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For busy summer days, preparing meals ahead of time can really make life easier. These low-carb lunch recipes have at most 14 grams of carbs per serving and are perfect to make-ahead for busy weeks. They are also a great choice for those looking to get in some more protein, offering at least 15 grams per serving. This combination can help you feel satisfied while supporting your nutritional goals. Options like our Chicken Salad-Stuffed Avocados or Smoked Trout Salad with Herb & Horseradish Dressing will make it easy and delicious to have healthy meals for lunch.
Chicken Salad-Stuffed Avocados
This healthy homemade chicken salad served inside an avocado instead of with bread makes enough for easy lunches throughout the week!
Spinach & Artichoke Salad with Parmesan Vinaigrette
Inspired by the classic warm party dip, this simple salad can be served up right away or divided into small lidded containers for a week of delicious lunches.
Avocado Ranch Chicken Salad
Avocado makes an exceptionally creamy and healthful dressing for this chicken salad. A bit of ranch dressing with pickled jalapeño adds a tangy spin to the lunchtime classic. Serve it on a slice of whole-wheat toast for an open-face sandwich or in a lettuce cup for a low-carb lunch.
Smoked Trout Salad with Herb & Horseradish Dressing
This no-cook main-dish salad pairs a flavorful dressing featuring sharp horseradish and tangy crème fraîche with smoked trout.
Deconstructed Cobb Salad
This twist on classic Cobb salad gives everyone the choice to eat all the healthy ingredients – veggies, turkey, eggs, bacon and avocado –together or separately.
Chicken Curry Cup of Noodles
This cup soup is packed with flavor, thanks to a spoonful of Thai red curry paste. Zucchini noodles have a tender versatile flavor that makes them not only versatile in soup recipes but also add in some veggies.
Cauliflower Rice Bowls with Asparagus & Chicken Sausage
Here we’ve swapped in riced cauliflower for regular rice and adding pre-grilled asparagus, which bulks up these bowls and adds fiber. At lunchtime, just reheat to steaming then top with a bit of pesto.
Low-Carb Chicken & Cheddar Lettuce Wraps
This fresh, crunchy wrap sandwich is brimming with vegetables, yet still delivers a satisfying amount of protein thanks to the chicken and cheese. Crisp iceberg lettuce is what keeps this wrap sandwich ultra low in carbs (just 4 grams per serving).
Chicken & Cabbage Salad Bowls with Sesame Dressing
A bag of pre-chopped red and green cabbage serves as the crunchy low-carb base in these chicken salad bowls, which only require 10 minutes to assemble. Top with sesame-flavored almonds and a sesame dressing and you have one irresistible lunch you’ll look forward to all week.
Shrimp Niçoise Meal-Prep Bowls
This low-carb meal-prep version of the classic composed salad comes together in about 10 minutes thanks to a handful of shortcut ingredients, like pre-trimmed green beans and prepared olive tapenade and contains
a whopping 41 grams of protein per serving.