13 Easy Lunch Recipes You Can Make Ahead In A Mason Jar

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    If you are in need of a mason jar to make all these tasty lunches, get your hands on a 12-pack of classic quart jars.

    1. A drool-worthy mason jar BBQ parfait you'll want to make over and over again.

    2. A mediterranean lentil salad to pack up in a jar and lunch is taken care of!

    3. An instant noodle soup recipe so you can say "Maruchan? I don't know her."

    4. A mac and cheese with veggie dream lunch everyone will be jealous of.

    5. A vegetarian burrito bowl as tasty as it is pretty to look at.

    6. A mason jar salad prep recipe to help have lunch ready to go all week long!

    7. A quinoa fruit salad for anyone who feels like a light lunch is perfect on a hot summer day.

    8. A protein-packed roasted veggie salad so you can enjoy a well-balanced lunch.

    9. A zoodle salad jar I want to eat right now, as will you.

    10. A sweet and spicy chili with cornbread topping that just may be the only lunch anyone ever needs.

    11. A crunchy Thai salad to satisfy those with a love for all of food's many textures.

    12. A Sonoma chicken pasta salad because chicken + pasta = one of the tastiest lunches a person can have.

    13. And a mason jar cornbread burger that can't be packed into the jar, but you make it using the lid instead!

    Bring on the lunch!

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