5 EASY & HEALTHY PACKED LUNCH RECIPES | Simple, Creative & Budget-Friendly Ideas
I know it can be tough to come up with new, creative lunch ideas, so today I’m sharing 5 delicious packed lunches you can take anywhere. These recipes are perfect for school lunches, work lunches, or even quick eat-at-home meals—they’re that good! From hearty wraps and pasta salads to no-cook options, each one is easy, budget-friendly, and full of flavor.
Whether you’re packing for kids, prepping for the office, or just want quick lunches ready at home, these are some of my favorite easy lunchbox recipes to keep the week simple, healthy, and tasty. Than you for watching and commenting 💚
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0:00 – Easy & Tasty Packed Lunch Recipes
0:21 – Easy Pizza Cups (made with Pillsbury pizza dough) https://www.juliapacheco.com/easy-pizza-cups/
1:29 – Hidden Veggie Chocolate Muffins https://www.juliapacheco.com/hidden-veggie-chocolate-muffins-mini-size/
3:20 – Bacon Ranch Rotisserie Chicken Salad https://www.juliapacheco.com/easy-bacon-ranch-chicken-salad/
4:32 – Classic Turkey Sandwich with Garlic & Herb Cream Cheese on Brioche
6:10 – Doritos Taco Catalina Pasta Salad with French Dressing https://www.juliapacheco.com/doritos-taco-salad-with-catalina-dressing/
7:36 – 2-Ingredient Fruit Dip (cream cheese + marshmallow fluff)
8:23 – Savory Turkey Meatballs https://www.juliapacheco.com/easy-turkey-meatballs-lunch-or-dinner-recipe/
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Whether you’re looking for easy school lunch ideas, healthy work lunches, or quick eat-at-home meals, these 5 packed lunch recipes prove that budget-friendly can still be creative and full of flavor. From pizza cups, hidden veggie muffins, and bacon ranch chicken salad to a classic turkey sandwich, Doritos taco pasta salad, fruit dip, and turkey meatballs, these recipes are perfect for meal prep and busy weeks.
If you’ve been searching for cheap lunchbox recipes, easy lunch ideas for kids, or healthy packed lunches for work, I hope this video gave you plenty of inspiration. These are some of my best packed lunch recipes—and I can’t wait for you to try them!
28 Comments
It is shocking to think your baby is in Kindergarten now…and your other baby going to Preschool! Time goes so fast. Enjoy every minute!
Great recipes and ideas.
Blessings to you and your sweet family ❤️
that taco salad would be more heathy with baby spinach and work just at well also I used to make ranch dip for my kids with greek yogurt, also for the nutritional value…if you add a little milk to it makes its dressing…that would be YUMMY as the dressing Just say!! I love your channel!
Those lunches look like something I could make for dinner too. The pasta salad looked fantastic. I can’t believe how big your girls are. They grow up so fast. I have two daughters who are grown. One has seven kids of her own. And the other has fur babies. My husband is always happy just to get anything for dinner. We went out to dinner tonight. And I love that. We don’t do that as often as I would like. Then we stopped by Dunkin to see one of my granddaughters at work. And her sister stopped while we were leaving so I saw two of them today. And one of my great grandsons. He’s so cute. He’s one. But he was eating something and had it all over him. So he stayed in his car seat tonight.
You are so adorable I just can’t I can’t I don’t think I can I can’t even but I’m still gonna watch the show you’re so damn adorable
You are so adorable I just can’t I can’t I don’t think I can I can’t even but I’m still gonna watch the show you’re so damn adorable you Are awesome
Proud of you for feeding your girls organic turkey. If you can afford it there's no reason you should not buy everything organic. Lunch meat is so processed and awful for our health it's not even food.
One would be so lucky to have any of these for lunch ❤
Howdy Julia everything always looks delicious in your videos. I love a good taco salad. I hope everything is going well with you and your family. I always enjoy your content you rock keep at it. Welp that's my time keep wild bill well fed and raise those babies up right.
I love watching your videos ❤😊
I got married at age 18 a couple of years ago with zero instincts and creativity in the kitchen. The only thing my husband and I ate for MONTHS were your recipes, Julia. I’m now a fairly proficient cook and it’s all thanks to your videos that got the ball rolling for me when I needed it. I couldn’t have done it without you, Julia. Thank you! Your YouTube channel is the one I’ll never stop coming back to!
I am absolutely making the muffins for my family. I am intrigued. I do love a good pasta salad. I have some chicken. I need chicken salad. Have a wonderful week my friend. ❌️⭕️
Sending blessings to your children starting school. ❌️⭕️
Im retired and wasn't expecting this to be relevant, but now I'm looking forward to making them and leaving them in the refrigerator for my husband, when he wakes up before me.
This is next level.
Wow. I guess I have been following this channel for longer than I thought. Lol I too was watching when Brinley was a baby. Sorry if I misspelled her name. Good luck kiddos!!❤
Thank you so much for these ideas! I am a senior that water paints a good part of the day and a husband who refuses to retire and always lacking lunch ideas for both of us. I am headed to the store now!❤
I love the lunch videos! I’ve been packing my daughter’s lunch since kindergarten and now it’s her senior year. It’s so hard to come up with new ideas, but these are great!
Great ideas! Going to try the bacon chicken ranch salad! Thank you ❤
Wishing your kiddos a great Kindergarten and preschool year!
Everything looks delicious!! I think the cans of seasoned tomato sauce are much better than the jarred pizza sauce! The 8oz can is just enough. I sometimes brush the Hunts seasoned tomato sauce over French bread halves, top with pizza toppings, then bake in oven.
Those hidden veggie chocolate muffins look so good! They are a great healthy snack for the whole family!
Awesome video, thanks Julia ❤❤❤❤
Thank you! ❤
Thank you! My husband taking boxed lunches and I needed some new ideas. ❤
Do you have a link for the blue container at the end (Turkey Meatballs) recipe?💓
Those muffins look so good. I’m totally making these
Just made the turkey meatballs for my weekly meal prep, OMG they are so amazing! I added some chopped spinach to mine to sneak in a few veggies, parsley would be good too. Going to make the muffins next! Thank You! 🙏
Wow we had our babies around the same time. Can’t believe they are preschoolers now 😢😢😊