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25 Packable Healthy Vegan Lunches for Work

Skip the take out! These 25 healthy vegan lunch ideas are perfect for packing! All of these recipes are simple options for vegan meal prep.

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25 Packable Healthy Vegan Lunches for Work

Lunch. It’s definitely the meal that gets the least amount of time and love put into it.

Don’t get me wrong – I love lunch. But I really enjoy cooking a hearty breakfast and preparing a comforting dinner at the end of the day, so I don’t always feel like putting that much effort into packing my lunches. 99 percent of the time, my lunches are leftovers or some random things I threw into a container and ate together. Anyone else?

My search for packable, healthy vegan lunch ideas began out of serious HANGER. One day I forgot to pack my lunch on a particularly long day and I didn’t have time to pick something up from a drive-through, so I had no choice but to wait and wait and WAIT for dinner when I got home.

Let me remind you (if you can’t tell), I’m not one of those people that “forgets to eat.” What?! Who are you? I’m already thinking about the next meal when I’m eating the current one. Needless to say, I couldn’t take not eating for that long. So, I made a plan to pack my lunch from then on!

I found some super awesome healthy vegan lunches that are perfect for packing for work or school. Most of them you can meal prep on Sunday and enjoy for the rest of the week. All you need are some portable lunch containers and you’re good to go! I love these glass containers for my vegan meal prep. And if you’re looking for a divided container, Planetbox is the best!

I can’t wait to start making these meals to take to class with me. Enjoy these delicious healthy vegan lunches for work or school – I know you’ll find at least one you love!

1. Cuban-Inspired Black Bean Plantain Bowls

a bowl of rice topped with fried plantains, black beans, mango and cilantro

 

2. Vegan Sushi Bowl

a bowl of rice served with carrots, bell pepper, edamame, cucumber and seaweed

 

3. Curry Quinoa Salad with Grapes and Walnuts

a bowl of quinoa salad

 

4. Buffalo Chickpea Salad Sandwich

two halves of a buffalo chickpea salad sandwich stacked on top of one another

 

5. Vegan Spicy Peanut Soba Noodles

a bowl of peanut soba noodles topped with cilantro and jalapeno slices

 

6. Vegan Chicken Salad Sandwich

two halves of chicken salad sandwiches served on toasted bread

 

7. Teriyaki Tofu Meal Prep

a meal prep container filled with rice, broccoli and teriyaki tofu

 

8. Black Bean Power Bowl with Avocado Pesto

two lunch bowls with rice, black beans, pesto, cauliflower and cabbage

 

9. Vegan Egg Salad Sandwich

a vegan egg salad sandwich topped with sliced tomato and lettuce

 

10. Vegan Sweet and Sour Chickpeas

a bowl of rice topped with sweet and sour chickpeas

 

11. Rice Bowl with Spicy Peanut Sauce

a plate of rice served with tofu, broccoli and a vegan peanut sauce

 

12. Quinoa Fried Rice

two bowls of quinoa fried rice topped with sriracha

 

13. Vegan Caprese Salad with Orzo

a large mixing bowl filled with a vegan caprese orzo salad

 

14. 5 Minute Vegan Burrito Bowl

a bowl of rice, salsa, romaine, corn, black beans, peppers guacamole and a lime wedge

 

15. Turmeric Baked Falafel

two pitas filled with greens, chopped vegetables and falafels

 

16. Vegetable Spring Rolls with Ginger Sesame Tofu

three tofu spring rolls served with a ginger teriyaki sauce

 

17. Vegan Curried Seitan Salad

a salad topped with seitan, chopped veggies and herbs

 

18. Pesto Couscous Salad

a couscous salad with tomatoes, cucumbers and a pesto dressing

 

19. Hummus Veggie Wrap

two halves of a veggie and hummus wrap

 

20. Greek Quinoa Buddha Bowl

a bowl of tomatoes, cucumber, rice, chickpeas, avocado and greens

 

21. Vegan BBQ Chickpea Wrap

two halves of a bbq chickpea wrap

 

22. Blood Orange Quinoa Salad

two bowls of blood orange quinoa salad topped with cilantro and avocado

 

23. Vegan Poke Bowl

a vegan poke bowl with tofu, carrots, avocado, greens, cabbage and seaweed strips

 

24. Chipotle Tofu Burritos

two halves of a chipotle tofu burrito stacked on top of one another

 

25. Mediterranean Chickpea Salad

a bowl of spinach served with tomatoes, cucumber, chickpeas, rice, lemon wedges and hummus

January 29, 2022
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    • says:
      Thank you, thank you, thank you for all the lunch inspo! I'm kinda new to the meatless eating thing (okay, it's been like 6 months since I started trying to reduce my animal product consumption) but I'm still struggling. Breakfast, desserts and snacks are pretty easy. Lunch and dinner though? I need all the help I can get. Pinning for sure :D
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      • says:
        Anything for you ;) These would definitely work for dinner too! I can't wait to start meal prepping!
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    • says:
      Not hum-drum anymore! I do love a good classic sandwich from time to time!
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  • says:
    Wow! Great round up these all look SO good. Definitely going to have to incorporate at least one of these into our lunch rotation. Thanks for sharing!
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    • says:
      Thanks, Sam! I can't wait to start making them for lunch too!
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  • says:
    All of these lunches look crazy-delicious! My lunches are typically leftovers and random assortments of things too. Gotta implement some of these recipes so I can actually enjoy lunch :)
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    • says:
      I'm not vegan (or a vegetarian for that matter), but #9 looks really good! i'm a huge fan of sushi, but it definitely doesn't fill me up like I wish it would. I'll have to try making that sometime!
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      • says:
        You can definitely enjoy these lunches no matter what diet you choose to eat! :) I'm super excited about that sushi bowl, too.
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    • says:
      Already starting incorporating some of these into my meal plan for next week! Hope you enjoy them, Mel!
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    • says:
      Right?! I've really been missing out on lunch all this time. So many yummy recipes!
      Reply
  • says:
    Wow these look AMAZING!! I'm so happy you're showing people that a healthy lunch doesn't have to be boring. Awesome :)
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    • says:
      Thanks so much!! No more boring lunches!
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  • says:
    Love everything you've rounded up here! Thanks so much for sharing my bowl. :) I haven't had it since I made it and I'm totally missing it!! I think I need to make it this week, thanks for the inspiration ;-)
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    • says:
      It's on my meal plan for next week! You had me at tempeh ;)
      Reply
  • says:
    I agree, packing lunch is a must but I'm guilty of always bringing leftovers or something frozen. I'm trying to get better about prepping at least one thing per week to have in addition to leftovers. I'm definitely pinning these to try. They look so good and healthy too! :)
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    • says:
      Hey, I'm a leftovers kind of girl too :) This week has been SO much less stressful since I prepped my lunches Sunday. I can't wait to make some of these in the weeks to come!
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  • says:
    What a gorgeous collection of recipes! I don't even know which one I want to eat first, so yummy! Thank you for including my sushi bowl as well :)
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    • says:
      Don't you just want to make them all?? So yum!
      Reply
  • says:
    Thanks for the ideas. I always find inspiration from your lunch IG photos and I’m in desperate need of quick healthy lunches.
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  • says:
    That means so much to me, Anastasia! I hope you get to make some of these to pack for lunch.
    Reply
  • says:
    My friends and I have recently started a #veganfriday challenge. I found these recipes and they look so good! Perfect for work, school, and home. Thanks for the beautiful pictures too...made me hungry in the morning!
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  • says:
    Amazing! That's a great challenge.
    Reply

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