Vegan & Gluten-Free Lunch Recipes

Recipes for healthy vegan and gluten-free lunches including quick weekday lunches at home, lunchboxes for school or work, and ideas for weekend entertaining lunches too!

Quick weekday lunch ideas

• something quick and tasty on toast(or with corncakes or gluten-free oatcakes):
  • avocado with a squeeze of lime and some sesame seeds;
  • scrambled tofu with some rocket or spinach;
  • baked beans on toast;
  • sliced tomatoes drizzled with olive oil and salt and pepper;
  • any leftover dips from the weekend's entertaining (especially muhummara or sundried tomato and olive tapenade ).
• sandwiches or wraps:
  • chickpea mayo (basically the same ingredients as tuna mayo but with chickpeas instead of tuna.  It's amazing how good it is!  I also add some seaweed to give that taste of the sea!);
  • air fried tempeh with rocket and chilli sauce (or a dip);
  • hummus with grated carrot and lettuce;
• soup;
• quick-fix salads, especially grain salads like my quinoa saladand millet salad;
• noodles or sushi bowls;
• any re-heated leftovers!

Lunches for Entertaining

Lunches are also one of our favourite ways to entertain as our friends can come with their kids - the children all happily play together and the parents can relax and enjoy ourselves.  And there's no babysitting needed! So it's a win-win all round!

• Tarts (try my asparagus and macadamia tart or roasted vegetable tarts);
• Vietnamese pancakes with salad filling;
• Grain salads (try herby quinoa salad or spiced millet salad with pistachios) with flatbreads and some mediterranean roasted red peppers;
• Spiced mung bean stuffed red peppers with garlic cashew cream, served on a simple rocket salad;
• Wild mushroom feuilletees with a side salad.