Lunch and Dinner Ideas

Lunch and Dinner Ideas


• Grilled chicken salad-spinach, lettuce, feta cheese, cranberries, candied nuts (agave syrup in skillet with preferred nuts)

• Greek salad-Chicken, lettuce, olives, artichokes, tomatoes, cucumbers and onions

• Toasted garbonzo beans (lightly salt with olive oil and broil for few minutes) add to salads

• Pinto Beans, Cheese, Organic Ground Beef, Whole grain corn ezekial tortillas, olives and tomatoes (cook in a skillet all together- tear up tortillas and add or use as tacos)

• Tacos-whole grain shells or soft, add chicken or beef with fresh veggies

• Hamburgers with ezekial bun and all the sides-serve with fruit and sweet potato fries

• Spinach lasagna-can add turkey or chicken (see recipe)

• Tuna melts-add artichokes, paparika, olive oil, lemon juice, pine nuts and mix, put on English muffin, whole grain crackers add cheese and broil

• Tuna melts-add salsa and whole foods mayo mix- put on whole grain crackers and broil

• Tuna with anything you like or added to top of salad for a quick lunch

• Avocado with salsa-add to ezekial bread, use as dip with veggies or crackers, chips

• Whole wheat noodles for kids-add tuna and frozen veggies

• Salmon patties (can salmon, egg whites, whole grain crackers)

• Lemon chicken-(drip chicken in egg whites then whole wheat flour, cook in olive oil in skillet, add artichokes, capers, and lemon juice…I pound of the chicken first and make it real thin)

• Pizza-whole grain crust and veggies, turkey, chicken

• Grilled or broiled salmon(lime juice and seasonings) serve with roasted veggies, baked sweet potatoes, coucous or brown rice

• Quinoa with pinenuts or almonds, raisins and cranberries

• Whole grain pita pockets with egg salad, tuna salad, veggies only, hummus and veggies

• Egg salad-mainly use egg whites and few yolks with mustard, whole foods mayo, and paparika

• Chicken salad-any thing you like-whole foods mayo, celery, pineapples, nuts add to lettuce or sandwich, pita pockets

• Black Beans with salsa mixed in and can add frozen corn –use as a meal with sides, add to tacos, or a side dish

• Enchilados-(chicken or beef, add a little cheese, roll in whole grain corn tortillas, melt cheese in oven serve with lots of veggies.

• Soups-lots of veggies and I have several recipes

• Tilapia Salad

• Not your typical lasagna-(See recipe)

• Cobb Salad-eggs, turkey bacon, cheese, lettuce, any other veggies

• Grilled chicken salad with poached pears, toasted pine nuts, gorgonzola, few cranberries

• Tereaki chicken (marinate braggs, oil, pineapple juice, ginger, garlic, green onions) grill or bake

• Cabbage salad-cabbage, agave syrup, vinegar, sunflower seeds, almonds, onions, oil

• Greek style penne-tomatoes, cucumbers, feta, whole grain noodles, parsley

• Turkey meatloaf

• Turkey burgers

• Spaghetti with whole grain pasta-chicken or ground turkey

• Any bean (black, pinto, azuka, with brown or wild rice)

• Lentils with 1 cup corn, 1 cup of tomato sauce and one onion

Side Items

• Roasted vegetables-zucchini, red peppers, squash, mushrooms or an others, toss with olive oil and seasonings and roast in oven

• Sweet potatoes

• Green beans with toasted nuts

• Sautéed spinach with toasted pinenuts and olive oil

• Beans with salsa

• Any whole grains-quinoa, couscous, brown or wild rice (add cranberries, toasted nuts, raisins)

• Whole grain corn bread muffins

• Greek salad-see above

• Cabbage salad

• Fresh fruit