This post is sponsored by Woolworths
I wanted to throw together a few simple lunchbox ideas for adults because it can be a nightmare trying to pack a healthy lunch if you have no idea what the hell you’re doing. Each of the lunch boxes I’ve created are worth around 500 calories each and coupled with a balanced breakfast and dinner it’ll be perfect for most healthy eating plans. I also deliberately made the lunch boxes SUPER simple to prepare because when health bloggers are all ‘Just steam some brocolli, bake a whole sweet potato, boil up a cup of quinoa, BBQ a cob of corn and don’t forget to make your almond milk and protein bread from scratch…‘ I’m all, what do I look like? A bored person with way too much time on their hands? After 2 months of following the 12 Week Body Transformation program I developed a bank of my own, simpler, healthy recipes so I thought it would be helpful to come up with 5 easy and healthy lunchbox ideas for grown ups. I found a few of Michelle’s recipes required ridiculous amounts of some ingredients like 3 olives and then I’m left with a giant jar olives that’s going to take me a year to eat. I designed these lunch boxes so you won’t have too much left over food at the end of the week.
5 Easy and Healthy Lunch Box Ideas for Grown Ups
Roast Beef Wrap Box
What’s in the box?
2 x mountain bread wraps or low calorie pita breads (140ish calories) with 50gms of deli roast beef, spinach, capsicum and 1/4 cup of natural yoghurt with dill – 280 calories.
Carrot and celery sticks with a 2 tablespoons of skinny hommus – 120 calories (you don’t have to be too fussy counting veg calories… it’s really the hommus that counts!)
Apple – 105 calories
Total – 505 calories
Egg and Turkey Salad Box
What’s in the box?
1 Spinach, cherry tomato, spanish onion and cucumber salad topped with 50gms sliced deli turkey, a hard boiled egg and light dressing with crackers on the side – 266 calories
Capsicum and cucumber sticks with 2 tablespoons of skinny tzatziki – 80 calories
200gms low fat natural yogurt – 120 (I make my own yogurt with my EasiYo. Just call me Grandma Smags.)
Strawberries – 40
Total – 506 calories
Berry Ricotta Wraps Box
What’s in the box?
2 mountain bread wraps, 100gms low fat ricotta cheese, 100gms frozen blueberries, sliced strawberries – 250 calories
Carrot and celery sticks with 2 tablespoons of low fat hommus – 120 calories
Macro Mini’s popcorn – 50 calories (these come in a multi-pack and the cheese flavour is TO DIE FOR!)
150gms natural yogurt – 90 calories
Total – 510 calories
Soup and Crackers Box
What’s in the box?
Macro Chicken and Leek Soup with 8 rice crackers – 300 calories (there’s typically 2 serves in these soup packets but at 220 calories for the whole lot I tend to just go with a double serve!)
Capsicum and celery with 2 tablespoons low fat hommus – 120
Kiwi fruit and strawberries – 80
Total – 500
Tuna Rice with Spinach Box
What’s in the box?
1 heat up cup of brown rice, 1 tin of tuna in spring water, a handful of spinach and a splash of soy sauce – 300 calories
Capsicum sticks – 20
200gms natural yogurt – 120
Nectarine – 65
Total – 505 calories
You can mix and match your snacks and change it up to use produce that’s in season. You can read my guide to buying seasonal fruit and vegetables here. You can also replace any meat with things like chickpeas and tofu for those cheeky vegetarians out there. If you need any swaps or have dietary requirements just let me know in the comments and I’ll do a swap for you.
Also, in case you were wondering, I got my rad lunchbox here. They’re all the rage in the schools I teach at and I got all jello and had to get one myself. It’s awesome for portion control – I make a rule that I’m not allowed to eat anything that doesn’t fit in the box. Stops me being a greedy guts with my crackers.
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