Easy & Healthy Office Lunch Ideas

It’s no secret that I love making lunches. I own a company (MOMables) that helps parents make fresh school lunches their kids will love, I published a school lunches cookbook in 2014, and an ebook in 2020. When it comes to lunch… I NEVER run out of ideas. But kids don’t get to have all the fun. I’ve been work lunches for myself and my husband for decades. Today, I’m sharing 75 healthy office lunch ideas for grownups!

I might look crazy here… but what I am is thrilled to be eating my home-packed office lunch and save between $10-$15 every day! If you’ve been spending money on fast food, tired of eating leftovers, and need healthy office lunch ideas; you are in the right place.

Watch this quick video on how I pack our office lunches with the same ingredients I use for my kids’ lunches. It’s all about the continuity of ingredients!

I have been publishing lunch ideas online since 2011. Yup, I’m an internet dinosaur. This post, is one that i wrote over a decade ago, sharing office lunch ideas that I had packed for myself over a year’s time.

The image quality is not on par with the quick and healthy office lunch ideas I share today, but instead it’s a post of photos taken on my iphone 5 back in 2014.

While the pics aren’t cute, the ideas stand the test of time, so when updating this post in 2025, I decided to keep them in place. If you want a post with more updated photography and recent ideas, be sure to check out my adult lunchables guide. It has loads of ideas, some that are mentioned below, but professionally photographed and with each ingredient listed out so you can make your shopping list from the post. Just craving inspiration that has stood the test of time on the internet? Read on, I have over 75 ideas here that I’ve enjoyed since I start packing work lunches in 2006.

Office Lunch Ideas

Are you ready? You’ll see a collage first and then a description of each picture below.

Healthy Lunch Ideas

Top rows: easy peasy crustless mini quiches, magic cookies, berries, and carrots. A happy lunchbox with a love note from my girl. I cut up an ice-pack sheet into mini ice-packs to fit inside my snack boxes. Homemade hummus, freshly made Grab the Gold bar, berries, and a frozen veggie smoothie. Hard boiled eggs, grapes, and Chai Butternut Squash Soup. Grain Free Brazilian rolls with ham and lots of berries.
Bottom row: me, chowing down on hummus. Grapes and veggie lentil soup. Meatballs (red sauce in thermos) with grilled cheese stix, Paleo cookies, and a clementine. Southwestern omelet, sprouted salad, and melon. Deli meat salad, hard boiled egg, nuts, dressing, and an apple. Fiesta salad, veggies and ranch dressing dressing, nuts.

Read Next: My Favorite Professional Lunch Boxes

Lunch Ideas for Work

Top row: crustless quiche (similar to this one), ham, cheese, raspberries, dried fruit, and homemade Lara bars.
Second row: paleo chili and berries. Honey orange chicken meatballs in lettuce cups, berries, and a Paleo cookie. Bananas foster overnight oats, melon, strawberries and cream, and a hard boiled egg.
Third & Fourth rows: turkey cub wrap, grapes, and pineapple. Kind bar, Sabra hummus (single serve), berries and cream, pretzel chips. Ham & cheese apple wraps, yogurt, berries, nuts and seeds. Pita pocket stuffed with hummus, salad greens, Feta cheese, and kalamata olives, strawberries and pineapple. Honey orange chicken meatballs, spinach, berries, and extra honey orange sauce.

Easy Office Lunch Ideas

Top row: veggie meatloaf, hummus, celery, strawberries and homemade nutella. Big one: Apple wrapped in prosciutto, almond butter ants on a log, and strawberries. Second left: Hard boiled egg & salad mix, bagel thin sandwiches, Sabra hummus single, and cherry tomatoes.  Third left: Strawberry-banana-spinach protein shake, watermelon, roasted corn and bacon hash.
Bottom row: spring mix salad topped with grilled chicken, blueberries and veggies, apple pieces and pretzel thins. Prosciutto wrapped melon, Sabra hummus single, and toasted pita chips. Avocado scramble, white peach, pretzel thins. Loaded baked potato, pineapple, homemade brownie bite. Blueberry and granola clusters parfait, almond butter, and diced apple.

Lunch Ideas

Top row: salami and avocado crostinis topped with hard boiled egg. My baby G having lunch with me. Blue cheese topped burger in a grain free bun (total recipe flop so I can’t share) and watermelon. Pizza tortellini thermos (I’m sure I brought something else that day but I didn’t picture it).
Second row: Cobb Salad Pizza slice, hard boiled egg, and watermelon.  Middle: grain free salmon and cream cheese rolls, berries, Greek yogurt, sliced apples. Grilled ham and cheese, carrots and natural puffs. Sabra hummus single, natural puffs, and blueberries. Turkey sandwich on gluten free bread, natural puffs, and strawberries.
Third row: Asian chicken salad, cantaloupe, and blueberries.  Berries, almond butter and greek yogurt, popcorn. Chicken and apple sausage, goat cheese, raspberries, tomatoes, and black olives. Brie and avocado crostinis, blueberries, homemade ranch dip, and sugar snap peas.

Packed Lunch Ideas for Work

Top row: melon and pineapple, almond butter and yogurt topped with nutty clusters, and white peach slices. Brie and avocado baguette sandwich, strawberries, and Spanish corn nuts.  One-step guacamole, baked corn chips, Greek yogurt, and berries. Zucchini spaghetti with my famous Bolognese, melon, and a grain free popover (also a failed recipe).
Second row: Asian salad slaw with leftover grilled chicken, berries, and a Kind bar. Pesto Caprese salad, sprouted beans, corn chips. Thinly sliced leftover pork loin, Caprese salad, homemade bbq sauce, and cantaloupe. Greek salad, turkey pinwheels with gluten free wraps, and cantaloupe.
Third row: Loaded buffalo chicken baked potato with avocado. Ham rolls, fruits and veggies and ham sandwich thins. Sprouted bean salad topped with avocado and green olives, strawberries, and corn chips. Ham, cucumber, and tomato spinach wraps (with gluten free wraps), sliced cheese, raspberries, and almonds.
Bottom row: one-step guacamole over green salad topped with black olives, strawberries and cantaloupe. Leftover grilled chicken salad, Greek olive Sabra hummus, pretzel thins. A stack of lunch containers in my fridge, labeled with any morning assembly instructions. Repeat! Brie and avocado sandwich – I LOVE brie.

Lunch Meal Plan Ideas

Top row: Spinach & avocado sandwich, hummus, pretzel thins, and melon. Mixed salad, mayo-free egg salad, and diced avocado. My homemade punchable remake (did not eat the store bought, it’s just for comparison). Grain free almond butter and banana bread, berries, maple Greek yogurt.
Middle row: leftover mac & cheese bites, berries, sugar snap peas, and carrots. Half of a sushi tray, side of amines (you can do soy sauce), and pineapple. Goat cheese and clementine salad, strawberries, blueberries, and homemade strawberry milk (made with coconut milk).
Bottom row: pressed ham and cheese croissant, grapes, celery and homemade ranch dip. Ham on a stick and turkey + cheese on a stick (the sticks are hot drink caps from Starbucks).  Egg salad, spinach, and tomato sandwich, melon, raspberries. Black bean taco salad over baby greens, blueberries and corn chips.

Most of the lunches were put together with leftovers and prepped ahead ingredients. Some lunches are lighter than others depending on my day’s schedule (some days I have a heavy breakfast). You can find my favorite lunch containers for adults here.

Whew! This was a long one! Of course, there are many more ideas and meals that I didn’t picture… but you get the idea. Excuse the photo quality and enjoy the ideas!

If you want to learn how to pack like a pro without soggy sandwiches, how to grill sandwiches and pack them for later, how to use a thermos, and other lunch packing tips, visit MOMables, or grab your copy of Meal Prep’d my ebook where I show you how to cook something for dinner and pack it for lunch the next day.