These 35+ delicious vegan lunch ideas are perfect for school, your workplace or to grab when you’re at home during the day. Including salads, wraps, sandwiches, muffins, rolls & more!
Free your mind from thinking about how to satisfy your midday belly rumble with some easy make-ahead cold vegan lunch ideas that are undetectably healthy and fully vegan.
Your next week of eating is planned out with these quick and delicious vegan bowls, meal prepping steps & full grocery list.
Easy Vegan Gluten Free Lunch Ideas
The following hand-picked portable vegan lunches can mostly be made in advance, are suitable for different dietary preferences, and often work for kids, too!
This (almost) classic potato salad is made with a creamy homemade vegan cashew mayo, crunchy celery, dill pickles and onions — all completely oil-free, gluten-free and whole food plant-based. Customizable and nourishing, it keeps well for almost a week in the fridge and tastes best within the first 3-4 days.
Everything that you can wrap up and take with you is the perfect portable lunch in our books! These homemade vegan bean burritos are no different. Using leftover cooked rice, canned beans and a few chopped veggies, they come together in no time and are super satiating and healthy! They really tick all boxes.
Best Quick Work Lunch Ideas
These pretty Mexican Salads in glass jars have serious potential to become your next go-to meal prepable lunch! Loaded with homemade salsa, kidney beans, corn, guacamole and lettuce, they are really delicious, customizable and bursting with nutrition. The best part? They keep well for up to a week.
A tasty plant-powered sandwich is the perfect vegan lunch idea! This one features layers of smoky eggplant and fresh vegetables which are packed in panini bread, then toasted till perfection. Ideal for lunchboxes, picnics, and lunches on the go!
Bursting with color, flavor and nutrition, this delicious 30-minute vegan pasta salad Mediterranean-style is actually completely gluten-free and comes with a creamy yogurt garlic dressing. It’s a scrumptious, undetectably vegan lunch idea, easily customizable and very refreshing.
Vegan Lunch Recipes
Get ready to make any picky eater fall in love with healthy food — these collard green wraps are great vehicles to add more fresh vegetables to anyone’s diet in a very creative and delicious way. Crunchy leaves with satiating starches, some veggies and a creamy vegan yogurt sauce! The perfect finger food or to-go lunch.
Not only are vegan sandwiches life but when combined with some crunchy nuts, fresh apples and energy bites, you have yourself a fun, versatile and well-rounded lunchbox! Check out Jasmine and Chris’ rainbow sandwich as well as a couple of other portable vegan lunch ideas.
Truth be told, most of our meals are actually just random vegan bowls featuring seasonal produce and our current favorite staples! This simple quinoa veggie bowl is pretty high in plant-based protein, comes with a lot of crunchy veggies and can be dressed up with any sauce of your choice, just like this easy dairy-free ranch (store separately until you actually eat your bowl!).
Easy Vegan Lunch Box Ideas For Work Meal Prep (adult Bento)
These southwest sweet potato vegan meal prep bowls are a healthy and efficient meal prep idea. You can have 4 delicious meals ready in under 45 minutes! Customizable, healthy, satisfying and perfect for portable vegan lunches.
Here’s a super fun and pretty way to switch up your vegan lunches! Gluten-free vegan rice-based sushi doughnuts made with different veggies or even some fruit for a sweet version. They are versatile, perfectly portable and kid-friendly.
Who doesn’t love a good scrumptious whole food plant-based sandwich? The vegan mock tuna salad is made with crunchy celery, protein-rich chickpeas and just a couple more pantry staples. Spread on whole-grain bread and stuff with leafy greens of your choice.
Healthy Vegan Lunches That Are Easy To Make And Taste Delicious
Pasta is always the right choice in our books! Our super green veggie-rich pesto pasta is made without any oil, rich in protein and can be enjoyed freshly made as a warm dinner or as a quick leftover cold lunch the next day.
This colorful and filling burrito bowl features tasty fajitas veggies, black beans, cilantro, brown rice, tomato corn salsa and more plant-based goodness — including guacamole, lettuce, spicy soy curls and vegan sour cream! We love this vegan meal prep lunch idea.
Preparing a scrumptious portable vegan lunch doesn’t get much easier than this protein-packed peanut crunch salad! Prettily arranged in glass mason jars, they keep well in the fridge for up to a week without getting soggy when layered the right way. Convenient, delicious and full of texture!
Lazy Vegan Meals For When You Just Can't Even
Move over boring green salads, it’s time to devour this delicious raw vegan pad Thai with crunchy veggies, creamy sauce and flavorful toppings. Complete with some fresh edamame beans or baked tofu, this vegan lunch idea is perfect for a light and portable midday meal.
It doesn’t get much more portable than grabbing a few muffins! No cutlery needed. Secretly featuring some veggies and topped with crunchy pumpkin seeds, these savory vegan muffins are herb-infused, made with whole-grain flour and come together easily. If you’re up for a sweet and healthy version, check out our fluffy blueberry muffins here.
This colorful 6-ingredient plant-based salad is sure to leave you feeling full and satisfied! Drizzled with some maple mustard dressing and filled with baked sweet potatoes, cooked quinoa and flavorful arugula, it’s super delicious and meal prep friendly.
Easy Plant Based Recipes
Another great vegan sandwich idea is this scrumptious bean and potato-stuffed sabich. Originated in Israel, it is made without any eggs but packs a whole lot of flavor and texture — we’re talking vegan mayo, harissa paste, hummus, dill pickles and more.
These freezer-friendly vegan sausage rolls are stuffed with a delicious mixture of eggplant, cannellini beans, garlic, onions and parsley. Make them ahead of time to enjoy hot or cold together with a side salad wherever you go!
We love delicious finger food for a cold vegan lunch any day of the week! These veggie-stuffed and beautifully colored pinwheels can be made with your favorite vegetables, vegan spread like hummus or cashew cream cheese and cut up the day you pack them.
Easy Vegan Work Lunch Ideas Ready In 15 Minutes
If you’re up for a veggie-forward and super healthy cold lunch, this vegan salad is for you! Made with crunchy broccoli, apples, dried cranberries, candied walnuts, onions and vegan bacon all dressed in a creamy dairy-free dressing, it’s perfect for a scrumptious portable meal.
This simple vegan pesto pasta is made with just a handful of ingredients such as cashews, chickpeas, arugula and lemon juice that are served with your pasta of choice. The best part? Not only is this filling portable lunch nutrient-rich but also ready in about 15 minutes.
No more unhealthy and fatty takeout pizza for lunch! These easy and wholesome vegan pizza rolls are undetectably loaded with pureed veggies in a flavorful tomato sauce and can be enjoyed with some vegan ricotta or high-protein bean sauce as a dip.
Easy Vegan Meal Prep (budget Friendly!)
Grain salads are definitely among our favorite meal prep-friendly lunch ideas! This farro veggie salad is loaded with crunchy massaged kale, radishes, cucumber, zucchini and juicy tomatoes. Topped with pecans, lemon and peanut butter (jup!), it’s highly customizable and nutritious.
These cute vegan mini frittata muffins are made with gluten-free chickpea flour, bell pepper, corn, baby spinach, onion and herbs. They double as healthy breakfast and lunch options (you could even have them for brinner!) and not only are they very satiating and weight loss-friendly, but also really easy to make.
If you’re looking for a super simple and refreshing packable cold lunch, then this orzo salad is for you! Featuring cucumbers, arugula, parsley and mint, it’s really nutrient-dense yet filling thanks to the cooked grains. Serve with a simple lemon juice dressing or any other of your choice!
Vegan Work From Home Recipe Ideas
Let’s bring something entirely different to the table! This Thai quinoa salad with a tangy lemongrass tamarind dressing, fresh herbs and crunchy veggies is rounded up with some grilled tofu skewers and creamy satay sauce — not just beautiful to look at but super healthy and filling, too.
This vegan BLT sandwich is made with smoky maple tempeh “bacon” and comes together in a breeze! This classic gone plant-based is super scrumptious and can also be made with some avocado or red onion. Lots of complex carbs, plant-based protein and crunchy veggies to get you through the day.
We firmly believe that everything tastes better when put in a wrap! This easy recipe offers you the vibrant flavors of a fresh spring roll or summer roll, but it comes with the portability of a sturdy and satiating whole wheat tortilla. Perfect for lunch on the go!
Easy School Lunch Ideas (vegan)
Talk about vegan lunch ideas you can prepare in bulk! This chewy red rice salad can be made days in advance, using leftover cooked rice and a large can of chickpeas. Complete with fresh crunchy veggies and a creamy tahini dressing, it is everything we want a portable lunch to be.
Did we mention that we love simple vegetable sandwiches? This beautiful rainbow-colored cold vegan lunch idea calls for creamy hummus, tomato, radishes, carrot, bell pepper, lettuce and shredded red cabbage but can be totally customized to your preferences! Serve on its own or alongside some soup.
These handy filled pita pockets are made in just 5 minutes and feature fiber-rich white beans, crunchy cucumber
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