10-Minute Lunch Ideas For One (2024)

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By Joanie Zisk

on Aug 29, 2022, Updated Apr 07, 2024

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Discover three delightful lunch recipes, perfect for single servings and ready in just 10 minutes! Quick, easy, and packed with flavor, these meals are ideal for a speedy and satisfying midday break.

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While leftovers are a good choice for lunch, sometimes it feels good to make something that’s easy, healthy, and delicious too. Here are a few of our favorite easy Southwest-inspired lunch ideas that come together in 10 minutes.

Want more meal inspiration? Check out our favorite 20 Minute Meals For One, see How To Get 4 Single Serving Meals From One Pound Of Ground Beef, and check out How To Make 5 Recipes From 1 Rotisserie Chicken.

Why You’ll Love These Recipes
10 Minute Lunches For One Video
Expert Tips
Three 10-Minute Lunch Ideas For One
Frequently Asked Questions

Why You’ll Love These Recipes

Ready in 10 minutes!:It’s true, each of these single serving recipes can be prepped and cooked in just 10 minutes.
Made with easy-to-find ingredients:You won’t find a long list of hard-to-find ingredients here. Each dish is made with ingredients that are easy to find, and many might already be in your kitchen already.
Hearty and satisfying:These lunches are winners! They each look and taste gourmet but are so easy to make.
No waste:In every one of our recipes we list ways to use leftover ingredients. You can find this information at the bottom of every recipe page.

10 Minute Lunches For One Video

Three 10-Minute Lunches For One - Southwest Inspired Flavors

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Expert Tips

If you truly want to make these meals in 10 minutes, you’ll need to prepare. Here are a few things to make it easier:

Meal plan:Plan ahead and visit the grocery store to purchase the ingredients you need for a recipe. There’s nothing worse than starting a recipe and realizing you are missing one or two ingredients.
Gather your ingredients:Each of these recipes come together quickly so it’s important to read through the entire recipe first, then gather your ingredients so that you don’t have to stop cooking and search for something.
Thaw meat:If you have frozen meat or shrimp, you will need to thaw it overnight in the refrigerator.

Three 10-Minute Lunch Ideas For One

Below we’ve gathered three of our most popular Southwest-inspired single serving 10-minute lunch ideas. Click on the boxes to go straight to the recipes.

Southwest Wrap For One

5 from 1 vote

This tasty Southwest wrap comes together quickly with either ground chicken or ground turkey and is filled with beans, tomatoes, cheese and so much flavor. It can be ready in just 10 minutes!

Southwest Wrap For One Recipe

Shrimp Tacos For One

4.91 from 10 votes

Enjoy delicious single serve Shrimp Tacos in just 10 minutes! Featuring succulent shrimp, creamy avocado sauce, wrapped in a soft tortilla – a quick, tasty meal!

Shrimp Tacos For One Recipe

Taco Salad For One

5 from 4 votes

Frequently Asked Questions

Can these lunches be made ahead?

Yes! To make any of these meals ahead, cook the proteins ahead of time and store them in airtight containers in the refrigerator. The vegetables can be sliced, and other ingredients from each of the recipes can be stored in containers as well. Assemble the meals when you are ready to enjoy them.

Can ingredients be substituted?

Absolutely. We list ingredient substitutions in the Ingredient Notes sections of each of the recipes.

Can I double these lunch recipes?

Yes.If you’d like to make a meal for two or if you’d like to make extra so you can have leftovers for the next day, double the ingredient amounts in each of the recipes.

What should I do with leftover ingredients?

We list ways to use up leftover ingredients in every one of our recipes. You can find this information in each of the recipe posts.

So these are our favorite and most popular Southwest-inspired 10-minute lunch ideas. If you’ve got a favorite quick and easy lunch idea, please let me know in the comments below.

If you’ve tried one of our lunch recipes, please let me know how you liked it by rating the recipe.

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3 Comments

Just found your turkey cutlet recipe and unable to leave comment. Do you turn off comment after awhile on recipes? Anyway, Turkey cutlet was superb! Used Wondra flour. Amount of gravy in pan looked a little skimpy but plated it was perfect! Love your turkey recipes! Trying to get away from red meat and finding alternatives for one person is wonderful. Thank you for supporting my healthy lifestyle.
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Love your recipes!
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I love your recipes for one and use them quite a bit! Thank you Joanie
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