Quick, easy, healthy (non ultra processed) gluten free lunches?

[Mondaybluess]

I’m coeliac and I have healthy and tasty breakfasts and dinners down, but I STRUGGLE with lunch.

If I don’t have leftovers, all I eat is a boiled egg or a piece of cheese and an apple. It’s because I don’t have time to cook at lunchtime when I’m at home (wfh 3 days a week). When I’m at work, I take leftovers and make sure I have enough the night before. But don’t want to eat leftovers for lunch every single day of the week! (Plus not every dinner I make can be turned into leftovers. Baked potatoes, for example.)

Help!

Quick, easy, healthy gluten free veggie lunch ideas???

(I’m vegetarian. And don’t like gluten free bread, etc, because I’m cutting out as much UPF as I can.)

I find tiktok good for recipe ideas and packed lunch ideas. You can save videos into different folders, lunch, breakfast, etc. if you search for ideas initially so “gluten free packed lunch” your fyp will soon get the idea of the sort of videos you want to see.

Soup and oatcakes are a winter staple for me. Current favourite is a smoky black bean & tomato one I think I got from a Waitrose magazine.

I second the tortilla/frittata plan here, partially because you can use them to use up whatever you have/they're customisable, and partially because they're nice and filling, and go well with a lot of things.

I also make and freeze soup cubes - essentially massive ice cubes of soup but made less dilute than normal. They take up less freezer space and can be put in a microwavable tub to reheat at work, or you can put in a Thermos-type flask, add boiling water, stir up and leave the lid on and voilà - hot soup.

My other suggestion is homemade pot noodle. I freeze a Thai curry paste pot and just chip a bit off that as needed and put it in HR bottom of a cylindrical tupperware. Then I add some chunks of creamed coconut, grated carrot and courgettes, chopped spring onion, and dry noodles. At work I add boiling water, put the lid back on and leave for 3 mins. Ideally you want to keep soy or peanut miso or something at work, to add once you're ready to eat it, just to elevate it 😁 oh and a squeeze of lime! You can of course customise to whatever veg you like, plus use ramen sachets instead of the Thai curry paste, or make your own paste by whizzing up tomato puree, harissa, Chinese 5-spice, lemongrass etc.