My mouth is watering just reading the title! Half the battle with eating healthy is having things ready and if you are like me and you don’t have a lot of time lying around, this week’s worth of Vegan lunches meal plan will make you happy.
With only $15, and a trip to Trader Joe’s (or even less at Aldi) you can make an entire week of delicious vegan lunches, and each meal will take you less than 10 minutes to prepare!
So, here’s your shopping list, substitute as necessary:
- Black Beans or Kidney($0.89)
- Chickpeas ($0.79)
- White Beans or Cannellini ($0.89)
- 2 Avocados ($1.98)
- Cucumber ($1.29)
- Spinach or lettuce ($1.99)
- Bread ($2.49)
- Onion ($.69)
- Pepper ($.99)
- Rice ($1.69)
- Tomato ($0.79)
This brings us to a total of 14.48, assuming you already own olive oil, salt, and pepper.
Monday: Open-faced Homemade Hummus and Veggie Sandwich
Place chickpeas, olive oil, and garlic ( I like to use powder so that the garlic taste isn’t so strong) into food processor. Pulse until smooth.
STEP 2
Toast slices of bread, spread on hummus, top with cucumber, red pepper, avocado or any other veggies you want.
If you are brave, try adding a bit of pesto to the hummus. It is my absolute favorite. Or, if you have a bit of extra cash and you are in Dallas, TX, they make it that way at Eatzi’s. Trust me, it is AH-mazing.
Tuesday: Black Bean and Chickpea Salad
Place all ingredients into a bowl, mix together and enjoy! When I say “chopped cilantro to taste”, I mean buckets of it. I looooovvvvveee it so much.
Wednesday: Black Bean and Brown Rice Bowl
STEP 1
Cook brown rice. You can do this in a microwave ( I wouldn’t suggest it), on the stove top or in a rice cooker. I got mine at the Goodwill and I use it weekly. Won’t ever use another method to cook rice.
STEP 2
Saute sliced pepper and onion in a pan with olive oil.
STEP 3
Place all ingredients into a bowl and enjoy.
Thursday: Smashed White Bean Sandwich
STEP 1
Toast slices of bread. Make sure to use healthy sprouted grains, or gluten free bread to take this sandwich to the next level!
STEP 2
Smash white beans onto one slice and avocado onto the other, top with spinach.
To give this an extra kick, try adding your favorite spice or something like Sriracha on top.
Friday: White Bean Salad
STEP 1
Place all ingredients into a bowl and mix together.
Saturday: Chickpea Avocado Salad Sandwich
STEP 1
Toast bread
STEP 2
Smash together chickpeas and avocado in a bowl and spread on bread
STEP 3
Add on cucumber or any other desired veggies.
Sunday: Avocado Toast
Toast bread ( I sometimes use a rice cake too)
STEP 2
Place mashed avocado with salt and pepper onto bread.
This is one of the easiest lunches around and one that I go to OFTEN. To kick mine up a notch, I add quite a bit of crushed red pepper flake. Yum, yum, yum.
Source: Spoon University