100+ unofficial Slimming World lunch ideas

Do you find it difficult to find tasty healthy easy Slimming World lunch ideas that are not using syns or cost a fortune? Here I share some great Unofficial Slimming World lunch ideas for work or home.

Disclaimer: Just Average Jen is not connected with any weight loss plan. Please check nutritional values and/or syns yourself as these are approximate to the best of my knowledge.

Choosing lunches for weight loss

If you follow Slimming World, Weight Watchers (WW), Noom or any other weight loss plan you can usually count the ingredients within these recipes in your allowances. It is of course important to check any plan you follow and remember all nutritional information and ingredients are found in the recipe cards.

If you are a driver, or carer or need a lunch to take to work on the go then my work lunches on the go guide should help.

Cold packed lunches for work

Taking a packed lunch doesn’t mean you have to use bread and take a sandwich. I have so many unofficial Slimming World lunch ideas for you here that will help keep you interested in healthy food for lunch.

Sticky Chicken Salad

This Sticky chicken salad is a popular choice and can be enjoyed hot or cold.

Sweetcorn Fritter

This is a lovely lunch as you eat it cold! This sweetcorn Fritter could be adapted to make other fritters quite easily.

Mango couscous

This mango couscous is a tasty option to consider and is so summery and fruity that it will always make you smile.

Vegetable couscous

My vegetable couscous recipe is great for work and so filling.

For a more Mediterranean flavour why not try my roasted vegetable couscous with feta.

Your own recipe Couscous

Mixing up some couscous with a salad like diced peppers, cherry tomatoes, diced cucumber, diced onions and a little fat-free vinaigrette can make a tasty lunch without all the syns/calories of a shop-bought similar meal.

It can be made more filling with chunks of chicken or other meats.

DIY Pasta Salad

Simple and easy just boil some pasta, strain, and allow to cool. Then add in some halved cherry tomatoes, cubed cucumber, diced peppers, some pickled red cabbage in its juice (this helps make the pasta salad less dry), some diced onion and whatever else you fancy!

Fruity pasta salad

If you fancy something fruity and filling but not quite as savoury then how about my fruit pasta salad?

Make a unique Salad

A salad doesn’t have to just be leaves, tomatoes and cucumber there are so many great things you can put into a salad.

Ideas include eggs, chicken, Quorn, baby corn, mangetout, sugar snap peas, peppers, beetroot, pickled onions, cottage cheese, pineapple, ham, onions, celery, spring onions, rice, pasta, couscous, apple and so much more the list is really endless so the salad doesn’t have to be boring!

Honey salmon salad

This is a great recipe for a low-calorie easy lunch. Honey salmon salad can be cooked before work or made easily at lunchtime if you prefer.

Piri Piri chicken salad

Making this delicious Piri Piri chicken and adding it to a salad is a great choice for an easy lunch as you can cook the chicken the night before.

Nigerian Jollof Rice

This is so tasty and full of flavour. My unofficial Slimming World Nigerian jollof rice recipe is perfect to batch cook.

Vegetable sticks and dips

If you fancy a lighter lunch then vegetable sticks and dips maybe with some cooked chicken or crab sticks too can be really easy and again not need any kitchen equipment. I have some great healthy dip recipes so the choice is yours.

Quiches

There are so many tasty crustless quiches you can make on the Slimming World plan. These are my favourites – Caramelised onion mini quiches.

If you prefer a quiche with a bit of a crust but that is healthy then how about these pepper quiches?

Sandwich

Why not use your healthy extra b choice and have a sandwich for your lunch? There are so many sandwich filings it can give you a good variety but still be on plan. You could also use your healthy extra a choice to make a cheese sandwich if you wish.

How about making some mushroom pate as a filling or perhaps cold doner meat?

Falafel

My easy falafel recipe is great for lunches in a wrap, perhaps with some mango chutney, or on their own with a yoghurt dip.

Spinach and pea frittata

This spinach and pea frittata is such a tasty easy recipe to make and full of iron and other nutrients.

Curry Loaf

The curry loaf is easy to make and you could make it at the weekend or the night before the choice is yours.

Rice salad

For an easy work lunch or buffet meal how about this easy chicken rice salad?

Hot lunch ideas for work

Slimming lunches – Soup

Taking soup is really easy in a Thermos Flask as some keep food hot for a whole 24 hours so even long-distance drivers can have something warm. It is usually perfect for Slimming World if you make it yourself too!

Check out my yummy soups guide full of tips to make the soup more filling and lots of different recipes. Here are some popular ones:

• Tomato soup that tastes like Heinz
• Mushroom soup
• Minestrone soup
• Hearty vegetable pasta soup
• Celery soup
• Broccoli and Stilton soup
• Italian meatball soup
• Butternut squash soup
• Red lentil soup

Slimming lunch ideas for work – Leftovers

If you have access to a microwave at work or work from home then this is perfect for a filling and easy meal at lunchtime.

It is so easy to just make a bit extra and saves so much time the next day! Check out my recipes for lots and lots of ideas! Pasta meals are particularly good to reheat.

Jacket Potatoes

If you have a microwave at work could you take a potato and the filling separately and microwave a potato at work? There are over 20 different jacket potato filling ideas in my dedicated jacket potato guide.

Unofficial Slimming World Syn free lunches in a Flask

If you have a food flask then there is nothing stopping you from taking foods like this in it and keeping it hot until lunch.

Runnier foods work better in them I find but see how you get on.

Depending on the consistency of your meal you can sometimes get away with a drinks flask too if it will pour out of the neck.

A few recipes I can recommend for a food flask are:

• Italian meatball soup
• Turkey chilli
• Chilli Con Carne
• Mixed meat paella
• Vegetable and chickpea paella
• Chicken and bacon carbonara
• Spaghetti bolognese
• Butternut squash risotto
• Mushroom risotto

Tuna poke bowl

This is an easy and quick recipe for lunches if you like something a little different then the Tuna Poke bowl could be perfect for you.

Quesadilla

This tasty quesadilla recipe would be great to make the night before as a low-syn work lunch. A nice change from sandwiches and leftovers and it feels so special too.

Stuffed peppers

These Stuffed peppers are great hot or cold and a lovely change from sandwiches, soup or leftovers!

Roasted vegetable salad

If you want a warm salad with a difference then this roasted vegetable salad could be perfect for you.

Shakshuka

An easy hot lunch recipe all the family can enjoy together. My Shakshuka recipe could be the perfect Slimming World lunch for you.

Lunch on the go & healthy lunches to buy

If you are looking for the syns of products you could buy for lunch, here are some Slimming World lunch on-the-go ideas and their syn values.

So many people look for Slimming World lunches to buy for work so why not consider these? All syns below are approximate and should be checked for yourself.

Batchelors Pasta n Sauce syns

• Chicken and mushroom 65g – 1 syn
• Tomato and basil 65g – 1.5 syns
• Spicy arrabbiata 65g – 1.5 syns
• Rich bolognese 65g – 2 syns
• Cheese and broccoli 65g -2.5 syns
• Cheese and pancetta 65g – 2.5 syns
• Mac n cheese 65g – 3 syns
• Big pots 85g Chicken and mushroom – 1.5 syns
• Big pots 85g Cheese and Broccoli – 3.5 syns
• Big pots 85g Mac n cheese – 4 syns
• Big pots 85g American style mac n cheese with bacon – 4 syns
• Big pots 85g American style mac n cheese with garlic mushroom – 4 syns

Mug Shots syns

• Korma rice (60g serving) – 1.5 syns
• Mexican rice (60g pot) – 1.5 syns
• Creamy cheese pasta (68g pot) – 3 syns
• Minestrone pasta (60g packet) – 1.5 syns
• Sweet chilli noodles (60g packet) – 1.5 syns
• Teriyaki Noodles (60g packet) – 1 syn
• Cajun pasta (60g packet) – 2 syns
• Chorizo and olive rice (60g pot) – 1.5 syns
• Jalfrezi rice (60g pot) – 1 syn
• Cheese and broccoli pasta (68g pot) – 2.5 syns
• Pulled pork noodles (56g pot) – 1 syn

There are lots of other flavours with varying syns up to 5 syns a pack for the soup in wild mushroom flavour.

Bachelor’s Super Noodles syns 75g pots

• Chicken – 7.5 syns
• Curry – 7.5 syns
• Bacon – 7.5 syns
• BBQ Beef – 8 syns

Batchelor’s cup a soup to go syns

• Tomato 33g pot – 6.5 syns
• Chicken 23g pot – 4.5 syns
• Cream of vegetable 38g pot – 8.5 syns
• Chicken and vegetable with croutons 34g pot – 7 syns

Batchelor’s Super rice and sauce syns

• Chicken and mushroom 60g pot – 1 syn
• Mild curry 60g pot – 1.5 syns
• Sweet and sour 60g pot – 1 syn
• BBQ beef 65g pot – 1 syn

John West lunch on the go syns 220g pots

• Mediterranean style tuna salad – 5 syns
• French-style tuna salad – 5.5 syns
• Italian-style tuna salad – 5.5 syns
• Moroccan style salmon salad – 3 syns
• Thai style salmon salad – 2 syns
• Mild curry tuna salad – 6 syns
• Tuna, lime and cracked black pepper salad – 6 syns
• Tuna, tomato and black olive pasta salad – 5 syns

There are many different lunch ideas across the world such as Dal-Rice in India, Ploughman’s Lunch in UK, Barbecue Ribs in the USA etc. What do you enjoy for lunch?

Other articles you may find helpful

If you are looking for a new diet to try and still undecided check out my full weight loss guide with lots of different plans.

Many of these plans would fit well with these unofficial Slimming World lunch ideas as they are essentially just healthier choices!

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