Elevate Your Lunch Game: Recipes for a Protein Type

Easy Lunch Recipes

Lunch is an extremely important meal, but it’s also unfortunately one of the main meals that we neglect. We’re usually busy working and feel like we don’t have the time to put together a proper lunch. Here are a few easy lunch ideas for a protein type! Let me know if you make any of them and what you think!

Steak Strips & Spinach Salad

Steak Strips

• Melt some grass-fed butter or ghee in a pyrex dish
• Add 1/4lb or less of steak strips
• Broil in the oven with Celtic salt, pepper, and Italian spices (oregano, thyme, basil, garlic) 

Spinach Salad

• 1-2 cups baby spinach salad
• ¼ sliced avocado
• ½ cubed pear
• 8 walnuts
• Generous sprinkle of goat or sheep feta cheese
• Add balsamic vinegar, Celtic salt, olive oil, and pepper

Roast Beef & Hummus Tacos

• 4 large romaine lettuce leaves doubled up to make two sturdy lettuce boats
• Add ¼ lb or less of natural deli roast beef
• Add hummus made with olive oil or no oil added, 6-8 sliced black olives,
• Generous sprinkle of grated Gouda goat or sheep cheese Side of celery/carrot sticks

Roast Beef & Pear Salad

• ¼ lb or less of roast beef
• Spinach salad with ½ avocado, ½ pear, celery, onion, 8 walnuts, and crumbled goat or sheep cheese
• Add Celtic salt, Italian seasoning, olive oil and balsamic vinegar (optional)

Turkey Patty Lettuce Boats

• 2 turkey patties cooked in grass fed butter or ghee, spices and coconut aminos 
• 4 large romaine lettuce leaves doubled up to make two sturdy lettuce boats 
• 1 tbsp Kensington mayo, ½ avocado sliced or spread over top Sprinkle of goat or feta cheese and tomato slices 
• Side: sliced fermented pickle

Broiled Chicken Apple Salad

• ¼ lb or less chicken thighs sliced and broiled in an oven with a small amount of chicken broth, Celtic salt and Italian spice blend 
• Add 10-12oz mixed blend of organic greens with ½ chopped apple, chopped celery, 1tbsp crumbled sheep or goat feta, 10 roasted salted almonds, and small handful of sunflower seeds

Tuna Veggie Bowl

• 1 can of tuna with 1 tbsp Kensington mayo
• Finely chopped vegetable blend of celery, carrot, spinach, onion, artichoke hearts, olives, parsley and cilantro
• Mix with Celtic salt, pepper and olive oil, then blend with tuna and top with sheep feta
• 8 or less of Mary’s Gone Crackers Gluten Free “Real Thins,” for dipping

Golden Cassava Pizza

• 2 Cassava tortillas toasted until crispy in the oven
• Top with generous amount of grated or crumbled sheep cheese, small chunks of chicken or steak, fresh parsley, cilantro, tomato, and sauted onion and olive oil

Cassava Chili Tortilla

• ¼ lb or less of chicken thighs or steak tips broiled with ghee, celtic sea salt, pepper and chili spice blend
• Shred in a blender 2 cassava tortillas warmed in the oven, positioned together in a bowl to keep them folded like a taco
• Add a layer of mixed chopped greens, crumbled goat cheese, avocado, tomato, and cilantro, then chicken over top

Turkey Bacon Crisp

• 1-2 slices toasted quality gluten free bread 
• Kensington mayo 
• 3 slices of high quality turkey deli, one slice of broiled Wellshire Farms turkey bacon 
• 4 thinly sliced cucumbers soaked in balsamic vinegar (optional) 
• Top with 1-2 romaine lettuce leaves (make 1-2 open faced sandwiches based on hunger)

Egg Salad Crisp

• 1-2 slices toasted quality gluten free bread 
• 1-2 boiled eggs mashed with Kensington mayo, finely chopped onion, celery, parsley, and cilantro
• Spread over toasted gluten free bread
• Add paprika, celtic salt, pepper and ¼ thinly sliced avocado Top with 1-2 romaine lettuce leaves (make 1-2 open faced sandwiches based on hunger)

Happy healthy eating!