Healthy Lunch Recipes to Beat Diet Boredom

Peter Ardito

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If you're tired of grilled chicken salad...

Trade tomato.

Toss 4 cups arugula with 1 cup diced watermelon, 1 ounce crumbled low-fat feta, and 3 ounces skinless roasted chicken. Whisk together 1 tablespoon champagne vinegar, 2 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil, and 1 tea�spoon each Dijon mustard and honey. Drizzle over salad. Top with chopped fresh basil.

Nutrition facts: 384 calories, 36g protein, 22g carbohydrate, 18g fat (6g saturated), 2g fiber

Watermelon is a sweet, lycopene-rich stand-in, Alexander says.

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lambrosalexandra wrote:

SALAD WITH FRUIT IS THE BEST. One of my favorites is a salad with grilled chicken, strawberries, small handful of walnuts, about 1/4 cup of dried cranberries, and a bit of goat cheese. Top it with some oregano vinigiarette. So good.

9/17/2012 10:52:59 AM Report Abuse

Ruthspivey6 wrote:

I absolutly love all these recipes! I'm looking forward to making them for my family:) I know that they get to eat a well balanced diet because I have the time to make them. I'm able to do this because I work from home. Bringing in an income makes our family balanced, secure and happy. If you had ever thought about making that move, (or would just like some extra cash) go to essentialconsumption.advancingwithus.com to learn more about it. I look forward to sharing:)

7/11/2012 12:23:21 PM Report Abuse