Pumpkin seeds are a great snack

Salt, pepper, a little paprika to spice it up, splash of olive oil and a little roasting and you have a high fiber high protein snack to get you through the workweek. Also, works great as a topping.  Bake in the oven, optional: broil to brown.  Pumpkins are cheap this time of year, take advantage.

Mushroom tacos - add some hot sauce!

Mushroom tacos. Sautéed the mushrooms w a jalapeño, heated up the tortillas, chopped up some cabbage, radishes, avocado, lettuce, and add hot sauce. Quick, easy, and delicious.

Extra pepper? Extra toppings?

Avocado, cucumber, tomato, green olives, and spicy mustard w extra pepper. Throw it on some GF bread with a side of veggies and you have a quick,healthy, and yummy lunch. Again, preparing toppings or fillings ahead of time makes lunch (or dinner) super quick, easy and nutritious.

Grits is also Polenta, Lunch is also Dinner

Savory grits/polenta. Bobs Red Mill gluten free corn grits, with some tomatoes, spinach and pumpkin seeds, and an olive tapenade. I like to add some nutritional yeast to the grits along w salt and pepper. This makes a good lunch for work as well.

Add-ins are just as easy as toppings or fillings

Quick meal prep for a busy week ahead. Made some GF pasta and then loaded it with what I had available: tofu, frozen peas and corn, mushrooms, and tomato. Through in some Italian seasoning and you are ready to go. Add-ins are just as easy as toppings or fillings!

Preparation saves time

Spicy tofu rolls, vegan, GF, it is easy to make different rolls for different dietary needs. Here we have an anti inflammatory roll and a low fodmap roll. For extra bite I made a spicy vegan mayo sauce for inside the roll. It's also nice to have extra tofu for a quick lunch or two. Preparing ingredients means quick assembly later: the same tofu can be used in sushi, sandwiches, salads, or anything else! And chopped vegetables are always useful, too. Just as preparing a week's meals at once saves time overall, so does preparing ingredients in batches.  Think of them as toppings - but inside!

Cheating with Pizza

If you are a new or inexperienced cook, there are plenty of "cheats." Daiya Pizzas are gluten free and vegan - and present opportunity to practice cutting ingredients, and assembling them. And they're delicious.

Toppings are quick

Quick dinner on your mind? Vegan, GF tostadas are yummy. Can of beans, tostada shells and your favorite toppings, these have: avocado, tomato, sautéed mushrooms, vegan cheese, and some peperoncini. Under 20 min based on what you top it, with always a hit. It is sometimes too easy to fall into the trap of thinking what is not gluten free, or not vegan or vegetarian. But most ingredients are. It is also easy to fall into the trap of thinking most meals take too long to prepare.