The Best Healthy Lunch Recipes | Ambitious Kitchen https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/lunch/ Inspiring you in and out of the kitchen Fri, 17 Jan 2025 03:10:34 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-AK-for-small-sizes-1-2-64x64.png The Best Healthy Lunch Recipes | Ambitious Kitchen https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/lunch/ 32 32 Creamy White Bean Chicken Enchilada Soup https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/chicken-enchilada-soup/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/chicken-enchilada-soup/#comments Thu, 16 Jan 2025 17:00:48 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=68930

Creamy White Bean Chicken Enchilada Soup

Cozy and delicious chicken enchilada soup made extra creamy thanks to blended white beans! There’s no cream or dairy in this flavorful enchilada chicken soup recipe, just wonderful veggies, lots of protein and warming spices. Serve with your favorite garnishes for the perfect lunch or dinner! As you may know by now, lots of my

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Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Spicy Sausage, Butternut Squash & Hot Honey https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/sheet-pan-butternut-squash-gnocchi/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/sheet-pan-butternut-squash-gnocchi/#comments Tue, 14 Jan 2025 10:00:54 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=93159

Sheet Pan Gnocchi with Spicy Sausage, Butternut Squash & Hot Honey

Easy and delicious sheet pan butternut squash gnocchi with savory, spicy sausage, fresh herbs, feta cheese, and a drizzle of hot honey. This wonderful one pan meal will be your new favorite way to cook gnocchi as it gets beautifully golden right in the oven. The perfect meal prep lunch or dinner for busy weeks!

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Cozy Soup Recipes to Make All Season Long https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/best-soup-recipes/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/best-soup-recipes/#comments Sat, 11 Jan 2025 17:00:31 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=46249

Cozy Soup Recipes to Make All Season Long

Over 20 of the best soup recipes to make all season long! You’ll find plenty of vegetable soup recipes, vegan options, soup recipes with chicken and more. With stovetop and slow cooker options, these healthy soup recipes will be ones you’ll make again and again. Don’t forget the hearty stews and chilis! ‘Tis the season

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The Best Healthy Turkey Chili https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/seriously-the-best-healthy-turkey-chili/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/seriously-the-best-healthy-turkey-chili/#comments Thu, 09 Jan 2025 17:00:35 +0000 http://test.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=13988

The Best Healthy Turkey Chili

Healthy turkey chili made with lean ground turkey, kidney beans and corn. This famous recipe is perfectly spiced, packed with plenty of protein and fiber, and is simply the BEST. Make it on the stovetop or in your slow cooker for an easy, delicious weeknight dinner. I normally don’t declare recipes the best for just

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Sheet Pan Hot Honey Chicken and Veggie Glow Bowls https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/hot-honey-chicken-bowls/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/hot-honey-chicken-bowls/#comments Mon, 06 Jan 2025 10:00:22 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=93060

Sheet Pan Hot Honey Chicken and Veggie Glow Bowls

Flavorful sheet pan hot honey chicken served with a rainbow of veggies, hearty quinoa, and a creamy, spicy green feta sauce. These nourishing hot honey chicken bowls are packed with protein and make the perfect meal prep lunch or dinner! Move over $15 Sweetgreen order, we’re making you from scratch with even more flavorful toppings

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Italian Wedding Soup https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/italian-wedding-soup/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/italian-wedding-soup/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2025 17:00:28 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=87024

Italian Wedding Soup

Nourishing Italian wedding soup with protein-packed chicken meatballs, lots of beautiful vegetables, and tender pearl couscous. This classic Italian wedding soup recipe is easy to make for the perfect weekday lunch or dinner the whole family will love! I’m so excited to re-share one of my favorite high-protein soup recipes to warm your body and

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Warm Roasted Vegetable Harvest Couscous Salad https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/harvest-couscous-salad/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/harvest-couscous-salad/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2025 10:00:33 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=92966

Warm Roasted Vegetable Harvest Couscous Salad

Warm roasted vegetable couscous salad filled with nourishing winter produce, protein from chickpeas, and a lovely apple cider maple tahini dressing. This beautiful harvest salad is easy to customize with sweet and savory garnishes, and makes the perfect seasonal lunch! I can’t think of a better recipe to ring in the new year than a

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AK Cookbook Club: January https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/cookbook-club/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/cookbook-club/#comments Tue, 31 Dec 2024 17:00:40 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=91136

AK Cookbook Club: January

The AK Cookbook Club is a FREE monthly series dedicated to celebrating all the fun, vibrant recipes in The Ambitious Kitchen Cookbook. Each month I’ll pick a new recipe from the cookbook for us all to make and share on social media for a chance to win an amazing prize. Stay tuned for exclusive, LIVE

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The Best Chicken Soup You’ll Ever Eat https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/the-best-chicken-soup-recipe/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/the-best-chicken-soup-recipe/#comments Wed, 11 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 http://test.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=21942

The Best Chicken Soup You’ll Ever Eat

The BEST chicken soup you’ll ever eat is the perfect recipe to make when you’re feeling sick. Packed with anti-inflammatory ingredients like ginger, turmeric, garlic. This is the BEST CHICKEN SOUP RECIPE EVER! I’ve been a soup lover my entire life. Tony would tell you that it’s true because he’s the one stuck eating my

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Slow Cooker Italian Chicken Sandwiches https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/italian-chicken-sandwiches/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/italian-chicken-sandwiches/#comments Tue, 10 Dec 2024 10:00:18 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=92582

Slow Cooker Italian Chicken Sandwiches

Easy slow cooker Italian chicken sandwiches made with simple ingredients and packed with savory, spicy flavors. Grab your favorite jar of giardiniera, a few simple spices, and delicious toppings for a weeknight dinner or game day meal everyone will love! After a week of cookies, it’s time I brought you an easy, savory, crowd-pleasing dinner

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Roasted Butternut Squash Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Couscous https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/roasted-butternut-squash-broccoli-cheddar-chicken-couscous/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/roasted-butternut-squash-broccoli-cheddar-chicken-couscous/#comments Sun, 08 Dec 2024 10:00:00 +0000 http://test.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=25963

Roasted Butternut Squash Broccoli Cheddar Chicken Couscous

Cozy and delicious broccoli cheddar chicken couscous tossed with sweet and spicy roasted butternut squash. You’ll love this easy, comforting dinner recipe for any night of the week! Kid-friendly and easily vegetarian, too. Here’s the deal. One night about 5 years ago now Tony and I were deliriously hungry but couldn’t make up our minds

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Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/warm-brussels-sprouts-salad/ https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/warm-brussels-sprouts-salad/#comments Mon, 18 Nov 2024 17:00:50 +0000 https://www.ambitiouskitchen.com/?p=46729

Warm Brussels Sprouts Salad

Beautiful warm brussels sprouts salad tossed with crispy bacon, toasted hazelnuts, dried cranberries and a light lemon dressing. This cozy twist on a classic shredded brussels sprouts salad is full of flavor and makes a wonderful lunch or holiday side dish! There’s a warm brussels sprouts saute kit at Trader Joe’s that I fell in

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