5 Quick Lunch Ideas That Only Take 20 Minutes to Make

Many people have a negative opinion about lunch: Breakfast is considered to be the most important meal of the day; but, if we are going to go to great lengths, we are going to make sure that supper is the meal that we are most excited about. But what about you for lunch? It is time that we should stop considering lunch as an afterthought and start treating it with the respect that it deserves. Lunch is the meal that provides us with the midday boost that we require in order to continue moving forward. Having said that, you do not have to devote your Sundays to meal preparation in order to ensure that you have nutritious and satiating lunches during the week. There is no extensive list of ingredients required for these meals, which can be prepared in twenty minutes or less and are quick and easy to prepare. Stop eating those dreary peanut butter and jelly sandwiches now; you deserve something more delicious. 

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5 Quick Lunch Ideas That Only Take 20 Minutes to Make

1. Sweet and Spicy Turkey Sandwich

The combination of strawberry preserves and pepperjack cheese on this turkey sandwich creates a balanced combination of sweet and salty flavors. Regarding the turkey sandwich, reviewer Jillian states, "I would have never thought to pair turkey, pepperjack cheese, and strawberry preserves, but this definitely works and is a nice departure from your typical turkey sandwich."

Ingredients

• Two slices of robust country bread, each an inch and a half thick.
• Roasted turkey breast cut into four pieces.
• 1 slice pepperjack cheese.
• two tablespoons of butter?
• Four tablespoons of strawberry preserves total.

Directions

In a small skillet, bring the temperature up to medium. It is recommended that you apply one teaspoon of butter on one side of each of the bread slices. First, place one piece in the skillet with the butter side facing down. The turkey and cheese slices should be placed on top. Spread the butter-side of the second slice of bread on top of the first.

To brown the other side of the sandwich, turn it over once the first side has reached a golden brown color. This should take between three and five minutes per side, or until the cheese starts to melt.

After removing the sandwich from the pan, place it on a dish and either serve it with strawberry preserves on top or serve them separately.

2. Pizza Lava Toast

Ingredients

• 2. teaspoons butter.
• Use 2 pieces of sourdough bread.
• 1 ½ ounces sliced mozzarella cheese, divided.
• Use 1/2 ounce of sliced pepper jack cheese.
• 5 pickled jalapeno slices.
• Make 5 pepperoni slices.
• Use 1 tbsp pizza sauce.
• 1/4 tsp Italian seasoning, divided.
• Taste crushed red pepper.
• Add ground black pepper to taste.

Directions

Bake at 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Put parchment paper on a sheet pan and set it aside. Butter should be spread on both sides of each slice of bread before placing it on the pan that has been prepared. About eight minutes into the baking process, the bread should be gently browned on both sides, and you should turn it once halfway through.

Half of the mozzarella cheese should be spread around the border of one slice of bread, but the middle of the loaf should be left unfilled. Place the last slice of bread on top. The back of a spoon should be used to create a depression in the midst of the bread slices, and then the bottom slice should be reached by applying a forceful downward pressure. To the indentation, add the pizza sauce, and then sprinkle half of the Italian spice over the top of the pizza sauce. The remaining half ounce of mozzarella cheese and pepper jack cheese should be spread on top, and then jalapeño and pepperoni should be added. Complete the dish by topping it with the remaining Italian spice, crushed red pepper, and black pepper. 

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3. Mexi-Chicken Avocado Cups

A reviewer by the name of bd.weld describes this buttery avocado bowl as "the perfect nutritional meal." The bowl also had chicken, cilantro, chili spice, and lime. Ensure that the chicken is kept wet so that you do not end up with chicken that has a dry flavor. This would also work nicely with leftover turkey, or you could add sliced onions to it.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups shredded part-skim mozzarella
• 5 finely sliced cherry tomatoes
• Use 2 teaspoons of torn fresh basil leaves.
• 4 finely sliced little fresh mozzarella balls (bocconcini)

Directions

Heat a 10-inch non-stick skillet on medium-high. Spread shredded mozzarella cheese evenly in a heated pan and melt for 2–3 minutes. Arrange tomato slices, basil leaves, and fresh mozzarella slices atop melted cheese, allowing room for a "crust"; heat 2–3 minutes until top is bubbling and edges are browned. Use a spatula to loosen pizza in skillet. Slice pizza gently onto a cutting board and let cool for 1 minute.

4. Cheesy-Crust Skillet Pizza

No pizza dough? No issue. This skillet-only pizza uses mozzarella cheese as crust. According to Theresa Ann Berry-Wilson, "It makes a fast lunch and is easy to cook.

Ingredients

• 1 ½ cups shredded part-skim mozzarella
• 5 finely sliced cherry tomatoes
• Use 2 teaspoons of torn fresh basil leaves.

Directions

Heat a 10-inch non-stick skillet on medium-high. Spread shredded mozzarella cheese evenly in a heated pan and melt for 2–3 minutes.

Arrange tomato slices, basil leaves, and fresh mozzarella slices atop melted cheese, allowing room for a crust heat 2–3 minutes until top is bubbling and edges are browned.

Use a spatula to loosen pizza in skillet. Slice pizza gently onto a cutting board and let cool for 1 minute.

5. Easy Chorizo Street Tacos

Never leave home for street-style tacos. Mexican chorizo adds heat. "I made this for Sunday family lunch and everyone loved them," says NoTimeMom. "It was simple and quick.

Ingredients

• Remove casing and crush 1 chorizo sausage link.
• Add 2 tablespoons of adobo-sauced chipotle peppers.
• 4 corn tortillas.
• 2 tablespoons minced onion, or to taste.

Directions

Place the crumbled chorizo and chipotle peppers in a bowl and add the adobo sauce to the mixture.

Put the chorizo mixture in a pan and heat it over medium-high heat. Cook it for five to seven minutes, or until it becomes crunchy. After transferring to a dish, make sure to keep the fat in the skillet.

Reheat the tortillas in the skillet using the fat that was set aside until they are warm, which should take about one to two minutes each side. In order to make each taco, stack two tortillas, and then fill each tortilla with chorizo, onion, and cilantro.

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