These portable and delicious meals will have you counting down to your lunch break.
Best Soup
Campbell’s Select Savory Lentil ($2.29)
This vegetarian soup studded with chunks of carrot and celery packs 6 grams of fiber, 8 grams of protein, and 20 percent of the daily requirement for iron into just 140 calories. As canned soups go, the sodium count is reasonable. Plus, the pop-top lid gives you easy access for a quick lunch.
Best Meal Kit
Thai Kitchen, Thai Peanut Noodle Cart ($3; thaikitchen.com) This noodle kit makes having Thai for lunch almost as easy as calling for takeout—and it’s a lot cheaper and healthier. Just add water to the noodles and microwave, toss with the peanutty seasoning, and dig in (yes, there’s even a fork). The bottom line? Just 265 calories, 7 grams of fat, and a mere 200 milligrams of sodium.
Best Lunch Meat
Starkist Albacore Lemon & Cracked Pepper Tuna Fillet ($2.89) Slide this ½-inch thick slab of tuna onto a bed of greens, and you’ve got a no-fuss niçoise salad. You don’t even have to add extra salad dressing; the marinade takes care of that. Stow these single-serving pouches (no can opener required) in a drawer at work for a quick protein-powered lunch (each contains 33 grams).
Best Bread
Earth Grains Honey Whole Grain ($2.89) Oats and sunflower seeds add a satisfying crunch (and a healthful boost) to this slightly sweet sandwich bread. Each slice has 110 calories, 2 grams of fiber, a respectable 5 grams of protein, and 10 percent of the daily value for calcium, folic acid, and vitamin D—important for healthy bones and healthy hearts.
