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4 No-Cook Cold Lunch Box Recipes by CleanFoodCrush

No-Cook Cold Lunch Boxes 4 Ways for Clean Eating!

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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!
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