by Lindsay 16 Comments
Looking for some healthy recipes you can eat on the run? Here’s a week of grab and go meals that are easily portable and can be eaten quickly!
Hi Friends!
Time for another week of meal plan ideas. This time I put together a week of Grab and Go Meals for you. So many of my readers are busy during the week and I wanted to give you some healthy options that you could eat on the run!
Most of these recipes are easily portable and many can be eaten with one hand! Hopefully you’ll find some delicious new ideas!
Breakfast
- Blueberry Baked Oatmeal Singles via Emily Bites
- Customize with your favorite fruit. Toss them in the microwave for a few seconds before you head out the door or eat them cold!
- Breakfast Banana Pops via Chocolate Covered Katie
- A fun, yet nutritious breakfast for those busy mornings with the kids.
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Breakfast Quinoa via Simply Quinoa
- Quinoa’s not just for dinner! Try it in place of oatmeal for a quick breakfast.
- Grab and Go Omelette In A Bag via Lovely Bits
- Let this cook while you get ready, wrap in foil and eat it during your commute.
- Grab and Go Breakfast Cakes via Wholehearted Eats
- Nutritious and super portable!
Lunch
- Strawberry Spinach Mason Jar Salad via Eating Bird Food
- Easy to make several ahead of time and throw in your lunchbox all week.
- Chicken Avocado Pita via The Cookie Rookie
- Packed with protein and healthy fats, this can be eaten with just one hand.
- Sweet Potato, Kale & Black Bean Quesadillas via Cookie Monster Cooking
- Use cheese to help everything stick together, then eat freshly cooked or make ahead of time and eat cold or reheat.
- Berry Cheesecake Smoothie via Cotter Crunch
- Drink up for a protein-packed, satisfying meal.
- Sweet Potato Waffle Sandwiches via The Lean Green Bean
- A fun change on a traditional sandwich.
Dinner
- Tropical Chicken Burgers via The Healthy Foodie
- Slap it on a bun or wrap it and lettuce and eat on the go!
- Spinach Ricotta Lasagna in a Mug via Healthy Nibbles & Bits
- No huge pans or serving spoons needed! Perfectly portioned and easy to grab when you head out the door.
- Meat Bagels via Ditch the Wheat
- A fun spin on burgers
- BBQ Chicken Pizza Calzones via Rock Recipes (learn how to freeze them here)
- Change up the fillings to fit your taste preferences. Stock your freezer and then just reheat and go!
- Quick & Easy Chicken Burritos via Gimme Delicious
- Mix everything in one dish, spoon into a tortilla and wrap in foil to make it easy to hold and eat!
Looking for some food prep ideas for the recipes in this meal plan?
You could:
- Make a batch of banana pops and freeze them.
- Make a double batch of oatmeal cups and freeze half for another week.
- Prep a batch of breakfast cakes.
- Cook the quinoa for your parfaits.
- Cook chicken to use in the mason jar salads and pitas.
- Prep a couple of mason jar salads for lunch.
- Make a batch of sweet potato waffles to have on hand to make sandwiches.
- Bake or grill some chicken burgers.
- Prep and freeze some pizza calzones.
- Cook the chicken, rice and beans for burritos.
Need more ideas? Check out the full gallery of weekly meal plans here.
Enjoy!
–Lindsay–
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lindsay Cotter says
think you can come make these for me today? I’ll make the smoothie of course. haha. And bring squish!
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Christine Rosko says
I love these. I’m putting a ton of these in my recipe spreadsheet to make at some point. Great roundup 🙂
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Lindsay says
happy eating!
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Thanks so much for linking to my recipe! I absolutely LOVE all the others here 🙂 xo
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Holy deliciocity!! So much pretty food! Thanks for putting this together! 🙂
I love all of these ideas! Great round up. 🙂
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Meredith says
Spinach ricotta lasagna in a MUG??? So creative and looks SO yummy.
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Whoa! Lasagna in a mug! That’s a new one.
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OMG I need these! I’ve been struggling with figuring out what to eat on the go lately. Thank you for all these great ideas!
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Hold up? Lasagna in a mug? GENIUS!
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Lindsay says
right?! must try!
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This is awesome! It’s so nice to see actual healthy recipes that can be eaten on the go! Plus, they all look incredible!
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I love all the ideas … especially that lasagna in a mug! Too cute and healthy, of course!
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These are so great.. I just pinned for meal planning soon. I’ve been on the run all the time lately, it’s so nice to not worry about the time to put together a meal!!
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Lindsay says
thanks cassie!
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Erin@ Mouthful says
What a great roundup of recipes! I want to make them all! 🙂
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