No Time To Cook - Lunch Bowls

Hey there, incredibly busy, lover of life and health-conscious guy or gal!

This is the next and newest lunch recipe designed specifically for YOU. You may have time to put more effort into your lunches, but you choose not to because you’d rather spend your time doing other things like going for a quick gym session after work, a beach swim, reading a book or tending to your garden, or watching back to back episodes of Netflix (that stuff takes time). That’s totally fair, I’m with you, I don’t want to spend more than 5 minutes preparing my lunches too. So, I don’t!

What I do is stock my fridge and pantry with simple, nutritious ingredients that don’t require much preparation and put them in a bowl – DONE.

Some ingredients to have on hand:

              - Pre-boiled, peeled eggs

              - Chickpeas and lentils

              - Some cooked grains (use SunRice microwavable packs to save time)

              - Some healthy cheeses you like (I love cottage cheese)

              - A big bag of spinach, or other fresh leafy greens

              - Chopped fresh veg

              - Some healthy salad dressings

The rest you can use from your dinner left overs:

              - Cooked meat

              - Cooked vegetables

              - Salad dressings

Fit Tip

Adjust portion sizes to suit your needs.

BOWLS

With Chicken:

100g cooked chicken

1/3 cup cooked quinoa

Handful cos lettuce leaves

1 cup vegetables, fresh, chopped 

1. Assemble in bowl and finish with your choice of dressing (see below). 

With Salmon:

70-100g flaked salmon

1/3 cup rice, cooked (any)

Handful mixed lettuce leaves

1 cup vegetables, roasted

1. Assemble in bowl and finish with your choice of dressing (see below). 

With a Boiled Egg:

1-2 boiled eggs

1/3 cup lentils (any), cooked

Handful spinach leaves

1 cup vegetables, pan fried

1. Assemble in bowl and finish with your choice of dressing (see below). 

DRESSINGS

Lemon Pesto

1 cup basil leaves

100g pine nuts

100g parmesan

½ cup (120ml) lemon juice

3 tbsp. EVOO

Pinch sea salt

1.       Blend everything in a food processor until smooth and season.

Yoghurt & Dill

½ cup Greek or natural yoghurt

2 tbsp dill, finely chopped

2 tbsp apple cider vinegar

1 tbsp EVOO

Pinch sea salt

1.       Mix everything together in a bowl and season.

Honey, Chilli and Wholegrain Mustard

½ cup EVOO

3 tbsp lemon juice

1 tbsp red chilli, finely chopped

2 tbsp wholegrain mustard

2 tbsp honey

Pinch sea salt

Pinch cracked pepper

1.       Place all ingredients in a jar and shake well.