Shop once for lunch all week

Make your lunch fast and affordable. One smart shop buys you healthy, fuss-free meals for one, for five days.

Shopping list

Produce

• 1 Lebanese cucumber
• 1 punnet cherry tomatoes
• 1 small red capsicum
• 1 bunch fresh mint
• 2 lemons
• 1 avocado
• 120g bag baby rocket and spinach leaves
• 90g green beans or snow peas
• carrots (plus extra for vege sticks, optional)
• 2 celery stalks (plus extra for vege sticks, optional)

Fridge

• 1 tub hummus
• 100g sliced deli-bought rare roast beef
• 140g cooked skinless chicken breast

Pantry

• 1 packet wholemeal wraps
• 420g can no-added-salt brown lentils in spring water
• 250g vacuum pack baby beetroot or 450g can baby beetroot
• 125g cup microwavable brown rice
• 25g pumpkin seeds
• black pepper
• balsamic vinegar
• olive oil
• sweet chilli sauce

Lunchtime tips

• Buy extra carrots, celery and cucumber to cut into sticks and dip into leftover hummus at snack time.
• Freeze any leftover wraps for future lunches.
• Keep vinegar, olive oil and other staples at work so you can always dress a salad.
• Cook the week’s chicken breasts on Sunday night.

What’s for lunch?

Monday: Chicken, tomato and cucumber salad with hummus

Tuesday: Rare roast beef, tomato, rocket and brown rice salad

Wednesday: Chilli chicken, lentil and avocado wrap

Thursday: Rare roast beef, beetroot, cucumber and spinach wrap

Friday: Lentil, beetroot, mint and green bean salad