10+ Heart-Healthy Lunch Recipes to Make Forever

by Ismail Hodge
10+ Heart-Healthy Lunch Recipes to Make Forever

Lunchtime simply obtained tastier due to this assortment of recipes. From salads to sandwiches, these lunches have four- and five-star rankings from EatingWell readers. Plus, every recipe is low in sodium and saturated fat, in order that they simply align with a heart-healthy eating pattern. Recipes like our Inexperienced Goddess Tuna Salad and Lemon-Roasted Vegetable Hummus Bowls are so scrumptious, you’ll wish to make them each week.

Avocado, Tomato & Rooster Sandwich

On this wholesome hen sandwich recipe, the avocado is mashed to create a wholesome creamy unfold.

Inexperienced Goddess Tuna Salad

Photographer: Rachel Marek, Meals stylist: Lauren McAnelly, Prop stylist: Gabriel Greco


Canned tuna makes this recipe handy and pantry-friendly whereas additionally providing a powerful punch of protein and omega-3 fatty acids. Salmon, sardines or mackerel would work simply as nicely on this fast recipe. Use the remaining herb sauce as a dressing for salads or grain bowls, as a ramification on sandwiches or as a dip for greens. This recipe is definitely doubled to make an enormous batch to meal-prep for the week. Serve on bread or in a wrap, over a mattress of greens or scooped up along with your favourite chips, crackers or cucumber slices.

Candy Potato, Kale & Rooster Salad with Peanut Dressing

Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RD

These hearty kale salads maintain up nicely for 4 days, making them excellent for meal-prep lunches. To maintain the elements from getting soggy, gown this salad and prime it with peanuts simply earlier than serving. For a scrumptious vegan possibility, swap in roasted tofu for the hen breast.

Black Bean-Queso Wraps

These simple wraps are full of black beans, corn, crimson pepper and creamy queso. They cook dinner up shortly in a panini press.

Lemon-Roasted Vegetable Hummus Bowls

Brimming with colourful roasted greens, these plant-based meal-prep lunch bowls are excessive in fiber to maintain you full by way of the afternoon. Be at liberty to make use of your favourite store-bought hummus to chop down on prep time, or make a batch of your personal. You can even sub in an 8-ounce microwaveable quinoa pouch to attenuate cooking.

Creamy Pesto Rooster Salad with Greens

For a wholesome variation on creamy hen salad, we have changed half the mayonnaise with basil pesto. Serve over greens or make it right into a sandwich for a wholesome lunch.

Broccoli & Solar-Dried Tomato Pasta Salad

We have loaded this wholesome pasta salad with greens and brilliant flavors. Solar-dried tomatoes and a contact of lemon zest jazz up the dressing, whereas tender-crisp broccoli florets cook dinner alongside the pasta, making meeting (and cleanup!) a breeze.

Rooster, Spinach & Feta Wraps

Photographer: Grant Webster, Meals Stylist: Addelyn Evans, Prop Stylist: Gabe Greco


This hen, spinach and feta wrap recipe is elevated by the comfort of rotisserie hen and the delicious taste of sun-dried tomatoes. Whisk collectively the straightforward dressing, toss with the hen, add spinach and wrap all of it collectively for a scrumptious lunch or dinner. Utilizing rotisserie hen hurries up the method, however you can even attain for this recipe in case you have leftover cooked hen available.

Smoked Salmon Salad Niçoise

This twist on a traditional Niçoise salad makes use of smoked salmon rather than tuna and provides further greens rather than hard-boiled eggs and olives.

Spicy Slaw Bowls with Shrimp & Edamame

The fast 10-minute Spicy Cabbage Slaw serves because the low-carb base on this veggie-packed lunch recipe. Topped with high-protein edamame and shrimp, this satisfying lunch will aid you energy by way of the afternoon.

Chickpea & Quinoa Grain Bowl

Robby Lozano


It appears grain bowls have as many variations as there are stars within the sky, and there’s no incorrect technique to construct one! However we want to maintain issues traditional and easy with hummus, quinoa, avocado and a great deal of veggies!

Rooster Avocado BLT Wrap

Who does not love a BLT? On this tasty model, we have added hen and avocado and wrapped it in a tortilla, making it simple to eat.

Chopped Cobb Salad

This single-serving recipe for Cobb salad swaps hen in for bacon, which makes it an awesome supply of protein for lunch. For those who want one other salad dressing, be at liberty to make use of that as a substitute of our honey-mustard French dressing.

Inexperienced Goddess Sandwich

Victor Protasio

This inexperienced goddess sandwich is a recent and satisfying sandwich. The dressing packs a flavorful punch with capers and lemon juice. The cucumber and sprouts add good crunch, and the seasoned avocado brings within the creaminess.

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