
Lunch 6 ~ Salad with olives, garbanzo beans, avocado, cucumber ~ Salmon jerky ~ Carob or raw chocolate energy nuggets (often found in the bulk section of grocery stores)
Lunch 7 ~ Rice topped with sliced celery, feta olive, and seasoned with sriracha chili sauce or another hot sauce, and olive oil ~ Pear ~ A side of chopped veggies (bell pepper, carrot or celery)
© 2012 Ava Waits
