3 Easy Whole30 Lunch Recipes

3 Easy Whole30 Lunch Recipes to make it through the busy week! These meal prep lunch ideas are the perfect gluten free lunches for anyone, and help make your Whole30 easier to tackle! Each recipe makes 4 lunches, and can be prepared in 20 minutes.

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Whole30 Lunch Meal Prep Made Easier

One of the biggest challenges on the Whole30 is having easy lunches ready to go. Especially if you’re on the go or working outside of home, it’s too tempting to rely on takeout when you’re hungry! Preparation is key to success on the Whole30!

Today I am sharing 3 easy (and super delicious) lunches you can make for your Whole30 journey. All 3 recipes come together in 20 minutes or less, make 4 meals (eat now, save 3 for later!), and use simple ingredients you’re likely to stay stocked up on during the month.

I recommend these simple healthy meals for everyone, regardless of whether you’re trying a Whole30 challenge or not! The Whole30 is a program that eliminates all processed foods, and also foods that are more difficult to digest or are common food intolerances. Even when I am not doing a Whole30 challenge, I try to incorporate at least 1 Whole30 meal a day, because that means it’s a meal centered around food with the highest nutrient density.

These recipes are developed for the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven, which is a steam powered convection oven. It’s the size of a smaller microwave, but the inside is large enough to bake a pizza.

Ready more about this incredible appliance and it’s many uses!

The Top 3 Best Things about this Tiny Powerhouse of an Oven:

• The Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven cooks about 30% faster than a typical oven — meaning you can shave off precious meal prep minutes! Plus, there’s no need to preheat the oven, because it heats instantly when you turn it on.
• It emits almost no heat! Even though I started using this oven in August during a heatwave, we were still enjoying baked sweet potatoes, pizza, and roasted veggies, when the house was way too hot to consider turning on the regular oven.
• It’s energy efficient! If you’re often cooking for 1 or 2, you’ll save precious energy by using this small oven rather than heating a large one. The oven is actually incredibly roomy inside despite it’s small size. You can jump back to this Blueberry Banana Baked Oatmeal post to see how I prepared breakfast for 9, and down below, each of these Whole30 lunch recipes are enough for 4 meals!

Whole30 Autumn Chicken Kale Salad

This easy massaged kale salad it super easy to make, and packs tons of nutrition and flavor.

With the Sharp Superheated Countertop Oven, you don’t even have to defrost your chicken before making this meal. If you use frozen chicken, you just need to add about 6 minutes to the baking time.

This salad comes together in 3 easy steps:

1. Add seasoned chicken and butternut squash to a baking dish, and roasted for 16 minutes (baking time is 24 minutes in a standard oven).
2. Destem and chop kale, and then massage the kale with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Easy peasy.
3. Add sliced chicken, squash, chopped apple, pecans and golden raisins to the salad. Kale doesn’t get soggy, and the kale will just take on more flavor as it sits, so go ahead and put these salads all together and they’ll be ready when you’re hungry!

You can definitely mix this up with what you have on hand! Pears or even mangos would go great on this salad, and toasted cashews or almonds would be just as good as the pecans.

You can also substitute pork for the chicken.

All 3 recipes are here — but continue reading below for more tips to the other 2 recipes!

3 Whole30 Lunches

Try these 3 easy Whole30 lunch recipes to keep ahead of the game during the challenge! Preparation is key to success, so you aren't tempted to grab convenience foods while you're out. All 3 lunches come together quickly and use ingredients that are easy to keep on hand. No preheating is required if using the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven. If using a conventional oven, please remember to preheat your oven and read the increased baking times.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 18 minutes minutes

Total Time: 38 minutes minutes

Servings: 4 per recipe

Calories: 449kcal

Author: Michelle Miller

Ingredients

Autumn Chicken and Kale Salads

• ▢ 1 1/2 pounds chicken breasts
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ 2 teaspoons thyme
• ▢ 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• ▢ 3 cups butternut squash chopped
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ sea salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ 1 bunch kale destemmed and chopped
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• ▢ 1 tablespoon balsamic vinegar
• ▢ 1 apple chopped
• ▢ 1/4 cup pecans
• ▢ 1/4 cup golden raisins

Sausage and Pepper Lettuce Wraps

• ▢ 4 chicken sausage compliant
• ▢ 2 bell peppers sliced thin
• ▢ 1 onion sliced thin
• ▢ 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ▢ 1 teaspoon cumin
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon chili powder
• ▢ 8 romaine lettuce leaves

Sweet Potato Turkey Burgers

• ▢ 2 sweet potatoes sliced in rounds
• ▢ olive oil to spray
• ▢ sea salt and pepper to taste
• ▢ 1 1/2 pounds ground turkey
• ▢ 3/4 teaspoon sea salt
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon garlic
• ▢ black pepper to taste
• ▢ lettuce to top
• ▢ tomatoes to top
• ▢ 1 avocado sliced, to top

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Instructions

Chicken and Kale Salads

• Season the chicken with olive oil, thyme, salt and pepper. Add to the broiler tray.
• Season the sliced butternut squash with olive oil, salt and pepper, and add to the other half of the pan.
• Bake on 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. If baking in a conventional oven, increase baking time to 20-22 minutes.
• While the chicken and squash is cooking, destem and chop the kale. Add it to a bowl, along with olive oil, balsamic vinegar and lemon juice. Massage the dressing into the kale using your hands.
• Chop an apple.
• When ready to assemble the salads, split the kale into 4 containers or plates. Add sliced chicken, squash and chopped apple. Garnish with pecans and golden raisins. These easily store for up to 4 days.

Sausage and Pepper Lettuce Wraps

• Add sliced onions and peppers to a bowl, and coat with olive oil, sea salt, and spices.
• Add sausage and seasoned onions and peppers to the broiling pan.
• Bake at 425 degrees F for 15 minutes. If using a conventional oven, increase baking time to 20-22 minutes.
• Add lettuce leaves to plates or meal prep containers.
• Once the sausage, onions and peppers are baked, add a sausage and 1/4 of the pepper mixture to each wrap. Use a compliant mustard or other sauce to top.

Sweet Potato Turkey Burgers

• Spray broiling pan with olive oil.
• Season turkey with sea salt, pepper and garlic. Form 4 patties, and add to the broiling pan.
• Cut sweet potatoes in 1/2 inch thick rounds, and add to a baking tray.
• Spray the sweet potatoes with olive oil, and season to taste with sea salt and pepper.
• Bake the turkey burgers and sweet potatoes on 450 degrees F for 18 minutes.
• While the burgers are baking, prepare lettuce, tomatoes and avocados, or other compliant toppings.
• Assemble burgers with desired toppings.

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Notes

* Nutrition Facts are for Autumn Chicken and Kale Salads

Nutrition

Calories: 449kcal | Carbohydrates: 30g | Protein: 39g | Fat: 19g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 108mg | Sodium: 652mg | Potassium: 1300mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 14530IU | Vitamin C: 68.6mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 2.4mg

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Sausage and Pepper Lettuce Wraps

This is a meal that is so easy to prepare, and one that I could eat every day.

I use chicken sausages for these wraps, but you can use any compliant sausages.

Costco carries Aidell’s brand organic chicken sausages, which I used for this recipe. They are compliant, and also super delicious! Perfect for grilling, or for roasting with peppers and onions, as in this recipe.

These wraps come together in 3 easy steps:

1. Season the sliced peppers and onions with olive oil, salt and spices.
2. Bake sausages, peppers and onions. They are perfectly baked in only 15 minutes in the Sharp Superheated Steam Countertop Oven!
3. Layer peppers, onions, and a sausage in large romaine lettuce leaves. These are great topped with mustard (my fav!), but you could also use a compliant ranch or aioli.

I have fallen in love with packing easy meals like this in meal prep containers. I work at home, but I still find it that much more enticing to grab a healthy meal for lunch if it’s all together and ready to go!

Turkey Burgers with Sweet Potato Buns

Turkey burgers are a summertime fav. To make them Whole30 compliant, I layered these babies on roasted sweet potato rounds. It’s kind of like having your burger and fries together. Totally dreamy — I think sweet potatoes make a better bun than actual bread! Try it — I bet you will too!

I stacked these burgers with crunchy lettuce, summer tomatoes, and avocado. Add your fav toppings here — caramelized onions, peppers, or jalapeno slices would also be perfect!

These burgers come together in 3 easy steps:

1. Season turkey with sea salt, pepper and garlic, and form 4 turkey burgers. Add to a baking dish that’s been sprayed with olive oil.
2. Slice the sweet potatoes in large rounds about 1/2 inch thick, and thenspray with olive oil, sea salt and pepper. Bake along with the turkey burgers.
3. Enjoy your burgers stacked between 2 sweet potato rounds, or eat with a fork and knife salad style! Jazz your burger up with any toppings you love!

Other Great Options for Whole30 Lunches:

• Whole30 Zuppa Toscana, by Sunkissed Kitchen
• Creamy Tomato Basil Soup, by Sunkissed Kitchen
• Loaded Whole30 Chicken Caesar Salad, by Sunkissed Kitchen

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