One question I get asked often is what are ideas for quick and easy lunches. The easiest way to pack a lunch is to make it with dinner the night before. You might get bored of eating the exact same meal multiple days in a row. For this week’s nutrition tip, we’ll take one meal and repurpose it 3 different ways for 3 completely different meals.
Let’s take a basic gains-fueled dinner of chicken breast, sweet potato (roasted), and broccoli. Here’s how you could transform those ingredients into three different meals:
– Kabob it – chop everything into uniform-size cubes and place on skewers. You can add some extra things for a little more flair like cherry tomatoes, olives, grapes, or pineapple. Dip skewers in buffalo or barbecue sauce. Franks Red Hot and Tessemae’s are good clean options for sauces.
–Soup it – make leftover soup. Again, chop everything into uniform cubes, and place in stock pot. Cover your leftovers with chicken or veggie stock, a can of crushed tomatoes, and seasonings to taste. Optional additions could be rice, carrots, celery, or onion.
–Make it a salad – throw your leftovers all over some greens and add some flair from your pantry like dried nuts, seeds, fruit, cherry tomatoes, olives, etc. Top with your favorite dressing.
Next time you have a protein, veggie and starch leftover, get creative and turn it into one of these different meals!