today we are making some delicious healthy lunches that are great for
school for work or even if you're just at home they're all super filling
delicious and of course nutritious if you haven't yet make sure to subscribe
to see lots more healthy recipes and let's get into the healthy lunches so
the first lunch we're making is this chicken salad I'm starting off with a
base of greens I really like to choose dark leafy greens because they're rich
in vitamins minerals and iron I'm adding in some chicken this is a great way to
just use some leftover protein and you can use whichever protein you have on
hand or whichever one you like the best and then I'm slicing up an heirloom
tomato that I got at the farmers market I don't know about you guys but I really
find that produce from the farmers market
just tastes a lot better than the stuff you get at the grocery store plus it's
really great to support local so I love doing that and the more different colors
you can incorporate into your diet the better so you know the red from the
tomato has a bunch of different antioxidants and vitamins and minerals
that are different from different color vegetables I love adding in a little bit
of peach peach are in season right now all stone fruits in general are in
season so it's really great to eat seasonally and seasonally things tend to
be more affordable too so I'm slicing that up into chunks to go along with the
tomato and then of course for some healthy fats I am going to add in some
avocado I found a picado automatically makes
most meals but especially salads a lot better it's just so creamy it's full
fiber too a lot of people don't know that
avocado is full of fiber fiber helps keep you full
it helps keep your blood sugar steady it feeds your good gut bacteria so we've
got lots of that in here so I'm loading everything into my glass container I've
been really trying to use glass containers I supposed to plastic because
plastic does leach BPA so even though glass containers are a bit heavier if
you can make the switch I would really suggest it if you're bringing your lunch
to school or to work so this is the first one it is so delicious and
nutritious lots of color it's fulling satisfying and has lots of
fiber next up we're making a burger bowl which
is basically a deconstructed burger so I'm just taking a turkey burger this is
definitely something that you can do the night before or make some for dinner and
have leftovers to take for lunch the next day I'm also adding in some
mushrooms on the side which have a great meaty texture and also mushrooms which
are a fungi are super great for you chopping up some red onion and the other
half of the tomato from the first lunch basically whatever you would put on your
burger you can add into this bowl so I'm starting with a base of butter lettuce
and with the lettuce you could also make a lettuce wrap bun but this is a little
bit less messy if you're bringing it to school or work versus if you are holding
with your hands it might get a little messy so totally your call but I love
butter lettuce it just works really well and then you have your burger like I
said you can definitely use a leftover one as well adding in the mushrooms and
then feel free to add in all the other burger toppings that you normally like
so I'm just doing the red onion and the tomato plus it's a great way to use up
the other half of the tomato from the first lunch so this is definitely ways
that you can use different ingredients all week long I've fallen in love with
this primal kitchen garlic aioli it's not made with canola oil or soy or any
of the harmful oils and it's super delicious on top of sandwiches and
burgers and this is basically just a very delicious deconstructed burger bowl
and then we're to making a simple macro Bowl I want to show you guys that it's
you don't need to stress about your lunch you can just do really simple
things I like having some medium to hard boiled eggs on hand and then we're gonna
choose a vegetable so I'm just choosing broccoli I really like broccoli cuz it
has something called a 3c or indole-3 carbinol which is really
great for hormones and also estrogen clearance so sometimes we have too much
estrogen we can have breakouts and you know especially along the jawline so I
just really like it plus broccoli just tastes delicious
so I'm roasting that off but feel free to choose your favorite vegetable to
roast you don't have to do broccoli just because I am but just find a vegetable
that you and with so many vegetables out there
there's definitely gonna be one that you love I keep it simple a little bit of
avocado oil and the seasoning salt from simply organic toss that and throw it
into the oven and again you can definitely prep this in advance and do a
whole big sheet pan of it if you want to make multiple lunches I also really like
having sweet potatoes on hand and this week I chose to get some purple sweet
potatoes because as I said previously the more different colors you can get
into your diet the better so this purple one is full of anthocyanins which are
really great antioxidants for you you can't find purple don't worry the
normal orange sweet potato is great for you too full of beta carotene which
converts to vitamin A in your body really great for your immune system and
your eyes I like to add in a little bit of ghee and a pinch of Himalayan salt
and kind of stir that together it makes it really delicious and like I said it's
super simple to just have sweet potatoes cooked on hand then I'm building it with
some greens just as a base and to add more like fiber and make it more filling
add in your vegetables in my case the broccoli and then I'm adding in the egg
so I like to keep a few eggs on hand in the fridge that I can grab for snacks or
make quick meals like this when I boil it I boil it for seven minutes to kind
of get like this really dark jammy egg but if you like it more hard-boiled to
feel free to just cook it a little bit longer but I like this because it kind
of goes in with all the veggies super easy and delicious like I said you just
have your complex carb with the sweet potato your egg has got lots of protein
there are a complete protein which is great they're more affordable too and
then you have your vegetable alright guys I hope you enjoyed this video I'm
going to leave my healthy lunches playlist right here
tons more ideas all delicious and good for you and they taste good too so make
sure to check out this playlist for lots more ideas and I will see you guys in my
next video bye guys