Close menu

Easy healthy lunch ideas

Don't spend a fortune on salad boxes from the supermarket when you can put these easy, healthy lunches together at home or to go.
Courgette, pea and feta on toast
by Elly Curshen

Call it an open-faced sandwich if you like, but we call this courgette-topped toast with creamy cheese and zesty lemon our new favourite 10-minute work-from-home lunch.

Light meals & snacks

Lentil salad with beetroot and goats' cheese

by Emily Angle
Light meals & snacks

Chilli tomato udon with sesame greens

by Rhian Melvin
Main course

Easy vegetarian quesadilla

Main course

Tuna sushi rice bowl

by Elly Curshen
Light meals & snacks

Tuscan beans on sourdough toast

by Hattie Ellis
Brunch

Mackerel pasta salad Niçoise-style

by Sophie Gastman
Light meals & snacks

Easy gyoza soup

by Rebecca Sargent
Light meals & snacks

Tuna bean salad

by Justine Pattison
Light meals & snacks

How to cook the perfect omelette

by Ellis Barrie
Brunch

Chickpea salad

by Priya Tew
Light meals & snacks

Rice bowl with ginger, radish and avocado

by Nigella Lawson
Main course

Healthy bacon and lentil soup

by Tim Maddams
Light meals & snacks

Butter bean, tuna and parsley salad

by Elly Curshen
Light meals & snacks

5-minute chicken noodle soup

by Emerald Lewis
Light meals & snacks

Healthy scrambled eggs

by Justine Pattison
Brunch

Courgette and butter bean salad

by Philippa Davis
Light meals & snacks

Easy pasta salad

by Rachel Phipps
Light meals & snacks

Green goddess chicken

by Helen Upshall
Light meals & snacks

Smoked mackerel, horseradish and beetroot sandwich filler

by Elly Curshen
Light meals & snacks

Anything-goes frittata

by Dr Rupy Aujla
Light meals & snacks

Courgette fritters

by Rachel Phipps
Light meals & snacks

Cold kimchi noodles

by Zena Kamgaing
Light meals & snacks

Tomato, chickpea and pasta soup

by Rachel Phipps
Light meals & snacks

Charred vegetable and feta couscous

by Miguel Barclay
Main course

More Lunch collections

Gluten-free lunchbox ideas

collection

Wholesome grain bowls

collection

Al desko

collection

Best bacon recipes

collection

Cheap lunch ideas

collection

Easy lunch ideas

collection

Eat a large lunch

collection

Flask lunch ideas

collection

Hairy Bikers’ weekend lunch recipes

collection

Healthier lunchbox fillers

collection

Healthy lunch ideas

collection

Healthy lunches

collection

Healthy soup recipes

collection

Kids packed lunch ideas

collection

Low-salt lunches

collection

Lunchbox recipes and ideas

collection

Working from home lunch ideas

collection

Meal prep lunch recipes

collection

Prep-ahead meals

collection

Meal prep sandwich recipes

collection

Mediterranean lunches

collection

Pitta pockets

collection

Quick lunch recipes

collection

Really good sandwiches

collection

Salad ideas

collection

Sandwich ideas

collection

Simple salads

collection

Vegetarian lunch recipes

collection

Veggie lunchbox ideas

collection

Winter packed lunch ideas

collection

Wrap it up

collection
FAQs about BBC Food