{"id":2121541,"date":"2026-10-07T11:08:33","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/?p=2121541"},"modified":"2026-10-07T11:08:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T18:08:33","slug":"how-to-prep-high-protein-lunches-for-the-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/2026\/10\/07\/how-to-prep-high-protein-lunches-for-the-week\/","title":{"rendered":"How to prep high-protein lunches for the week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: <b>2026-10-07 11:00:30<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"wrap_aoa6b282\" class=\"aoa_wrap \">\n  <iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"player\" type=\"text\/html\" width=\"750\" height=\"440\"\r\n  \t\t\t\t\tstyle=\"width:750px;height:440px;\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XaMXjZyGisc?enablejsapi=1\"\r\n  \t\t\t\t\tframeborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n    <div id=\"aoa6b282\" class=\"aoa_overlay \">\n        <div class=\"aoa_content\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\"><img style=\"margin:0 auto;max-height:400px;\" data-src=\"\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n        <span id=\"close_aoa6b282\" class=\"aoa_close\"><\/span>\n        <a id=\"close_btn_aoa6b282\" class=\"aoa_close_btn\" onclick=\"setVisibility('aoa6b282', 'none');\">&times;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>This is my favourite high-protein lunch bowl for steady energy all afternoon! \ud83d\udcaa<\/p>\n<p>Lots of people tell me lunch is the meal they struggle with. My go-to is a diversity bowl. I either prep it ahead or throw it together on the day with leftovers.<\/p>\n<p>I always include: <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcaa A source of protein like chicken, fish, tofu or tempeh<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf5a A carb like quinoa, brown rice, barley or sweet potato<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd6c Greens + colourful veg like spinach, rocket, red cabbage or peppers<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd63\u00a0A good sauce to bring all the flavours together<\/p>\n<p>Bonus: Add some lentils, chickpeas or beans for extra fibre. I usually use tinned ones to keep it quick.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken Shawarma Bowls<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients (serves 4)<\/p>\n<p>For the chicken:<br \/>\n2 tsp ground cumin<br \/>\n2 tsp smoked paprika<br \/>\n2 tsp ground coriander<br \/>\n2 tsp dried oregano<br \/>\n2 tsp fine sea salt<br \/>\n400g chicken breast, cut in half horizontally (see note for tip)<br \/>\n2 tsp garlic powder<\/p>\n<p>For the dressing:<br \/>\n200g Greek yoghurt<br \/>\n1 tsp garlic powder<\/p>\n<p>For the rice and veggies:<br \/>\n320g red pepper, finely sliced<br \/>\n320g red cabbage, finely sliced<br \/>\n400g baby spinach<br \/>\n500g wholegrain rice (cooked)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 2026-10-07 11:00:30 This is my favourite high-protein lunch bowl for steady energy all afternoon! \ud83d\udcaa Lots of people tell me lunch is the meal they struggle with. My go-to is a diversity bowl. I either prep it ahead or throw it together on the day with leftovers. I always include: \ud83d\udcaa A source of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2121542,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121541","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-healthy-eating","traffikrr"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121541","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2121541"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121541\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121543,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121541\/revisions\/2121543"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121542"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121541"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121541"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121541"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}