Buffalo-Style Bistro Lunch Box

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These tailgate-inspired lunch bowls can be assembled in about 15 minutes using just a handful of ingredients from your local specialty grocery store, like pregrilled chicken and spicy Buffalo-flavored hummus. We're packing these up with crunchy veggie sticks and blue cheese so you can savor all the game-day flavors, but for a fraction of the calories.

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Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN
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Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN

Carolyn Hodges, M.S., RDN is a culinary dietitian and creator of "The Dinner Shift," a food-rule free website dedicated to helping families get dinner on the table with weeknight-friendly recipes, simple meal planning and meal prep basics. When she's not creating content for her own site, grocery shopping or washing a million dishes, Carolyn teaches higher ed nutrition and develops and photographs recipes and nutrition-related content for clients. She calls Cleveland, Ohio home along with her in-house recipe critics, her husband, Kyle, and their two boys, Caleb and Ezra.

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Servings:
4
Yield:
4 meal-prep containers
Nutrition Profile:
Nut-Free Healthy Aging Healthy Immunity Soy-Free High-Fiber High-Protein Egg-Free Gluten-Free Low-Calorie
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Ingredients

  • 1 (12 ounce) package seasoned cooked chicken strips, cut into bite-size pieces

  • 1 bunch celery, trimmed and cut into sticks

  • 1 pound carrots, peeled and cut into sticks

  • 1 (8 ounce) container Buffalo-style hummus

  • 2 ounces crumbled blue cheese

Directions

  1. Divide chicken among 4 single-serving divided lunch containers with lids.

  2. Divide celery and carrots among the containers.

  3. Measure 1/4 cup hummus into a compartment of each container (or into each of 4 separate small lidded containers) and top with one-fourth of the blue cheese (about 2 tablespoons). Seal the containers and refrigerate for up to 4 days.

Tips

To make ahead: Refrigerate for up to 4 days.

Originally appeared: EatingWell.com, December 2019

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

301 Calories
10g Fat
26g Carbs
28g Protein
Nutrition Facts
Servings Per Recipe 4
Serving Size 1 meal-prep container
Calories 301
% Daily Value *
Total Carbohydrate 26g 9%
Dietary Fiber 9g 30%
Total Sugars 9g
Protein 28g 55%
Total Fat 10g 12%
Saturated Fat 4g 19%
Cholesterol 66mg 22%
Vitamin A 19406IU 388%
Vitamin C 9mg 10%
Folate 56mcg 14%
Sodium 759mg 33%
Calcium 144mg 11%
Iron 3mg 19%
Magnesium 26mg 6%
Potassium 798mg 17%

Nutrition information is calculated by a registered dietitian using an ingredient database but should be considered an estimate.

* Daily Values (DVs) are the recommended amounts of nutrients to consume each day. Percent Daily Value (%DV) found on nutrition labels tells you how much a serving of a particular food or recipe contributes to each of those total recommended amounts. Per the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the daily value is based on a standard 2,000 calorie diet. Depending on your calorie needs or if you have a health condition, you may need more or less of particular nutrients. (For example, it’s recommended that people following a heart-healthy diet eat less sodium on a daily basis compared to those following a standard diet.)

(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a special diet for medical reasons, be sure to consult with your primary care provider or a registered dietitian to better understand your personal nutrition needs.

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