19 Easy Vegetarian Packed Lunch Ideas
Buying your lunch is about to feel like a crime...
1. Hearty Pepper Salad with Sourdough Croutons
Nothing makes us sadder than a limp salad lunch so take the croutons and dressing to work separately. Don't let us down.
2. Wild Rice Root Vegetable Bowls
'Bowls' – aka hearty salads you haven't mixed together – are set to be huge this year. Just take a grain, a protein, a veg and a dressing and you'll have your own delicious lunch. Or, treat yourself with this gorgeous one from Oh My Veggies.
3. Tuscan-style Winter Vegetable Soup
Bring a different roll each day and prepare to be the target of some serious lunch envy.
4. Falafel And Hummus With Mediterranean Veg Wrap
Falafel – the original veggie food and still the best.
5. Minted Beetroot and Feta Dip
Woah, stylish lunch alert! Serve with salad and tortilla chips for a lunch worthy of Instagram.
6. Crunchy Seeded Soldiers and Eggs
If your colleagues ever ask you where you get your protein from – this. One hundred times this.
7. Dal Stuffed Sweet Potatoes
We love the Greek Kitchen Stories blog. Sure, their recipes are healthy, but they're easy and sensible too, like these stuffed sweet potatoes. Cook them for dinner and have it for lunch the next day. Make enough dal, and you've got lunch sorted for the week.
8. Stuffed Baby Aubergines
If you've got a day full of dull power points ahead of you, ditch the motivational desktop images and make this instead. It's far more likely to keep you feeling motivated.
9. Wild Rice & Brussels Sprout Super Salad
He may not be veggie, but this salad proves why Jamie Oliver always serves us well.
10. Vegetarian Club Sandwich
Create the sarnie to end all sarnie with this meat-free take on the classic club sandwich.
11. Courgette, Chickpea and Tomato Pasties
These gorgeous little pasties are just as tasty with your book outdoors as they are chained to your desk.
12. Ultimate 4-Layer Vegan Sandwich
If there's on area that UK food shops are seriously lacking in, it's a choice of vegan sandwiches. Forget them, you don't need that kind of negativity in your life. Make this sandwich from instead and show them who's boss.
13. Carrot, Pistachio and Feta Salad
Fresh, nutty and fruity, this salad is a game-changer.
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