Looking for the best lunch recipe for your low-carb meal prep? Give your midday menu a healthy makeover with our Grab-and-Go Gyro Lunch Box! Featuring fresh veggies, sliced steak, homemade tzatziki and a few other staples, this low carb bento box is packed with a filling meal that will fuel your day.
This to-go lunch is the perfect way to use up any leftover cooked steak from your weekend grilling. Mixing the cooked steak with sliced red onion and chopped parsley will add flavor and keep it succulent. Simply pack up the ingredients into each compartment of your lunch box and assemble your lettuce wrap gyros when it’s time to eat.
The best part about this healthy lunch recipe? All you have to do is put the ingredients in your lunch box and you’re ready to go! It’s perfect for those busy mornings when you’re running out the door. Simply slice up six ounces of leftover cooked steak into thin strips. Mix it up with sliced red onions and freshly chopped parsley. Place the steak mixture into your bento-style lunch box and get started on your tzatziki sauce.
To make the tzatziki, whisk together Greek yogurt, grated cucumber, chopped mint, minced garlic, olive oil, salt and pepper in a small bowl. Add the tzatziki to your lunch box in its own compartment. Fill up the other compartments with pitted olives, cubed feta cheese, romaine lettuce leaves and raw or lightly toasted almonds. Close up your lunch box, grab your shoes and get started with your day!
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- 2 Healthy Fat
- 2 Protein
- 2 Vegetables
Ingredients:
- 6 oz. cooked steak, cut into strips
- 2 Tbsp. red onion, sliced
- ¼ cup fresh parsley, chopped
- ¼ cup Greek yogurt, plain, whole milk
- 2 Tbsp. grated cucumber
- 1 tsp. chopped mint
- 1 clove garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp. olive oil
- Salt and pepper, to taste
- ¼ cup pitted olives
- ¼ cup feta cheese, cubed
- 1 head Romaine lettuce, leaves separated
- ¼ cup raw or lightly toasted almonds
Directions:
- Toss steak strips with the red onion and parsley in a medium bowl. Transfer to bento-style lunch box.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the tzatziki ingredients.
- Add tzatziki, olives, feta cheese, lettuce and almonds to separate compartments of the lunch box.
- Assemble gyros by placing steak on a lettuce leaf and top with tzatziki, olives, feta and almonds.
