Sara Moulton's Lunch Recipes

Jan. 17, 2005 -- -- You don't have to spend hours in the kitchen to make a nutritious and delicious lunch for your family. Chef Sara Moulton, "Good Morning America's" food editor, showed off the following lunch recipes.

Check out her recipes for One Size Fits All Chicken Soups, Taco Kit Lunch, Homemade Snack Mix and Veggies With Dips.

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Italian

• One can (14 1/2 ounce) low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 cup cooked small pasta shapes such as orzo
• 1 medium carrot cut into rounds and boiled for 2 minutes
• 1/2 cup small broccoli florets boiled for 2 minutes
• 1/2 cup drained and rinsed canned white beans
• 1/4 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/3 cup Italian style croutons

Combine first 7 ingredients and heat until hot. Add salt to taste. Pack in thermos and serve cheese and croutons on the side. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.

Mexican

• One can (14 1/2 ounces) low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup rinsed, drained black or pinto beans
• 1/2 cup defrosted frozen corn
• 1/3 cup chopped canned Mexican tomatoes
• 1/4 cup shredded Monterey jack cheese
• 8 oven baked tortilla chips (made by spraying a sheet pan with vegetable oil, cutting a tortilla into 8 wedges and baking them in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 minutes.

Combine first 5 ingredients and heat until hot. Add salt to taste. Pack in thermos and send cheese and tortilla chips on side. Makes about 2 3/4 cups.

Asian

• One can (14 1/2 ounces) low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup cooked rice (preferably brown rice)
• 1/2 cup cooked sliced shiitake mushrooms
• 2 tablespoons lite soy sauce
• 1 teaspoon shredded fresh ginger root
• 1/4 teaspoon sesame oil
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced scallions
• 4 small rice cakes

Combine first 7 ingredients and heat until hot. Pack in thermos and send scallions and rice cakes on side. Makes 2 cups

Greek

• One can (14 1/2 ounces) low sodium chicken broth
• 1/2 cup shredded cooked chicken
• 1/2 cup rice (preferably brown rice)
• 1/3 cup cooked well squeezed spinach (defrosted frozen spinach is fine)
• 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice or to taste
• 1 large egg, beaten lightly

Pita crisps made by halving a pita pocket, crosswise and cutting each half into 8 wedges. Spray with olive oil spray and bake in a 350 degree oven for 10 minutesCombine first five ingredients and heat until hot. Whisk in egg in stream and cook until egg forms threads. Pack in thermos and send scallions and rice cakes on side. Makes about 2 1/2 cups.