Recipes include Korean-style bibimbap salad, Mexican-spiced quinoa salad, Vietnamese inspired chicken coleslaw and many more.

Imagine a Vietnamese-style chicken coleslaw, Mexican-spiced quinoa salad or a Japanese(ish) combination of edamame and chickpeas with avocado-lime dressing.

Alexander has previously authored Jar Salads , another title on simple healthy meals, which was published by Smith Street Books in 2016.

The 5-Minute 5-Ingredient Lunchbox aims to streamline your lunch each day a breeze according to what you have lying around. There’s also advice throughout on how to make bulk lunches for your week, if that’s your style, and how you might be able to overhaul last night’s leftovers into a great midday meal. This is not really made clear before you have the book in front of you and is false advertising if you ask me.We can often run out of inspiration too, meaning we end up with the same dull lunch every day - a drudgery which makes healthy eating much harder than it should be. Alexander has previously authored Jar Salads and The 5-Minute Salad Lunchbox, both published by Smith Street Books. With the protein gained from any of these 52 salads, you can safely forgo that second afternoon coffee: this is all the energy your workday is ever going to need. Imagine a Vietnamese-style chicken coleslaw, Mexican-spiced quinoa salad, or a Japanese(ish) combination of edamame and chickpeas with avocado-lime dressing. I'm a good cook when it comes to technique and knowing different ingredients, but I'm not the kind of wizard who can create the perfect lunch salad from whatever odds and ends are in the fridge.

diverse salads which take inspiration and flavours from across the globe, give you something to look forward to in the morning, will fuel you throughout the afternoon, and take only five minutes to make before leaving for work. It's hard to rate this, because as some other reviewers have mentioned, the likelihood of having the ingredients onhand and already cooked are slim. What they mean is after you have cooked the meat, chopped all the veg, prepared the dressing etc it takes 5 minutes to put them all together.

The 5-Minute Noodle Salad Lunchbox aims to make prepping your lunch each day a breeze - ensuring your days are deliciously healthy.

Come down the travelators, exit Sainsbury's, turn right and follow the pedestrianised walkway to Crown Walk and turn right - and Coles will be right in front of you. I really love the recipes in this book and find them an inspiring alternative to typical salads - lots of great ideas and interesting dressing to accompany them with.You can change your choices at any time by visiting Cookie preferences, as described in the Cookie notice. By using the Web site, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to be bound by the Terms and Conditions. Kale can be a little tough to chew through, so to tenderise the leaves ahead of time, massage them with a little lemon juice. On the other hand, maybe you’re just in desperate need of inspiration after making the same pitiable sandwich day after day (month after month… year after year).