Want to make plant based lunch? These vegan lunch ideas are easy to make, store, and transport: perfect for desk lunches throughout the week!
Need lunch inspiration? Don’t we all. Once the week hits, it’s hard to have the time or energy to meal plan dinners: let alone lunches! And if you’re eating plant based, it can be hard to find creative ideas without meat or dairy.
To help with lunchtime, here are out top vegan lunch ideas! These colorful and healthy plant based recipes make lunch something to look forward to. There’s everything from our fan favorite chickpea salad sandwich to wraps to salads to pasta to soup. All of them stay well in the refrigerator and are easy to transport, which is a must for desk lunches. And most don’t even require reheating!
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At the top of our vegan lunch ideas: kale quinoa salad! It's so easy to make and stays good in the refrigerator for days. It's full of nutrient-dense ingredients like Tuscan kale, chickpeas, bell peppers, carrots, and quinoa, and covered in a tangy dressing. The perfect healthy lunch!
Here's a sandwich that's a vegan version of that lunch standard. Instead of chicken salad...it's chickpea salad! This one is one of our most popular recipes, featuring a flavor-popping filling that's creamy and savory. Spread the bread with hummus before serving to add even more flavor! Or serve in a wrap or with crackers.
These vegan roll ups are perfect for lunch! They're easy to make and take only a few minutes. Chop up some veggies, spread a tortilla or wrap with hummus, and roll them up! They're easy to transport and fit perfectly in a lunch box.
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This tofu scramble might sound like a breakfast food, but it's perfect for lunch! It takes only a few minutes to whip up, and saves well. With its savory flavor and texture, the tofu tastes just like scrambled eggs. Make it with a veggie saute, and you'll have a healthy and delicious lunch. (It saves for a few days in the refrigerator.)
Looking for healthy and easy lunch ideas? Here’s a genius idea for busy days or even a lightening fast weeknight dinner. This ultimate hummus sandwich! That’s right:
On a sandwich. You don’t have to reserve hummus just for carrots and pita triangles! It works as a sandwich spread that’s full of plant-based protein to keep you full for hours. Throw it on bread with all your favorite crunchy veggies and it’s a lunch or snack that couldn’t be easier to whip up.
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Here's a tasty lunch sandwich idea: a vegan banh mi! The banh mi is a Vietnamese sandwich that's typically filled with meat or eggs and is topped with pickled vegetables. The vegan version uses ginger lime hummus as a filling instead! Topped with pickled carrots and cabbage, it's full of flavor and a unique lunch you'll look forward to all day.
This simple chickpea salad is a vegan lunch in 5 minutes! This plant based lunch is built around a a can of chickpeas. Throw them together with cucumber and red pepper, stir with olive oil and red wine vinegar, and you've got an incredible Mediterranean-style salad that tastes like it took all day. Serve with pita triangles or crackers.
Lentils are one of the healthiest foods on the planet, so why not incorporate more of them into your everyday? This vegan lunch recipe results in perfectly seasoned, tender lentils. Make them into a bowl meal: dollop with cashew cream or vegan sour cream, add sliced raw veggies and pita wedges.
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This plant based lunch idea is tangy and delicious: a Latin-style black bean salad! This one mixes black beans with rice, bell peppers, green onions and rice. It’s a great healthy gluten-free and vegan lunch to make ahead. It can sit in the refrigerator for 4 or more days without losing flavor, so it’s great for making ahead and eating off of all week.
The simplest of all vegan lunch ideas? Almond butter toast! It's simple yet satisfying. Start with toast (like our vegan bread or artisan bread). Spread with any type of nut butter: peanut butter, almond butter, or cashew butter. Then add sliced bananas or berries, vegan strawberry jam, chia seeds, or a bit of maple syrup. For a savory version, make Avocado Toast.
Make up a batch of vegan pasta salad and it's a perfect plant based lunch! This combo of Italian chopped salad and pasta features crunchy romaine, colorful veggies, salty Kalamata olives and capers, and zingy pepperoncini. It comes together in 30 minutes, perfect for make-ahead lunches.
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Yes, refried beans can work as a meal! Make refried bean tacos: throw them into a tortilla and top with storebought salsa, defrosted frozen corn, and crunchy bell pepper strips. Or serve them over tortilla chips with guacamole as make-shift nachos! Also try our Refried Black Beans.
This marinated tofu is a perfect easy vegan and plant based lunch idea! It takes just a few minutes of hands on time to make the BEST tofu you've ever tasted. It's so savory and full of flavor, this will become a go-to recipe. Serve with soba noodles, which work great cold (drizzle them with a little soy and sesame oil).
Lastly: this creamy vegan broccoli soup is perfect for lunches! You'll need to reheat this one, but it's absolutely worth it if you have access to a microwave for desk lunches. It's creamy and savory, featuring lots of colorful veggies. The secret to the creaminess? Cashews, which also add protein to keep you full.
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Of course, you don’t need recipes to make vegan lunches! Here are some ideas of how you can get by on simple store-bought items in a pinch:
These kale quinoa lunch bowls are the perfect plant based or vegan lunch! They’re full of healthy, nutrient-dense ingredients like kale, quinoa, chickpeas, carrots and bell pepper.Enjoy FOUR different kinds of vegan meal prep bowls for an entire month! There's an Italian bowl, a Mexican quinoa bowl, a tofu broccoli bowl, and a buffalo sweet potato bowl, and they're all dairy free, gluten free and SO flavorful!
I'm pretty pumped to bring you these vegan meal prep bowls! See, sometimes it's nice to have your meals prepped and ready to go for the week ahead, and that's where these come in handy.
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I know plenty of people have a goal to eat less meat in 2020. Not no meat, but less. Maybe you're trying to only eat meat during dinner, or avoid meat at breakfast, or simply partake in meatless Monday every week. Whatever it is, these meal prep bowls are sure to come in handy.
I originally planned on creating one recipe, but then got a little carried away and decided to create FOUR vegan meal prep recipes for you. I mean I don't know about you, but I tend to get bored eating the same thing over and over, but with these bowls, you'll be able to switch it up every week.
Three out of the four meal prep bowls start with a base, either pasta, quinoa or rice, and those are generally a good starting point.
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For the tofu bowl: Bake the tofu, then roast the broccoli. Ideally, the rice, tofu and broccoli will all be done around the same time, but no worries if not, especially if you're prepping these bowls ahead of time. Simply add all of the ingredients to one of the meal prep containers, drizzle with a little sriracha and place it in the refrigerator.
For the lentil bolognese: While the pasta is cooking, make the lentil bolognese. Again, this recipe is fairly simply because it's a one skillet meal, so you'll eventually add everything to a skillet them simmer for 20 minutes or until the lentils are soft. Then, you can pour everything into your meal prep containers.
Out of all the meal prep bowls, the quinoa bowls might be the quickest to prepare. While the quinoa is cooking, heat the beans in a saucepan over the stove, and cook the peppers with the seasoning in a skillet. You
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Cook the tomatoes as well, but I chose to keep them raw. Next, add the quinoa, tomatoes, beans, and peppers to a container. I recommend waiting to cut the avocado until right before you're going to eat! But if/when you do have half an avocado left, simply place it in a small plastic bag and into the container and it should stay fresh for at least 24 hours.
The sweet potato bowl just requires you to roast the sweet potatoes and heat up the peas over the stove. Depending on your personal preference, you can either leave the skin on the potatoes or peel it (I left it on). But, make sure you rinse the chickpeas to remove the liquid that was on them from the can.
Though these bowls are good to go, you're more than welcome to make substitutions as needed and/or customize them to your liking. Some examples include:
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Honestly, there are a LOT of possibilities when it comes to vegan meal prep bowls, so feel free to get as creative as you'd like! They're also a great way to use up
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