4 Creative High Protein Lunch Recipe Ideas For Men
Steak Salad, Collard Green Beef Burritos, Sweet Potato BLT, BLT Stuffed Chicken Breast Recipe
On today’s episode of Live Lean TV, we’re sharing 4 creative high protein lunch recipe ideas for men, including steak salad, collard green beef burritos, sweet potato BLT, and BLT stuffed chicken breast.
Today’s viewer question is from #AskLiveLeanTV Ep. 019.
Here’s today’s viewer question:
fani89_ on Instagram says:
Do you have any lunch ideas for people who do not get time at work for lunch? My husband is a truck driver and he drives all day, with no break for lunch. All I have made him are burritos or sandwiches. There has to be something healthy that he can bite into while driving, that doesn’t need to be heated or eaten with a fork. Any suggestions? I appreciate your help. Love you guys.
4 High Protein Lunch Recipe Ideas For Men
Brad: I don’t know much about the truck driving industry, but couldn’t he pull over to eat?
Jess: Maybe he is on a tight schedule.
Brad: I can eat my full meal in 5 minutes.
Jess: Yeah, me too if I use the vacuum technique 😂.
Brad: If he is a truck driver, he can probably do that too.
Jess: Yes, I would pull over with a tupperware of salad and chow down.
Brad: You can’t just tell a truck driver to eat salad.
Jess: Really, why?
Brad: You need to say a chicken salad or a steak salad.
When you tell people to eat “salad” they are going to think it is just a salad with lettuce or spinach.
Jess: No, that’s not what I mean.
I’m talking about a big ass salad that you would see us make.
How To Make A Big Ass Steak Salad Recipe
For example, this big ass salad recipe in Team Live Lean is amazing.
You can vary the salad with different ingredients, so it’s not the same every day.
| Cook Time | 8 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 1 romaine lettuce (thinly sliced)
- 1 red onion (thinly sliced)
- 2 jalepeno pepper (thinly sliced and seeded)
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 2 tbsp dijon mustard
- 1 tbsp red wine vinegar
- 1 lbs flank steak (thinly sliced)
- dash salt
- dash Black Pepper
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- Thinly slice up 1 head of romaine lettuce, 1 red onion, and 2 jalepeno peppers, then add it to a bowl.
- In a separate bowl, mix together 1/4 cup olive oil, 1 tbsp of dijon mustard, 1 tbsp of red wine vinegar, and a dash of salt and black pepper, then shake it up or stir it together.
- Thinly slice the flank steak, then add it to a bowl.
- Marinate the steak with 1 tbsp of mustard, 1 tbsp of olive oil, and some salt and black pepper, then stir it all together.
- Sear the steak over higher heat for a few minutes until cooked to your liking.
- Add the steak over the salad, then add the salad dressing over the salad.
- Chop it up and enjoy.
- Damn that's good!
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
- Calories: 340
- Protein: 31g
- Carbohydrates: 3g
- Fat: 23g
Jess: Let’s assume he can not pullover and eat, so he has to eat while driving.
That sounds dangerous.
Do they really want him doing that?
Brad: Since you say you make him burritos and sandwiches, just make him a healthier version of a burrito or sandwich.
Jess: My first idea was the collard green beef burritos recipe from Team Live Lean.
How To Make Collard Green Beef Burritos
| Cook Time | 10 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 4 collard green leaves (rinsed, dried, stems removed)
- 2 eggs (whisked)
- 1 cup ground beef (pre-cooked)
- 1/2 avocado (sliced into cubes)
- 1/8 red onion (chopped into fine pieces)
- 6 cherry tomatoes (chopped)
- 4 tbsp quinoa (cooked)
- 4 tbsp salsa
- 1 tsp yellow mustard
- dash salt
- dash Black Pepper
- coconut oil spray (or avocado oil spray)
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- Spray a frying pan with a light coat of coconut oil spray over medium low heat.
- Pour 2 whisked eggs into the frying pan and season with a dash of salt and black pepper.
- Stir the eggs to scramble.
- Once the eggs are mostly cooked, add 1 cup of pre-cooked ground beef and 1/8 of a chopped red onion to the frying pan and stir together with the egg mixture, then cook for 1-2 minutes.
- De-stem 4 collard green leaves.
- Once the egg mixture cools down a bit, spoon 1/4 of the mixture onto each collard green leaf.
- Top the egg mixture with 1 tbsp of cooked quinoa, a few pieces of chopped cherry tomatoes, a few pieces of sliced avocado cubes, 1 tbsp of salsa, and 1 tsp of yellow mustard.
- Roll up them up by folding down the top side, tuck in the sides, then roll it forward, as you press down to secure.
- Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts (per 2 collard leaves serving)
- Calories: 381
- Protein: 25g
- Carbohydrates: 14g
- Fat: 25g
Or you could make him this sweet potato BLT without bread recipe.
It’s delicious.
How To Make A Sweet Potato BLT
| Prep Time | 5 minutes |
| Cook Time | 20 minutes |
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- 4 oz chicken breast
- 4-6 dashes lemon and pepper seasoning
- 2 slices bacon
- 1 medium sweet potato
- 1/2 avocado
- 1/4 juice of lemon
- 1 dash Garlic powder
- 2 slices tomatoes
- 1 leaf romaine lettuce
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- To make the chicken, season a 4 oz chicken breast with lemon and pepper seasoning, on both sides.
- Grill or pan fry the chicken breast for 4-5 minutes per side, or until cooked through.
- Fry 2 pieces of bacon in a pan for 2-3 minutes per side, then sop off the excess bacon grease with a paper towel.
- Turn your oven onto broil.
- To create the sweet potato bread, cut one medium sweet potato length wise, into 1 inch thick slices.
- Place the sweet potato slices directly on the rack and broil for approximately 6-8 minutes per side, keeping a close watch so they don’t burn.
- Once the sweet potato slices look toasty brown, take them out of the oven and set them a side.
- Add 1/2 an avocado to a bowl and top with one squeeze of lemon juice, and a dash of garlic powder, then mash together.
- Spread the avocado on top of the sweet potato, top with a couple slices of tomatoes, 2 slices of bacon, the pre-cooked chicken breast, and a leaf of romaine lettuce.
- Spread the avocado on the other piece of sweet potato and lay it face down on top of the pile to make a sandwich.
- Pick it up and eat with your hands.
- Enjoy.
Nutrition Facts (per serving):
Calories: 604
Protein: 45g
Carbohydrates: 44g
Fat: 28g
We also have that BLT stuffed chicken breast recipe.
This uses the chicken breast as the bread.
How To Make BLT Stuffed Chicken Breast
| Cook Time | 10 minutes |
| Servings |
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- 1 bacon
- 1 chicken breast (butterflied)
- handful arugula (chopped)
- 1/4 avocado (sliced)
- 1/4 tomato (sliced)
- mayonnaise (or avocado based mayonnaise)
Ingredients
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- Fry 1 piece of bacon in a pan for 2-3 minutes per side.
- To make the wrap, butterfly the chicken breast by slicing it lengthwise, without cutting all the way through.
- Flatten the chicken breast with a fork, then season with salt and black pepper.
- Cook the chicken in the same pan as the bacon fat for approximately 4 minutes per side or until slightly browned.
- Spread one tbsp of mayonnaise on the both sides of the chicken, then break the bacon in half and add on top, followed by the chopped arugula, 2 slices of tomato, and 2 slices of avocado.
- Fold the chicken breast together and enjoy!
Nutrition Facts (per serving):
- Calories: 445
- Protein: 45g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fat: 25g
Jess: Those are both no bread sandwiches substitutes.
Brad: There you go.
If you are responsible for cooking him his lunches, you have to be creative with how you do it.
Those were some high protein lunch ideas from our Team Live Lean.
Jess: You can wow the pants off of him with all of those creative recipe ideas.
Brad: Yeah, if he doesn’t want to eat a manly steak salad or chicken salad, get creative with the sandwiches.
By the way, when you’re referring to salads, you need to tell guys it’s a manly salad.
Jess: Yeah, and the wraps too.
The collard green beef burrito wraps are probably the best idea.
However, I don’t know if he would go for that.
I don’t know any truck drivers, so is that something a truck driver would eat?
Brad: Well yes, if he wants to get lean and healthy.
Jess: Yeah, it depends on how motivated he is.
When you’re really motivated to get healthy, you will change your ways and eat anything.
Brad: He can also stick to Ezekiel wraps or Ezekiel bread for his sandwiches too.
There are different levels to health.
You don’t just have to be on a salad only diet.
Just cut back slowly on the unhealthy food.
Hopefully, you like some of those high protein lunch recipe ideas.
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