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Whether you’re meal prepping for the week or planning the menu for a casual luncheon with friends, this collection of healthy lunch recipes has you covered.

From hearty, heartwarming soups like ground turkey soup and homemade chicken soup for the colder months to cold avocado soup and cold cucumber cottage cheese soup to beat the summer heat, there’s a soup recipe for every season.

To round things out, why not make it a soup-and-salad lunch combo with satisfying salads, such as my spinach strawberry salad or Mediterranean quinoa salad?

Or, go with easy, high-protein options like meatballs without breadcrumbs, yogurt-marinated chicken kebabs, or my famous vegan quinoa chili.

With so many options, lunch might just become your new favorite meal of the day!

Cucumber Cottage Cheese Soup in a bowl standing on a napkin. The soup is garnished with cucumber slices, parsley and olive oil.

Cold Cucumber Cottage Cheese Soup Recipe

Meatballs without breadcrumbs in a white bowl garnished with chopped parsley.

Meatballs Without Breadcrumbs (Healthy Recipe)

Fresh vegetable salad in a bowl.

Fresh Vegetable Salad Recipe

A collage of various summer meals with a text overlay saying: Healthy No-Cook Summer Recipes.

Healthy No-Cook Recipes for Hot Summer Days

Collage of quinoa recipes with the text overlay saying: 6 Easy Spring Quinoa Recipes.

6 Quinoa Recipes to Try This Spring

A bowl of canned black bean soup garnished with avocado, onion, fresh cilantro and lime juice.

Canned Black Bean Soup (Quick and Easy Recipe)

Cold avocado soup in a white bowl, garnished with cilantro and lime slices.

Cold Avocado Soup – Ready in 3 Minutes!

Caprese quinoa bowl with red cherry tomatoes, white bocconcini cheese, black olives, basil leaves and quinoa in a bowl with a silver fork on the left.

Simple Caprese Salad Quinoa Bowl (Healthy Recipe)

A top-view of vegetarian stuffed tomatoes in a white baking dish with red handles.

Vegetarian Stuffed Tomatoes with Feta and Mushrooms

Top view of the detox kale and beet salad in a bowl standing on a grey board.

Detox Kale and Beet Salad

Close-up top view of cooked beet slices.

How to Cook Beets: 5 Easy Methods + Tips and Tricks

Beet Quinoa Salad with Goat Cheese and Grapefruit on white plate with silver spoon on the left.

Beet Quinoa Salad with Goat Cheese and Grapefruit

Savory Steel Cut Oats on a white plate with thyme sprig on the right and a silver fork on the left.

Savory Steel Cut Oats with Mushrooms and Thyme

Top view of the braised German Red Cabbage in a black pan standing on a purple napkin on a grey background.

Braised German Red Cabbage Recipe (Rotkohl)

30+ Healthy Soup Recipes.

30 Easy Healthy Soup Recipes for Fall and Winter

Top view of a Sweet Potato Waffle topped with a fried egg, spinach and a few avocado slices.

Sweet Potato Waffles Recipe

Close-up side view of the lentil soup in a bowl garnished with chopped parsley.

Easy Greek Lentil Soup Recipe (Fakes Soupa)

Close-up side view of barley vegetable soup in a white bowl with handles standing on a kitchen towel. Second bowl is in the background. A silver spoon on the left.

Hearty Barley Vegetable Soup Recipe

Dairy-free zucchini soup in white ramekins. Garnished with dill.

Dairy Free Zucchini Soup with Hard Boiled Eggs

Zucchini tabbouleh salad on a plate standing on a kitchen towel.

Raw Zucchini Salad Recipe (Fresh and Crunchy)

Vegetarian quinoa bake in a black pan.

Vegetarian Quinoa Bake with Feta Cheese

Potato salad with asparagus on a white plate.

Potato Salad with Asparagus

Yogurt marinated chicken kebabs on skewers, garnished with cherry tomatoes and chopped parsley. Lemon halves in the background.

Yogurt Marinated Chicken Kebabs (Grill or Oven)

Quinoa vegetable soup in a bowl. Top view.

Quinoa Vegetable Soup

Beetroot soup with beans in a bowl with a spoon to the left.

Easy Beetroot Soup Recipe (Vegan)

Quinoa chili being scooped with a spoon out of a bowl.

The Best Vegan Quinoa Chili (Easy Recipe)

Ground turkey soup in a white bowl. Garnished with a thyme sprig. Side view.

Hearty Ground Turkey Soup (Quick and Easy Recipe)

Spiced pumpkin appetizer soup in ramekins. Garnished with pumpkin seeds.

Pumpkin Soup with Canned Pumpkin (Quick and Easy)

Roasted salmon with apple sauce on a plate with arugula salad.

Roasted Salmon with Applesauce

Spicy red lentil soup in a bowl. Two spoons and another bowl in the background.

Spicy Red Lentil Soup with Veggies

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