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    Healthy Lunch Recipes

    Goodbye, unhealthy midday meals, and hello exciting lunch recipes you can make in minutes! Everything from grab-and-go sandwiches to meal-prep lasagnas, soups you can make days before, and hearty pasta salads. You'll find options for busy workdays and lazy weekends alike. Perk up your lunch routine with these fresh lunch ideas that are easy, nutritious, inexpensive, and delicious!

    • Italian 24-month aged prosciutto crudo wrapped around smooth white "liscio" (meaning smooth) cantaloupe melon wedges, brunch appetizers and brunch menu ideas for Mother's Day.
      Italian Prosciutto Wrapped Melon Slices (Prosciutto e Melone)
    • A skillet full of homemade pasta alle zucchine (or better known as pasta with zucchini with tagliatelle standing in for spaghetti and sprinkled with a handful of freshly grated aged Grana Padano cheese.
      Pasta alle Zucchine (Spaghetti with Zucchini)
    • Green spinach pasta mezzaluna-shaped spinach and ricotta ravioli on a serving platter topped with homemade Italian tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan.
      Homemade Spinach and Ricotta Ravioli Filling Recipe
    • Golden broiled shrimp gratin served in a natural scallop shell, bubbly and caramelized on top. A quick and elegant lenten seafood appetizer or dinner.
      10-Minute Italian Shrimp Au Gratin (Gamberi Gratinati)
    • Shrimp and vegetable stir fry in a light Cantonese white sauce with sauteed shrimp, carrots, asparagus spears, cabbage, and peas in a serving bowl. An easy and healthy lenten Asian seafood dinner.
      Easy Shrimp & Vegetable Stir Fry (w/Cantonese Style White Sauce)
    • Cajun royal red shrimp tossed with spaghetti pasta in a spicy seasoned sauce, showing bright red gulf royal red shrimp over al dente spaghetti. A bold and flavorful lenten seafood pasta dinner.
      Cajun Style Royal Red Shrimp Pasta For One (Or a Crowd)
    • Sesame scallion yellowfin tuna salad on whole wheat bread sliced in half to reveal the best tuna filling and crispy fried onions and shredded purple cabbage for extra texture, served with a side of potato chips. An easy and satisfying lenten lunch idea.
      The Best Tuna Salad Recipe (Easy Sesame-Scallion)
    • Naturally creamy triple shrimp pasta made without cream, featuring trighetto pasta in a rich tomato shrimp sauce that uses all parts of the shrimp including the heads to flavor the pasta in a deep pasta bowl. A decadent lenten seafood pasta recipe.
      Triple Shrimp Pasta (Creamy Shrimp Trighetto Pasta)
    • A perfectly boiled lobster tail sitting in a pool of warm clarified butter, showing the bright red and white tender lobster meat. An easy and elegant lenten seafood dinner in just 4 minutes.
      Delicious 4-Minute Lobster Tails (for one or a crowd)
    • A pile of bright red-orange pan-seared sauteed Argentinian Red Shrimp perfectly cooked and tender.
      4-Minute Sauteed Shrimp Recipe (Pan-Seared Garlic Shrimp)
    • summer fresh tomato and zucchini pasta sprinkled with Grana Padano cheese
      Italian Spaghetti With Zucchini & Fresh Tomatoes
    • Pasta bowl filled with creamy corn and zucchini pasta with radiatore pasta shape for the perfect summer pasta recipe.
      Sweet Corn and Zucchini Pasta (Summer Pasta)
    • perfectly steamed Mussels Guazetto
      Mussels in Tomato & White Wine Garlic Sauce (Guazzetto di Cozze)
    • A bowl of homemade egg drop soup with crispy fried homemade wonton strips, green peas, corn, and sliced scallions showing how easy it is to make this Chinese soup at home.
      Easy Egg Drop Soup with Crispy Fried Wonton Strips (Danhuatang 蛋花湯)
    • A bowl of homemade Italian ventricina and cicerchia bean soup garnished with grated parmesan and scallions and two parmesan crostini.
      Italian Cicerchie Bean & Ventricina Soup (Zuppa di Fagioli Cicerchie)
    • Pepperoni topped pizza in the shape of a heart that's been cut in a zigzag down the middle and slightly separated to reveal a broken heart pizza
      20-Minute Valentine's Day Heart-Shaped Pizza
    • Close-up of homemade cuttlefish ink pasta nests in various shapes on tray, fresh black pasta ready for seafood pasta recipes and nero di seppia dishes.
      Squid Ink Pasta (Homemade Pasta al Nero di Seppia)
    • A pasta bowl filled with black squid ink tagliatelle with crab meat sugo and chunks of crab with a hot pepper garnish on top.
      Easy Crab Linguine (Linguine Nero di Seppia al Granchio Blu)
    • Garlic butter shrimp scampi with extra virgin olive oil, grated parmigiano reggiano parmesan and scallions, garlic shrimp scampi recipe.
      Delicious Shrimp Scampi for Two (or a Crowd)
    • Argentinian red shrimp in tomato cream sauce with creamy tomato alfredo for shrimp pasta recipe.
      Shrimp Pasta with Spicy Tomato-Cream Sauce (Tomato-Alfredo)
    • 6-Minute Soy Ginger Miso Salmon (w/Crispy Skin)
    • plum and mozzarella caprese salad with basil leaves and olive oil on a plate
      Plum Caprese Salad (with Buffalo Mozzarella)
    • Homemade lobster ravioli and shrimp ravioli in heart and star shapes on a serving platter covered with lobster tomato cream sauce, showing the best sauce for lobster ravioli recipe.
      Lobster Ravioli With Tomato Cream Sauce
    • Extra beefy-tasting Beyond Burger on a homemade sesame and poppy seed potato bun.
      How to Make Extra "Beefy" Beyond® Burgers
    • Homemade bucatini all'amatriciana made from scratch with fresh homemade bucatini pasta for a truly authentic pasta amatriciana recipe.
      Amatriciana Recipe (Pasta Amatriciana with Guanciale or Pancetta)
    • Sausage and Mushroom Maccheroni Pasta in the pot looking scrumptious and glistening with tomato sauce.
      Easy Sausage and Mushroom Pasta (For Busy Weeknights)
    • Large Greek salad piled high on a serving platter and sprinkled with grated parmesan cheese.
      Greek Salad (Easy 15-Minute Salad With Video)
    • two lines of alternating tomato and mozzarella slices drizzled with bright green olive oil, sea salt and sprinkled with baby leaves of basi.
      How to Make Italian Caprese Salad (l'insalata Caprese)
    • a beautifully broiled diver sea scallop in its shell with slightly crispy and golden brown edges and glistening in oil
      Italian Diver Scallops au Gratin (Capesante Gratinate)
    • A large pile of light and crispy beer-battered chicken tenders (chicken fingers copycat recipe of Chili's Chicken Crispers with twice fried french fries on top of the sunday comics newspaper section.
      Crispy Beer Battered Chicken Tenders (Chili's Copycat)
    • deep red glistening prosciutto sugo pasta sauce in a navy blue Silit Brand braising pan looking so scrumptious you just want to take a big bite of it!
      Italian Prosciutto Sugo (4-Ingredient Pork Tomato Sauce)
    • An italian ham and asparagus lasagna fully baked with beautiful wild asparagus spears decorating the top of the cheesy crispy mozzarella topping.
      Italian Ham & Asparagus Lasagna w/Asparagus Bechamel
    • St. Louis style thin crust whole wheat pizza cut into squares topped with artichoke hearts, Taggiasche olives, caramelized onions and melted mozzarella cheese - no yeast pizza dough recipe.
      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
    • The best shrimp burger recipe served up in red burger baskets on a vintage carhop tray - crispy shrimp burgers on two potato buns with burger toppings including spicy wasabi mayo, shredded cabbage, pickles, cilantro and shallots with twice-fried french fries for a real classic drive in burger experience.
      Crispy Shrimp Burger Recipe (Homemade Teochew Shrimp Patties + Video)
    • Traditional homemade lasagna bolognese with eight layers, showcasing rich meat sauce and handmade spinach egg pasta noodles in classic Italian culinary style.
      Authentic Lasagna Bolognese (Lasagne alla Bolognese +Video)
    • Grilled red argentinian shrimp on a grill pan.
      4-Minute Perfectly Grilled Argentinian Red Shrimp
    • Deli-Style Prosciutto and Turkey Provolone Sandwich
    • Perfectly pleated chicken dumplings on a sheet tray ready to be steamed.
      Chinese Chicken and Zucchini Dumplings w/Video (Chicken Jiaozi)
    • A pasta bowl filled with homemade spaghetti with beef and tomato sauce covered with grated parmesan and ready to eat!
      The Best Spaghetti Sauce with Beef (Spaghetti con Ragù)
    • Closeup of 5 corn tortilla steak tacos in a round cake pan held up by each other and topped with salsa, jalapeños, and cilantro.
      The Best Way to Save and Repurpose Overcooked Steak (Tacos)

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      How to Make Extra "Beefy" Beyond® Burgers
    • A bowl of paccheri pasta with shrimp and zucchini in a tomato and white wine sauce.
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      British Style Fish and Chips (Crispiest Fried Fish Ever)
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      Easy 20-Minute Thin & Crispy St. Louis-Style Whole Wheat Pizza
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