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Freezable Healthy Lunches

January 6, 2016 by Denise 19 Comments

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

I’m serious about cleaning up my diet this year. One thing I found helpful last year was when I had freezable healthy lunches ready for me. It took less time to make my lunch and I knew the quantities and nutrition. Plus it was something I liked that was healthy compared to a frozen meal from the grocery store. This post has recipes for two meals and some tips to help you get organized for the new year and a healthy lifestyle.

What Type Of Containers To Use?

First thing I did was buy these containers from target. If you have take out containers they work well too. At some point I would like to have enough glass containers as I don’t like using all this plastic but nothing is perfect. I think they were less than $3 for 4 at Target. Amazon has a 10 pack of containers for $11.99 too.

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

I am trying to add more leafy greens and organic food in my diet this year. I’ve never bought  much organic food in the past but since Aldi and Trader Joe’s have so many reasonably priced options, I have no reason not too. This container of organic baby spinach held 16 cups of spinach. That’s a lot of spinach!

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

I made 2 different meals and filled 4 containers for each meal. The first of the healthy lunches had taco meat, cauliflower rice and sautéed sweet bell peppers with a little cilantro to garnish. You can add cheese if you want or beans or whatever your diet requirements call for but I was aiming for lower carb and veggie packed with some type of protein.

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

The second of the healthy lunches uses my Lemony Greek Chicken recipe leftovers, cauliflower rice and the sautéed greens. I’m a big rice fan so cauliflower rice is a go to when cutting carbs. I really like it and it’s so simple to make and use.

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

The first side dish I made was a garlicky spinach sauté. It only took a few minutes to make and it was very tasty to me. If you like sautéed greens (which are so good for you) I suggest you make this for part of your meals. The recipe is below and very simple to make. I got 8 small portions out of this container (greens shrink a lot). I also bought a head of cauliflower and pulsed it in a food processor to make 8 cups of cauliflower rice. 

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.

Below you have recipes for both meals. None of the recipes are hard but I thought I’d include them to make things easier for you. I calculated what I thought were the nutritional values of these meals but it was hard. How do you calculate a marinade when you don’t consume all the oil? So if you are truly concerned with the nutritional data you might want to calculate them yourself. Use my calculations as a rough guideline. I always over estimate to be safe. I’ve also added the nutrition info of the components in the recipe itself.

Taco Meat, Cauliflower Rice and Sautéed Bell Peppers Meal

cals =  419  / fat =  25.1g  / carbs = 16.5g / fiber=4.7g / protein=33.1g   Net Carbs = 13.9

Chicken, Cauliflower Rice and Sautéed Spinach Meal

cals =  425 / fat 18.7 g/ carbs=13.2 g / fiber=4 g / protein=51.4 g  Net Carbs = 9.2

Notes For These Freezable Healthy Lunches

  • Each of these healthy lunches took roughly 6 minutes to reheat from frozen. Just to give you an idea. Times may vary.
  • Chicken can get tough when you freeze it and microwave it, at least in my opinion. If this bothers you, use a different protein or buy a rotisserie chicken to have on hand to add to your side dishes.
  • You can cut down the fat contents buy using less oil to saute your vegetables and use cooking spray instead. Or you can steam them and add a bit of oil afterward for flavor. I personally don’t mind the fat content but others might.
  • Add more or less of the side dishes if you want to alter the nutritional counts of these meals. I think next time I would use more cauliflower and perhaps less protein.
  • Use herbs, spices, nuts or seeds to add more crunch or flavor if you want. For instance you could add hot sauce, cheese, avocado, sour cream, salsa etc to the taco meal and parsley, oregano, lemon, almonds or pine nuts to the chicken dish.  Use your imagination.

Sorry this is a long one. Please let me know if you have any questions or share with me your ideas for some freezable healthy lunches. I would love to hear and learn from you!

Freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two lunch ideas with recipes.
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Chicken, Cauliflower, Spinach Meal

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 8 servings
Author Denise Wright (MyLifeCookbook.com)

Ingredients

Spinach

  • 4 small onions thinly sliced
  • 2 Tablespoons of olive oil
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 3 cloves of garlic crushed
  • 1 lb of fresh baby spinach approximately 16 cups loosely packed

Cauliflower

  • 1 head of cauliflower

Instructions

For the Spinach

  1. In a large saute pan heat your oil and onions, salt and pepper.
  2. Cook your onions until the are browned a bit.
  3. Add your garlic and mix well.
  4. Add your spinach 4 cups at a time until mostly wilted.
  5. Take off burner and let cool.
  6. Cal = 67 / Fat- 3.7g / Carb = 7.5g / Fiber = 2g / Protein = 2.4g net carbs = 5.5g

For the Cauliflower

  1. Cut cauliflower into pieces and place in a food processor.
  2. Pulse until it looks like little pieces of rice. Do not over process.
  3. You may have to do this in batches. If you have large pieces take them out and reprocess.
  4. Place riced cauliflower into a microwave safe bowl.
  5. Microwave for 8 minutes.
  6. Let cool.
  7. Cals = 25 / Fat=0.3g / Carbs = 5g / Fiber = 2g / Protein = 1.9g net carbs = 3g

 

Freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two lunch ideas with recipes.
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Taco Beef, Cauliflower, Peppers Meal

These freezable healthy lunches will help you stay on track and save you time. Two delicious and healthy lunch ideas with recipes.
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 20 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 419 kcal

Ingredients

Sauteed Peppers

  • 1 ½ cups sliced onions
  • 2 Tablespoons olive oil
  • 3 sweet bell peppers sliced I used red, orange and yellow
  • ½ teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon pepper
  • 2 cloves of garlic crushed

Cauliflower

  • 1 head of cauliflower

Taco Meat

  • 1 lb ground beef
  • ½ teaspoon garlic powder
  • ½ teaspoon onion powder
  • 1 teaspoon paprika
  • ½ teaspoon oregano
  • 1 teaspoon chilli powder
  • 1 ½ teaspoon cumin
  • ½ teaspoon salt.

Instructions

For Sauteed Peppers

  1. Heat large saute pan with oil and onions.
  2. Cook for a few minutes until onions become translucent.
  3. Add peppers, salt and pepper.
  4. Saute until pepper become soft.
  5. Add garlic and mix well.
  6. Cook for another minute and then take off burner.
  7. Let cool.
  8. Cals = 106 / Fat = 7.2g / Carbs = 10.6g / Fiber = 2.3g / Protein = 1.6g net carbs = 8.3

For Cauliflower

  1. Cut cauliflower into pieces and place in a food processor.
  2. Pulse until it looks like little pieces of rice. Do not over process.
  3. You may have to do this in batches. If you have large pieces take them out and reprocess.
  4. Place riced cauliflower into a microwave safe bowl.
  5. Microwave for 8 minutes.
  6. Let cool.
  7. Cals = 25 / Fat=0.3g / Carbs = 5g / Fiber = 2g / Protein = 1.9g net carbs = 3g

For Taco Meat

  1. Spray large skillet with cooking spray.
  2. Add your meat and start to brown it.
  3. When it's starting to brown, add all your spices and continue to cook.
  4. When meat is completely browned, take off burner and let cool.
  5. Cals = 288 / Fat = 17.6g / Carbs = 0.9g / Fiber = 0.4g / Protein = 29.6 net carbs = 0.5g

 
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Nutritional information for the recipe is provided as a courtesy and is approximate only. You should always do your own calculations if you are concerned about the accuracy of this or any recipe. I use the Lose It app for all of my nutritional information because I have for years.

Comments

  1. Berenice

    February 02, 2020 at 5:06 pm

    Can the mean be replaced for ground Turkey ?

    Reply
    • Denise

      February 03, 2020 at 7:45 am

      Hi,
      Yes you can use ground turkey!

      Reply
  2. Christian Gochenour

    May 21, 2018 at 6:01 pm

    You are awesome. I was looking for something just like this. I knew I could freeze my healthy meals, but it is nice for someone to have already tried it and verify that they reheat well. Thank you!

    Reply
    • Denise

      May 22, 2018 at 7:25 am

      Hope you like it Christian! Let me know if you have any questions about it.

      Reply
  3. Debbie

    January 23, 2018 at 10:37 am

    I love this. I keep telling myself to do this too.

    Reply
  4. KC the Kitchen Chopper

    January 09, 2016 at 1:35 am

    These are perfect for busy days. No excuses now, they are all filled with healthful ingredients. And they look delish!

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 09, 2016 at 7:34 am

      Thanks KC! That’s what I need…no excuses!

      Reply
  5. Michelle @ The Complete Savorist

    January 08, 2016 at 6:49 pm

    This is perfect, I really need to do more meals like this to help me stay on track during the week with my lunches.

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 09, 2016 at 7:36 am

      Yes Michelle, it really does help.

      Reply
  6. Cathy

    January 07, 2016 at 8:35 pm

    What a great idea to make, portion out, and freeze for later! These meals look yummy!
    Cathy

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 08, 2016 at 8:33 am

      Thanks Cathy, I feel like they help me stay on track and save time.

      Reply
  7. Faye Wilkerson

    January 06, 2016 at 4:17 pm

    I have never made cauliflower rice will have to try it.

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 06, 2016 at 8:04 pm

      It’s surprising really good. Very close to rice but it’s not rice.

      Reply
  8. Analida's Ethnic Spoon

    January 06, 2016 at 2:45 pm

    I love the make ahead lunch idea and these are really a great healthy alternative to fast food.

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 06, 2016 at 8:05 pm

      I needed something I could pop in the microwave, otherwise I would sit there and think “what am I in the mood for” and then make it and usually it wasn’t anything healthy. This saves me time and calories.

      Reply
  9. Caroline

    January 06, 2016 at 11:48 am

    We often have leftovers for lunch but sometimes there just isn’t any. These are a great idea to fill those gaps!

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 06, 2016 at 8:06 pm

      That’s exactly right Caroline. I had planned to eat these everyday but I’ve had a lot of leftovers this week and only had a few. But I know they are there when I need them.

      Reply
  10. Kristen @ A Mind Full Mom

    January 06, 2016 at 8:40 am

    Denise–this is fabulous!! I love that you made them and frooze them to keep on hand. This will help so many out!

    Reply
    • Denise

      January 06, 2016 at 8:06 pm

      Thanks Kristen! It’s helping me so I thought maybe it would help other people.

      Reply

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