3 Easy Healthy Vegan Lunch Ideas

Vegan dishes are easy to make and affordable. These recipes are great for whipping up lunch in under half an hour.

Two of these recipes require no cooking at all, which saves time when you are in a hurry to prepare your lunch. These recipes are 100% vegan.

1. Veggie Rice Paper Rolls

Ingredients:

• 1 block of rice noodles
• Half of an avocado
• Half of a cucumber
• Half of a carrot
• 4 pieces of rice paper sheets

Instructions:

This recipe takes about 6 to 8 minutes to make. Serves 4 rolls.

Place the rice noodles in a bowl and pour boiling water until the noodles are submerged.
Cover the bowl with a plate and set aside.
Cut your avocado, carrot, and cucumber into thin strips.
Loosen the noodles with a fork and drain the water.
Dip rice paper sheets in water for a few seconds and place on a flat surface.
Place a few cucumber, avocado, and carrot strips on one end of the rice paper sheet.
Roll gently and fold the sides. Repeat these steps for the rest of the sheets.
Serve with soy sauce or sweet chili dipping sauce.

2. Greek Salad

Ingredients:

• Half of a cucumber
• 1 tomato
• 3 slices of red onion
• 3 tbsp of chickpeas
• 3 tbsp of black beans
• 3 tbsp of olives
• Balsamic vinegar
• Mixed salad greens

Instructions:

This recipe takes about 5 minutes to make. Serves 1.

Slice the tomato and cucumber into small bite-size pieces.
Use your hands to break apart the onion slices.
In a bowl, mix in cucumber, tomato, chickpeas, black beans, and olives.
Drizzle with balsamic vinegar.
On a plate, make a bed of salad greens.
Scoop the salad and place on top of the leafy greens.

3. Soy And Chili Rice Noodles

Ingredients:

• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• Half of a carrot, cut into small strips
• Handful of green beans, cut into thirds
• Handful of shallots
• Soy sauce
• Sweet chili sauce
• Cooking oil
• Water
• 1 block of rice noodles

Instructions:

This recipe takes about 15 to 20 minutes to make. Serves 1.

Soak the rice noodles in boiling water.
Pour some oil in a pan and add the garlic.
Once garlic turns brown, add carrots. Cook until slightly tender.
Add green beans and cook until slightly tender.
Drain noodles and add to the pan.
Season with sauce.
Remove from the heat and transfer to a plate.
Garnish with shallots.

Ideas And Tips:

• You can experiment with a variety of vegetables depending on what you have on hand.

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