Healthy Lunch Ideas: Protein Bowls, Wraps & Sandwiches

What can you eat for lunch when dealing with GERD or an athletic schedule? From protein bowls to low-calorie grinder sandwiches, these flavorful recipes offer healthy alternatives to the standard office salad.

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10 Healthy Lunches for When You Just Can't Handle Another Salad

Sick of salad? There are many ways to eat healthfully at lunchtime and still get your greens. First, keep an open mind about leafy options. The varieties are plentiful, including kale, collards, chard, arugula, spinach and dandelion greens. They can be swapped around to keep your meals interesting.

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The Eight Worst Lunches and What to Eat Instead

What you choose to eat for lunch can make or break your energy level for the rest of the afternoon. Remember: Eating a healthy, balanced lunch can set you up to power through the rest of your day like a champ.

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Low-Calorie Recipes That Are Full of Flavor

10 Low-Calorie Recipes That Are Full of Flavor

Creating meals that are rich in nutrients and flavor yet relatively low in calories can help ensure lasting weight control and overall wellness. And while that sounds like a daunting task, it doesn't have to be!

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Two Schoolgirls Sitting at a Table in a Canteen Eating Their Lunch

How to Bring Milk for Lunch

Milk is a staple food required on menus by the National School Lunch Act for schools receiving funding as part of their lunch program, notes the Physicians Committe for Responsible Medicine. Additionally, milk is also a popular drink that many children and adults pack in lunchboxes every day.

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tuna sandwich

Tuna Sandwich Diet

Tuna fish is an inexpensive food that is also low in fat and calories, making it a good choice for a weight loss meal plan. Incorporating tuna sandwiches into your diet may help you lose weight as well as offering several important nutrients. Always talk to your doctor before beginning any new weight loss program.

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Trail mix

Ideas for Non-Perishable Healthy Packed Lunch

When preparing foods for a packed lunch, balanced food groups and nutritional profiles aren't the only factors to a healthy meal. You also need to select foods that won't spoil after sitting out for hours. Non-perishables are a great way to avoid spoilage.

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Students having lunch

School Lunch Ideas for High School Athletes

Your high school athlete needs to eat a balanced, healthy lunch to keep his energy levels high during after-school sports and other athletic activities. Along with providing energy, a healthy lunch can also keep your teen’s body and muscles growing properly.

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School girl holding food tray in school cafeteria

Pros & Cons of Longer School Lunches

The nutrition of school lunches — or lack thereof — is a hotly contested debate as childhood obesity rates have risen in the United States. A part of this debate focuses on the length of school lunch times, whether school lunch times should be extended to give students more time to eat — and eat healthily.

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fajita, tortilla wrap

How to Fold a Tortilla Wrap Sandwich

A tortilla wrap sandwich filled with a tasty ingredients is a change of pace from traditional bread sandwiches. Depending on the filling, these versatile sandwiches are suitable for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

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Submarine Sandwich

How to Make a Grinder Sandwich

Whether you call them grinders, heroes, hoagies, subs, gyros, poor boys, torpedos or wedges, almost every cuisine across the country has their favorite sandwich built on a crusty, submarine-shaped roll.

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Isolated Mexican Sandwich

How to Reheat an Italian Beef Sandwich

In addition to saving you time and money, frozen sandwiches make for easy grab-and-go lunches when you need them. Whether they're leftovers from takeout or sandwiches you made specifically to be frozen, it’s hard to beat their convenience.

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How to Toast a Sandwich in the Oven

Sandwiches are a common choice for lunches or quick dinners but cold sandwiches can get boring. Toasting a sandwich can be a tasty change. You can toast almost any type of sandwich and serve it warm or hot.

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What Can You Eat for Lunch When You Have GERD?

Gastroesophageal reflux disease, or GERD, can make every meal an exercise in self-deprivation. When you’re focused on avoiding an attack of heartburn, it’s easy to accentuate the negative and bemoan the lengthy list of foods you can’t eat. It’s possible, however, to turn that negative thinking on its head.

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