{"id":2121685,"date":"2026-10-14T11:12:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:12:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/?p=2121685"},"modified":"2026-10-14T11:12:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T18:12:45","slug":"5-minute-prep-ahead-lunch-that-keeps-me-full-all-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/2026\/10\/14\/5-minute-prep-ahead-lunch-that-keeps-me-full-all-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"5 minute, prep-ahead lunch that keeps me full all afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Date: <b>2026-10-14 11:00:03<\/b><\/p>\n\n<div id=\"wrap_aoab6403\" 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\/d4nYVugQz54?enablejsapi=1\"\r\n  \t\t\t\t\tframeborder=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n    <div id=\"aoab6403\" 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_aoab6403\" class=\"aoa_close\"><\/span>\n        <a id=\"close_btn_aoab6403\" class=\"aoa_close_btn\" onclick=\"setVisibility('aoab6403', 'none');\">&times;<\/a>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>\ud83c\udf5c No time for lunch? Prep this high-protein noodle jar tonight for a 5-minute lunch tomorrow!<\/p>\n<p>Noodle jars are my favourite work lunch right now. You can prep a few ahead and mix and match what you\u2019ve got. Just remember:<\/p>\n<p>\ud83e\uddc4 A flavour base, like soy sauce, garlic and chilli<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf5c Quick-cooking noodles<br \/>\n\ud83e\udedb A legume, like edamame<br \/>\n\ud83e\udd66 Colourful veg, finely sliced<br \/>\n\ud83c\udf57 Your core protein, like cooked chicken or tofu<\/p>\n<p>Keep it in the fridge until you need it. Let it sit out for 10 minutes, then add boiling water or broth, stir and cover. Give it 5 minutes, check everything\u2019s piping hot and tuck in!<\/p>\n<p>Spicy Chicken Noodle Jar with Broccoli and Pak Choy<\/p>\n<p>Ingredients (makes 3 jars)<\/p>\n<p>1 tbsp soy sauce<br \/>\n\u00bd tbsp rice vinegar<br \/>\n1 tsp chilli oil<br \/>\n1 garlic cloves, finely grated<br \/>\n1 vegetable stock cubes, crumbled<br \/>\n100g cooked chicken breast, shredded<br \/>\n80g broccoli, cut into 2cm florets<br \/>\n80g spring onion, sliced<br \/>\n80g pak choi, leaves separated<br \/>\n60g edamame (fresh)<br \/>\n45g vermicelli noodles<br \/>\n500ml boiling water<br \/>\n0.5 limes, juiced<\/p>\n<p>Method<\/p>\n<p>1. Mix the soy, vinegar, chilli oil, garlic and crumbled stock cube together in a 1 litre mason jar.<br \/>\n2. Add the chicken, vegetables, edamame and noodles to the jar.<br \/>\n3. When ready to eat, let your jar sit at room temperature for 10 minutes to prevent cracking, then add the boiling water to the jar and mix well. Cover the jar and leave to stand for 5 minutes before adding some lime juice and eating immediately.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 2026-10-14 11:00:03 \ud83c\udf5c No time for lunch? Prep this high-protein noodle jar tonight for a 5-minute lunch tomorrow! Noodle jars are my favourite work lunch right now. You can prep a few ahead and mix and match what you\u2019ve got. Just remember: \ud83e\uddc4 A flavour base, like soy sauce, garlic and chilli \ud83c\udf5c Quick-cooking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2121686,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2121685","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\/2121685","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=2121685"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2121687,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2121685\/revisions\/2121687"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2121686"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2121685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2121685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.goldenhousetucson.com\/chinese-food\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2121685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}