Follow these recipes to get the healthy food benefits of the Mediterranean Diet in your packed lunches.
The Mediterranean Diet emphasizes whole foods, vegetables and fruits, healthy fats, fish and legumes. But those fantastic food products are not typically quite easy to incorporate in a luncheon away from your home. So should you surrender to a much less healthy "pack and go" lunchtime meal for you and your youngsters? No! Here are a couple of easy-to-prepare and put in your pack Mediterranean Diet lunches that make work, school and most other out of home lunch nutritious and delicious.
A Classic Greek Salad
This boils down to just tossing your favored fresh vegetables, feta cheese and a bit of extra virgin olive oil (EVO) together. You can put together a batch of onions, cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, red bell peppers, carrots, beans and olives and keep all of them in your fridge. Hold back on the EVO, bringing that to your work place or school separately and adding it to this healthy Greek salad afterwards.
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Salmon and Hummus Spinach Wrap
In separate bags, put a whole-grain tortilla, pre-cooked salmon, chopped kale or spinach, and hummus. You can prepare your very own healthy hummus, or purchase Mediterranean-style hummus from just about any leading food store. This lunch delivers flavor, an array of textures, proteins and merely enough carbs to give you the energy you need to complete the remainder of your day.
Creamy Greek Yogurt Veggie Sandwich
Make this "pack and go" lunch at home for a healthy and nourishing tasting meal. Between 2 pieces of whole grain or whole wheat bread, overlap black olives, basil, zucchini, a little provolone cheese and roasted red pepper. In a separate container, place your personal favorite Greek yogurt. As soon as lunchtime arrives, add the yogurt to your sandwich, replacing the above foods with your favored vegetables or fruits as wanted.
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Healthy Mediterranean Tuna Salad
This is a tuna salad fixed the healthy way. Drain a couple of cans of tuna, and put in 2 heaping tablespoons of Greek yogurt or hummus. Blend. Add extra virgin olive oil as needed, coupled with 1/4 cup of diced olives. Add 1/4 cup roasted red peppers, a couple of scallions and capers, and 2 sliced green onions. Enjoy on whole-grain pita bread, whole wheat bread or with a spoon.
Almond Butter and Banana Pineapple Surprise
Fast and easy to fix, remarkably tasty and healthy. Slice open a medium to small whole wheat pita. Layer almond butter, banana and pineapple slices. Substitute nut butter if you want, and get ready for this simple and swiftly made Mediterranean Diet meal to be one of your absolute favorite take to work lunch meals.
OK, as you can see you can still enjoy the savory healthy foods associated with the Mediterranean Diet by just preparing these foods at home and taking them with you for lunch.
