Wisconsin Recipe Blog
Easy lunch recipe ideas for work or home. Quick recipes for cookouts and picnics. Some recipes are make-ahead and can be both dinner and leftover lunches.
Most of our lunch recipes are healthy, vegetarian, but all of them are tasty. We hope you find them delicious, refreshing or comforting. Please comment and rate the recipes that you try!
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Try our soups, salads (and salad-like pitas and wraps), and vegetarian recipes.
My Grandpa made the best Navy bean soup. I always thought it was because he served in the Navy during the Korean War. I imagined him on the ship, peeling potatoes, working in the kitchen. Most of my memories of Grandpa are in his basement …
Everybody likes to do Chicken Salad differently because we all have our preferred tastes. My chicken salad is not far off from my tuna salad – I always use pickle, onion, celery. For chicken seasoning, tarragon and pepper are simple, but sometimes I like to …
Sometimes you just want a cheese sandwich. Simple, delicious, a cold sandwich on a hot day. Or toasted. You could do that, too. Here’s how to make a cheese sandwich: Git your ingredients: Cheese Mayo Bread And a plate to put it on. Assembly: Spread …
I had never made egg salad before, because it is so high in cholesterol & sodium, and I always thought it’s just not good for you. But why was it so popular, then? Because it’s bad for you but delicious? Never fear, the dietary cholesterol …
Like many “Mexi-American” dishes, the Fajita is actually Tex-Mex, not Mexican. The dish was based on a certain cut of beef, but we find chicken fajitas easier to make (as much as I hate handling raw chicken). It allows us to get a good break …
I have at least four recipes for tuna macaroni salad; one of them calls for black olives? Oh, wait, that’s just macaroni salad without the tuna – I’ll make that one later. But, today’s lunch was a practically perfect tuna-macaroni salad. Pretty simple. I’m too …
I love Spanakopita. I never really liked spinach. When my aunt make spinach, we were forced to eat it – or just look at that pile of green stuff on our plate while the other kids went to play after dinner. Stuck at that table …
Delicious and widely varied versions of minestrone soup make great comfort food meals. This recipe is based on a recipe suggestion from Sendik’s real food magazine. My brother has struggled with Crohn’s disease for years and has been extremely careful about what he eats, and …
Flashback to 1996: Wendy’s has a Superbar (Salad Bar with hot foods), an oval, flat fish fillet sandwich (the patty was bigger than the bun), a Smoky Bacon Cheeseburger, Monterey Ranch & Bacon Ranch Chicken sandwiches, Chicken Cordon Bleu, and… Fresh Stuffed Pitas. And of …
This crock-pot vegetable soup is soup-er easy to throw together, and easy to modify to your liking. A classic vegetable soup, easy to make – nuthin’ fancy, here. Use whatever frozen mixed vegetables you have on hand. Don’t forget the V-8. The main recipe comes …
