No-Cook Cold Lunch Boxes 4 Ways for Clean Eating!
Ingredients
Tuna Avocado Chickpea Sandwich
- makes 2 servings
- 1 cup chickpeas/garbanzo beans drained and rinsed
- 1 ripe avocado
- 3 Tbsps fresh cilantro leaves chopped
- 3 Tbsps chopped green onions chopped
- 1 can spring water tuna drained
- 1/2 fresh lemon juiced + zest
- sea salt and pepper to taste
- 4 slices of Ezekiel high quality gluten-free, OR rye bread
- 1 cup fresh berries
Greek Salad Lunch Box
- makes 2 servings
- 2 sprouted wheat pitas sliced into triangles
- 1/2 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/2 cup thin sliced cucumber
- 1/2 cup chickpeas rinsed and drained
- 1/4 cup Kalamata olives pitted and halved
- 1/4 red onion sliced thin
- 1/4 cup homemade Tzatziki sauce
- 1 Tbsp fresh chopped parsley leaves
Veggie Sushi lunchbox
- makes 2 servings
- 4 Tbsps homemade hummus
- 2 green onions thinly sliced lenghtways
- 1 yellow bell pepper cut into strips
- 2 carrots cut in matchsticks
- 1 avocado sliced
- 3 sprouted wheat tortillas
Caprese Turkey Salad Lunchboxes
- makes 2 servings
- 1 cup cherry tomatoes halved
- 1/2 small diced avocado
- 6-8 olives
- 4 oz high quality mozzarella cubed
- 6 thin cut nitrate-free turkey slices all rolled up together and sliced as shown
- 2 Tbsps homemade pesto
- sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Instructions
Tuna Avocado Chickpea Sandwich
- Toast the bread if desired.
- In a shallow dish add chickpeas, avocado, and mash them together with a fork.
- Add in the cilantro, green onion, tuna, lemon juice and zest, sea salt and pepper to taste, then stir until well combined.
- Spread about 1/3 cup of mixture onto each slice of toast, then cut in half + smash together nicely, and arrange them in glass containers as shown. In the remaining space add in 1/2 cup berries into each.
- Refrigerate for up to 3 days. Enjoy!
Greek Salad Lunch Box
- In 2 separate airtight containers or lunchboxes, add ingredients equally as shown.
- Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days.
- I like to keep my pita bread separate until packing up to go (ready to eat), then I place it in the lunchbox - last minute. Enjoy!
Veggie Sushi lunchbox
- Place tortillas on a cutting board and spread the hummus over them equally.
- Top with bell peppers, green onions, carrots and avocado.
- Roll the tortilla tightly around the vegetables as shown, then slice crosswise into 1.5-inch slices.
- Arrange the veggie sushi into glass containers, cover and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
- It's best to serve it within 24 hours, otherwise I find that the tortillas will get a bit too soggy. Enjoy!
Caprese Turkey Salad Lunchboxes
- In an airtight container or lunchbox, arrange together all ingredients.
- Drizzle with pesto sauce and season with sea salt and black pepper to your taste.
- Cover and refrigerate for up to 3 days. Enjoy!