{"id":11505,"date":"2021-01-12T22:31:34","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T22:31:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/?p=11505"},"modified":"2021-02-04T20:38:18","modified_gmt":"2021-02-04T20:38:18","slug":"whole30-lunch-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/whole30-lunch-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"Whole30 Lunch Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I feel like lunch can be one of the stickier situations on a Whole30, a lot of time during the day I am grabbing things because I am so busy with the boys, and that is much more challenging to do when you are trying to be more mindful of your food choices!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8eevFFCTlKpqjzQ7dpJ0Q_thumb_6888.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11514\" width=\"441\" height=\"345\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8eevFFCTlKpqjzQ7dpJ0Q_thumb_6888.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8eevFFCTlKpqjzQ7dpJ0Q_thumb_6888-300x235.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8eevFFCTlKpqjzQ7dpJ0Q_thumb_6888-768x602.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/8eevFFCTlKpqjzQ7dpJ0Q_thumb_6888-600x471.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 441px) 100vw, 441px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I thought this would be a handy post to do, I will add to this as we go along during our <a href=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/whole30-round-5-meal-plan\/\">5th round<\/a>, but hopefully it will be beneficial for anyone looking for some simple lunch ideas!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Lunch Ideas:<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Leftovers \u2013 We have leftovers most days because I definitely want to make sure we eat what I am cooking, but it\u2019s also easy and one less mess to think about! <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/04\/chicken-salad\/\">Chicken Salad<\/a> &#8211; This is an easy one to make a big batch of during the week. We enjoy this just by itself, with plantain chips, or in a lettuce wrap!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/22\/taco-bowls\/\">Taco Bowls<\/a> &#8211; When I make this for dinner, I always do extra meat so we can have some for lunches during the week. I love to just fry up a plantain in coconut oil, reheat the taco meat with some salsa, make some quick guacamole (avocado, lime juice and garlic salt) cut up a bell pepper and just scoop everything and go. One delicious lunch right here!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_68cd-edited.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_68cd-edited.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_68cd-edited-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_68cd-edited-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_68cd-edited-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Salad \u2013 Use leftover meat from dinner or chicken apple sausage, lettuce, spinach, avocado, tomato, boiled egg, bacon, cucumbers, raisins, cranberries (if you can find them sugar free), nuts&#8230; possibilities are endless! Tessamae and Primal Kitchen make a number of Whole30 approved dressings that make salads an easy go to! Before, I would just use olive oil, garlic salt or sea salt and pepper with some lemon juice maybe. There are plenty of <a href=\"http:\/\/whole30.com\/2014\/10\/best-whole30-recipes-sauces-dressings-dips-oh\/\">make your own recipes<\/a> too, but I don\u2019t really care enough right now to take the time to make them haha\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Toddler Plate&nbsp;\u2013 Sometimes I just grab random things out of the fridge\u2026 avocado, boiled egg, cook some chicken apple sausage, nuts, side of fruit or veggie\u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.files.wordpress.com\/2017\/01\/img_2857.jpg?w=297&amp;h=397\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4917\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Lettuce Wrap Sandwiches &#8211; Another easy lunch, we love Applegate lunch meat and their salami, Primal Kitchen makes a great mayo, and you can find a dijon mustard too that would be Whole30 approved. Add whatever veggies you want! (And yes, that is a fake snake at the bottom of my picture, do not worry haha!)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6886.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11509\" width=\"479\" height=\"638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6886.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6886-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/UNADJUSTEDNONRAW_thumb_6886-600x800.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 479px) 100vw, 479px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hotdogs grilled on a skillet! &#8211; This is such an easy lunch as well, Applegate hotdogs cut open and heated on the stove for a few minutes. Add a side salad, fruit, plantain chips and salsa and you&#8217;re good to go!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/img_1318.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11500\" width=\"437\" height=\"582\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tuna Salad with Plantain Chips is another go to of mine! Safe Catch is my favorite brand, but there are other quality brands you could choose as well. I like to add a chopped boiled egg (without the yolk), <a href=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/homemade-pickles\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"10433\">pickles<\/a>, mayonnaise, dijon mustard, salt and pepper. You could eat this alone, or in a lettuce wrap or on bellpepper cups!<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8629\" width=\"385\" height=\"683\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/img_1778-600x1066.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 385px) 100vw, 385px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I hope there are some good ideas here that are helpful! Check out my other food posts under my <a href=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/recipes\/\" data-type=\"page\" data-id=\"3589\">Food<\/a> tab!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rAQRa2dQTisTKiqw3ztiQ_thumb_689a.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11558\" width=\"467\" height=\"524\" srcset=\"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rAQRa2dQTisTKiqw3ztiQ_thumb_689a.jpg 912w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rAQRa2dQTisTKiqw3ztiQ_thumb_689a-267x300.jpg 267w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rAQRa2dQTisTKiqw3ztiQ_thumb_689a-768x862.jpg 768w, https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/rAQRa2dQTisTKiqw3ztiQ_thumb_689a-600x674.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 467px) 100vw, 467px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I feel like lunch can be one of the stickier situations on a Whole30, a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11559,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[176],"tags":[227],"class_list":["post-11505","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-whole30","tag-whole30"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/fullsizeoutput_6ed9.jpeg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11505"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11603,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11505\/revisions\/11603"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11505"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11505"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/catchthecampbells.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11505"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}