Four Healthy Teacher Lunch Ideas

4 Healthy Teacher Lunch Ideas

I know how busy being a teacher is. Half the time you don’t even have time to pee, let alone eat a normal lunch! However, taking that time (even just 10-15 min) to eat is SO important. Figure out your schedule and what you have time for but whatever you do, don’t just skip lunch all together. I promise this will backfire and leave you grabbing fast food on the way home or cause you to empty out your pantry because you are absolutely STARVING.

My best advice when it comes to making healthy lunches is to KEEP IT SIMPLE. If you’re someone who genuinely enjoys making complex recipes and you want to dedicate the time to do that on Sundays, go for it. Butttt most of us, are not those people. That is OKAY! Sticking with nutrient dense whole foods is best and putting together meals that taste good + don’t take a ton of time is the way to go!

I recommend chunking your meal prepping/planning. This means you aren’t waiting until Sunday night at 10pm to figure out what to make, cook it and log your food in MFP (if you’re tracking macros). I recommend you go grocery shopping or do a pickup order on Friday or Saturday, plan your meals the next day and then actually prep on Sunday. It does not need to take longer than 45 min to one hour to prep your lunches for the week. You can also cook multiple things at once or do other things while certain things are cooking.

For your meals, make sure the main thing is protein, such as chicken breast, lean ground turkey or lean ground beef. Then add a veggie or starchy carb as a side. You can make so many different combinations with this and it’s soooo easy! You want to aim for 25-30g of protein per meal. This will help keep you full longer, too!

I’m going to share with you 4 super easy teacher lunches for today, but be sure to look at my highlights on instagram for tons more! Look under the “food” and “meals 2” highlight! P.S. These images are screenshots from my highlights so that’s why the quality is so bad…. haha

This lunch prep was 93% lean ground turkey cooked in the skillet, white rice cooked in the rice cooker, steamable corn made in the microwave and black beans. I added tomato and avocado on top! SOOOO simple and took barely any time. You can season the turkey with taco seasoning or whatever seasoning you like!

Next up is chicken taco bowls! I cooked chicken in the crock pot (could also use an instapot!), and just added peppers, shredded cheeese and spinach/spring mix. To cook chicken in the crock pot I just cooked in on low until it could be shredded and added chicken broth! You could also add a tortilla or broken up chips on top!

3rd healthy meal idea is turkey taco bowls! 93% lean ground turkey, cheese, cherry tomatos, spinach and organic blue corn chips! Are you noticing a theme yet? Keep it simpleeeeeeee!

Last but not least, chicken breast cooked in the crock pot, bell peppers cooked in the skillet and steamable broccoli! You could switch out the broccoli for whatever veggie you want. Don’t over think it :) I seasoned the chicken here with lemon pepper but the possibilities are endless!

I hope this blog helped you! If you have any questions, email me at Teachersgonestrong@gmail.com or dm me on instagram @brooklynpowell.

xoxo,

Brooklyn