Top 10 lunchbox ideas

Make this vibrant couscous salad for a healthy lunch option that will keep you powered until the work day's end. Beetroot is rich in folate, iron, manganese and potassium, which have antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties.

2. Barley couscous & prawn tabbouleh

Barley couscous & prawn tabbouleh in a lunch box with lemon slices

Craving a hearty couscous salad to keep you full? A box filled with barley couscous & prawn tabbouleh could be the answer, or try our roasted veg & couscous salad for a vegetarian version.

3. Chicken tikka pasties

These chicken tikka pasties are a great portable lunch option. They keep well, and one batch makes 6-8 servings, meaning that you can cook them on a Sunday and have lunch sorted for the whole week.

4. Coronation chicken salad

Lunch box filled with coronation chicken salad

Using leftover roast chicken is a great way to eat well and save money. Try this quick and healthy coronation chicken salad – or make sesame chicken noodles or chicken with Spanish-style butter beans.

5. Super-green mackerel salad

Super-green mackerel salad in a lunch box

Eating mackerel at your desk might not make you too popular, but ,trust us, it’ll be worth it. This scrumptious super-green mackerel salad takes 20 minutes to prepare and is packed full of good stuff.

6. Masala frittata with avocado salsa

Masala frittata with portions missing next to a bowl of avocado salsa

Protein-rich frittatas can help you through the afternoon – pop a slice of this masala frittata with avocado salsa into your lunchbox, or make a more traditional asparagus & new potato version with seasonal produce.

7. Sesame & ginger sushi bowls

Start with a layer of brown basmati rice, then add nutritious toppings such as avocado, shredded carrot and a punchy Asian-style dressing. Sesame & ginger sushi bowls may become your new favourite lunch!

8. Raspberry & honey flapjacks

Can't make it through to lunch without a little elevenses? We know the feeling. Make these easy raspberry honey flapjacks using just five ingredients for the perfect mid-morning pick-me-up.

9. Vegan banh mi

Banhi mi stuffed with vegetables next to a ramekin of sriracha

Bored of traditional vegetarian sandwich options? Think outside the box and leave your egg mayonnaise or ploughman's in the past. Our vegan banh mi is a great filling lunch option jam-packed with colourful veggies and cooked tempeh.

10. Salmon & chive bagel topper

Salmon & chive on top of a halved bagel with cress

Not had time to make anything the night before? This sophisticated salmon & chive bagel topper can be assembled in a flash with just a handful of ingredients.