19 Lunch Recipes You Can Take To Work

A yellow Dutch oven filled with white bean and chicken chili, topped with pieces of bacon.

White Bean and Chicken Chili1/19

Stop your scoffing. This may not be conventional chili, but it's no sissy imposter. It's just a little subtler, soupier, and smokier.

A glass baking dish with four chicken enchiladas topped with cheese, sliced scallions, and cilantro leaves.

Chicken Enchiladas ~ Black Bean Enchiladas2/19

Enchiladas that are offer something to please everyone, whether vegetarians or carnivores, including a simple yet spectacular green chile sauce.

A pastrami, caramelized onion, and Gruyère sandwich on a pretzel roll sliced in half with a sprig of thyme lying beside it on a wooden cutting board.

Pastrami, Caramelized Onion, and Gruyère Sandwich3/19

Not every stack of meat slapped between some slices of bread qualifies as a proper supper. This one does.

Chipotle Maple Barbecue Beef Brisket4/19

All the messy, smoky goodness of a backyard barbecue minus the messy, smoky backyard.

A square grey plate containing a bowl of cantaloup soup and a prosciutto mozzarella sandwich on a baguette.

Cantaloupe Soup with Prosciutto-Mozzarella Sandwiches5/19

For those nights when you want to simply make supper out of a cheese and cold cut plate with some fruit.

A small white bowl filled with chicken-pea shoot salad.

Chicken-Pea Shoot Salad6/19

An ardent pea shoot aficionado divulges her favorite bling come spring--a simple, sprightly salad that flaunts the sweeter side of these cute, curly shoots.

White plate of tomato and green bean salad with feta, red onion, parsley, and mint

Tomato and Green Bean Salad7/19

You don't have to be Greek for this amalgam of tomatoes, green beans, red onion, and feta to taste like home.

A decorative bowl filled with a sphere of goat cheese and a few olives, topped with a thyme sprig.

Goat Cheese with Olives, Lemon, and Thyme8/19

Words sort of elude us when we attempt to describe just how stunning and scrumptious we consider this dish. Just...wow.

A Bibb wedge, radicchio, endive, and blue cheese dressing on a white plate set on top of blue and yellow linens.

Bibb Wedges with Blue Cheese Dressing9/19

Remember those insipid wedges of iceberg buried beneath blobs of bottled blue cheese dressing? This salad will erase all such memories.

A whole herb stuffed baked salmon filled with bread crumbs and herbs and tied with kitchen twine.

Herb-Stuffed Baked Salmon10/19

A stupendously simple yet superlatively stunning salmon recipe that requires no swimming upstream, we promise.

Jamie Oliver's Sunday roast carved and displayed on a wooden cutting board.

Jamie Oliver’s Sunday Roast11/19

An exceptionally tender roast and crisp-as-can-be roasted potatoes that will make any meal memorable beyond words.

Fork with lobster salad and tomato salad, two small leaves of basil

Lobster Salad12/19

A tumult of sensations, this cool, creamy, simple salad juxtaposes tastes and textures to fancy schmancy effect.

Herbed ricotta dip with a cutting board covered with carrots, radishes, fava beans

Herbed Ricotta Dip with Spring Vegetables13/19

True story: This luscious little number inspired one toddler to dip and dunk his way through an entire bag of baby carrots. An entire bag. Behold, the power of the dipper!

A basket of fried chicken with a jar of honey on the side.

Fried Chicken14/19

Booyah! We've found the secret to simple yet sensational fried chicken. And it's as basic as can be. Just salt. Pepper. Flour. Water. Patience.

A white plate with a piece of pan-seared Moroccan salmon on a bed of orange slices, red onion, and greens with three black olives on the side.

Pan-Seared Moroccan Salmon15/19

These sexy salmon fillets have got "come hither" appeal in spades thanks to a citrusy lilt and a beguiling blend of spices.

Three personal pan lasagnas in glass dishes.

Personal Pan Lasagna16/19

This loosely defined "lasagna" is an easy little cheat of a recipe that relies on store-bought ravioli, jarred sauce, and shredded cheese. Shhhhhh.

A Chinese chicken lettuce cup topped with cashews and cilantro on a white plate.

Chinese-Chicken Lettuce Cups17/19

You know how sometimes you try to recreate a restaurant classic at home and it doesn't work? This isn't one of those times.

Homemade Larabars18/19

We got nothing against the Larabars we've been noshing for years. Save for the crazy price tag. Here's a less expensive, more customizable alternative.

One-Bowl Mocha Brownies19/19

If you're going to splurge on brownies, you may as well, you know, SPLURGE on brownies. But not in terms of effort or expense. Just taste. These brownies handle it splendidly.