Heart Healthy Lunches Recipes

Weigh less, live longer with these heart-healthy lunch recipes. From salads with crunch to Jamaican kabobs and more, these heart-healthy lunch recipes will make your taste buds happy, too.

 
 
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Super-Bean Vegetarian Chili

From Heart-Healthy Living

Need to boost the fiber in your diet? This meatless chili dinner should do it. It has more than half of your fiber needs for the day!

Super-Bean Vegetarian Chili

Asian Pork Soup

From Diabetic Living

A little dry sherry adds a nice flavor note to this Asian-inspired soup recipe.

Asian Pork Soup

Balsamic Chicken

From Diabetic Living

A rub seasoned with paprika, rosemary, and garlic gives this low calorie chicken recipe lively flavor while a balsamic-vinegar drizzle adds subtle sweetness.

Balsamic Chicken

Easy Indian Stew

From Parents

Make this meatless meal ahead by putting the ingredients in the slow cooker. Let it cook all day and dinner will be ready when you get home from work.

Easy Indian Stew

Zesty Sloppy Joes

From Diabetic Living

This version of the favorite ground beef sandwich is livened up with jalapeno peppers and chili power.

Zesty Sloppy Joes

Pork Pozole

From Parents

This hominy and pork recipe is made in the slow cooker so you can do other things while dinner is cooking.

Pork Pozole

Chicken Noodle Soup

From Heart-Healthy Living

Most purchased soups are loaded with sodium, so make your own with this low-sodium chicken soup recipe. It's great for lunch or dinner with a sandwich.

Chicken Noodle Soup

Classic French Dips

From Heart-Healthy Living

These hearty beef sandwiches are made in the slow cooker. Make them for game day parties or for a simple weekend dinner.

Classic French Dips

Slow-Cooker Wild Rice Soup

From Heart-Healthy Living

Wild rice adds an earthy note to this low-fat chicken soup, Make it in your slow cooker then serve for dinner with crackers or rolls.

Slow-Cooker Wild Rice Soup

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

From Heart-Healthy Living

A plain yogurt and light mayonnaise dressing keep this chicken and apple salad low in fat.

Chicken Salad Sandwiches

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

From Parents

This pepper, tomato, and basil soup makes a good side dish for sandwiches at lunch or dinner.

Roasted Red Pepper Soup

Fruit and Cheese Pitas

From Better Homes and Gardens

This refreshing pocket sandwich doubles easily to serve four hungry lunch eaters.

Fruit and Cheese Pitas

Thai-Style Chicken Pizza

From Heart-Healthy Living

Need dinner fast? Pita bread rounds, bottled peanut sauce, and preshredded carrot help you put this chicken pizza together in minutes.

Thai-Style Chicken Pizza

Tomato Soup

From Parents

Kids love tomato soup at lunch but why buy canned when it's easy to make homemade? This recipe shows you how.

Tomato Soup

Ginger-Chicken Kabobs

From Parents

Pineapple and sweet peppers are grilled with the chicken for these easy kabobs. Serve them with brown rice or multigrain rolls for dinner.

Ginger-Chicken Kabobs

Egg-Vegetable Salad Wraps

From Diabetic Living

Fresh vegetables add crunch and flavor to plain egg salad in this recipe. These low calorie wraps are great to take to work.

Egg-Vegetable Salad Wraps

Oriental Chicken Salad with Soy-Ginger Dressing

From Better Homes and Gardens

Refreshing fruit mixed with poached chicken breasts and Chinese noodles make this salad light and delicious. Easy to find, fine egg noodles make a good substitute for the Chinese noodles.

Oriental Chicken Salad with Soy-Ginger Dressing

Spinach and Gruyere Quiche

From Diabetic Living

Fat free half and half and refrigerated egg product make this egg dish lower in calories and fat than most other recipes.

Spinach and Gruyere Quiche

Tuna Salad Pockets

From Diabetic Living

This version of tuna salad uses a vinaigrette dressing instead of mayonnaise. It also has capers for flavor and almonds for crunch, creating a winning sandwich filler.

Tuna Salad Pockets

Sirloin Soup

From Parents

Ground sirloin and frozen vegetables make this main dish soup fast and easy to prepare.

Sirloin Soup

Grilled Tuna Salad

From Better Homes and Gardens

Healthy and delicious, this grilled tuna and vegetable salad recipe is ideal for the diabetic diet.

Grilled Tuna Salad

Salsa, Black Bean, and Rice Salad

From Diabetic Living

Beans are loaded with soluble fiber, which lowers blood sugar. For even more fiber and nutrients, substitute brown rice for the white in this recipe.

Salsa, Black Bean, and Rice Salad

Chicken Soup with Stars

From Parents

Carrot stars make this easy chicken and rice soup recipe appealing to kids.

Chicken Soup with Stars

Easy Black-Bean Soup

From Parents

Cinnamon and sweet potatoes are in this simple side dish soup. It's also good served with a sandwich for lunch or dinner.

Easy Black-Bean Soup

5-Spice Chicken Noodle Soup

From Diabetic Living

This Asian inspired chicken soup recipe has soy, five-spice powder, and ginger, which add a flavor punch without adding lots of calories or fat.

5-Spice Chicken Noodle Soup

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