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Home » lunch ideas

lunch ideas

What's for lunch, carb counters? Here are diabetic lunch ideas and recipes to help you stick to your carb budget. Our lunches can be made ahead, eaten quickly, and require minimal cleanup.

Black-eyed pea salad in a bowl overhead view

Black-eyed pea salad

Caprese salad baked in a spaghetti squash boat

Spaghetti Squash Caprese

Negimaki (beef and scallion rolls) in teriyaki sauce

Negimaki (beef and scallion rolls) in teriyaki sauce

This simple, stylish salad is made of crisp, vibrantly colored watermelon radish, sweet rainbow carrots, juicy blood orange and lettuce. It's a delicious rainbow in a salad.

Watermelon radish and rainbow carrot salad

Scallion Pancake in a skillet

Scallion pancakes

Grilled Cheese with fresh tomato and basil.

Grilled Cheese

Peanut crusted oven fried chicken thighs on a baking sheet with cajun sweet potato fries

Oven-fried chicken with peanut crust

Mussels in creamy, buttery white wine sauce on a plate with sliced garlic and chives

Mussels in creamy white wine sauce

two fish tacos with blackened ancho chili spice crust and juicy pineapple cabbage slaw served on a blue plate with a side of red chili pepper and lime.

Fish tacos with pineapple & cabbage slaw

Fresh and juicy cucumbers, tomatoes, red onion, feta cheese, olives, sprigs of mint and dill simply dressed with extra virgin olive oil and lemon juice.

Greek salad (horiatiki)

Keto sausage stuffed peppers in a baking dish

Keto stuffed peppers

Two avocado halves stuffed with classic tuna salad served on a wooden board with two spoond

Tuna salad stuffed avocado "bowls"

A bowl of Italian wedding soup is a pairing of bite-sized garlicky meatballs in a light broth with green kale and carrots.

Italian wedding soup

A closeup look into a nice bowl of homemade chicken noodle soup with carrots and a few snips of fresh dill.

Homemade chicken noodle soup from scratch

Orange Fennel Salad

Orange and fennel salad

Spicy Chorizo Kabocha Squash and Kale Stew

Kabocha squash soup

Tacos with Chorizo and Refried Beans

Chorizo tacos

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