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    Grits and Pinecones » Recipes » Recipes

    Lunch Recipes

    If you are looking for the best lunch recipes for a casual weekday lunch, a nice ladies luncheon, school lunchboxes, or entertaining friends, check out my incredibly quick and easy lunch recipes. Great taste in half the time.

    From Panzanella Salad to Spinach Bacon Quiche with Tomatoes, Ultimate Chicken Club Sandwich with Apple and Bacon, Shrimp Burgers with Basil Pesto, to Chilled Watermelon Gazpacho Soup, find the perfect lunch recipes to please even your "pickiest eaters."

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    A blue enameled cast iron skillet full of nachos topped with sour cream and salsa.

    Easy Cast-Iron Layered Macho Nachos

    A large white saucepan full of pureed sweet potato and carrot soup, garnished with pecans.

    Simple Creamy Sweet Potato Carrot Soup

    A bowl of potato soup garnished with chopped parsley.

    Simple Old-Fashioned Potato Soup

    Spinach salad topped with sliced apples, pecans and feta cheese in a white bowl.

    Simple Spinach Salad with Apples & Pecans

    Lemon pepper chicken wings on a plate with a dipping sauce.

    Air Fryer Lemon Pepper Chicken Wings

    Fried chicken burger topped with coleslaw and pimento cheese.

    Southern Crispy Fried Chicken Burgers

    A crustless ham and cheese quiche in a white pie plate.

    Easy Crustless Ham and Cheese Quiche

    Four quesadillas in a stack topped with sour cream and salsa.

    Simple Four Cheese Quesadillas

    A bowl of chicken salad with cranberries on lettuce.

    Chicken Salad with Cranberries & Pecans

    Two clear glass bowls of gazpacho.

    Easy Gazpacho – Cold Spanish Soup

    Two loaded twice baked potatoes topped with cheese and bacon.

    Easy Air Fryer Loaded Twice-Baked Potatoes

    A blue and white bowl full of watermelon feta salad.

    Watermelon Feta Salad with Basil and Blueberries

    Easy Classic Southern Tomato Pie ready to serve

    Easy Southern Tomato Pie

    Mushroom and broccoli frittata cut into slices in a black skillet.

    Cheesy Mushroom and Broccoli Frittata

    A white plate with a piece of Spinach Bacon Quiche and a glass of OJ in the background.

    Easy Spinach and Bacon Quiche with Tomatoes

    Roasted tomato soup in a white bowl topped with croutons.

    Creamy Roasted Tomato Soup with Basil

    Grape salad topped with pecans and brown sugar in a white bowl.

    Southern Grape Salad with Pecans

    Southern Broccoli Salad in a white metal bowl with a blue rim.

    Southern Broccoli Salad with Craisins

    Southern deviled eggs on a white egg plate.

    Southern Deviled Eggs

    Fish cakes on a white plate shaped like a fish.

    Homemade Fish Cakes (without Potatoes)

    Two fish tacos topped with mango salsa.

    Easy Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa

    BBQ shrimp and grits in a skillet.

    BBQ Shrimp and Grits

    Tomato Avocado Feta Salad in a white serving dish.

    Tomato Avocado Feta Salad with Corn

    Fried shrimp tacos on a cutting board.

    Crispy Fried Shrimp Tacos

    A burger with lettuce and tomato on a cutting board.

    The Ultimate Smoked Burgers

    Two shrimp burgers with sweet potato fries.

    Easy Southern Homemade Shrimp Burgers

    Three potato fritters topped with sour cream and chives on a plate.

    Easy Crispy Potato Fritters with Cheese

    A bowl of pimento cheese spread in a bowl with crackers below it.

    Old-Fashioned Pimento Cheese

    Hearty Chicken Chili Verde in a white bowl ready to serve with a side of cornbread

    Hearty Chicken Chili Verde

    Black-Eyed Pea soup in a white bowl.

    Black-Eyed Pea Soup – Southern Style

    Southern Hoppin' John in a bowl with corn muffins in a basket in the background.

    Black-Eyed Peas and Rice (Hoppin’ John)

    Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup in two bowls.

    Pumpkin and Sweet Potato Soup Recipe

    Three chicken lettuce wrap on a plate with spring rolls.

    Easy Healthy Chicken Lettuce Wraps

    Deviled crab in ramekins on a cutting board.

    Easy Deviled Crab – It’s Devilishly Delicious

    A flour tortilla filled with blackened shrimp.

    Spicy Blackened Shrimp Tacos Recipe with Avocado Salsa

    Southern Style Cherry Tomato Pie garnished with basil and cherry tomatoes in a white bowl on the side.

    Easy Cherry Tomato Pie Recipe

    A large white bowl full of chopped salad topped with apples and pecans.

    Apple Pecan Salad Recipe with Dressing

    Pasta, pesto, shrimp and tomatoes in a large white bowl.

    Pesto Pasta with Shrimp and Tomatoes Recipe

    Three pulled pork tacos on a wooden cutting board.

    Easy Slow Cooker Pulled Pork Tacos Recipe

    Three crab cakes on a black plate with a fork, sliced tomatoes and a slice of lemon.

    Easy Southern Blue Crab Cakes

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    Celebrate Easter with these easy recipes:

    • Two lamb chops cut from a rack of lamb on a cutting board.
      Roasted Rack of Lamb with Garlic and Herbs
    • Pineapple cheese casserole topped with crushed Ritz crackers in a white baking dish.
      Baked Pineapple Cheese Casserole
    • A clear glass trifle dish with layers of angel food cake, strawberries and whipped cream.
      Strawberry Trifle with Angel Food Cake
    • Baked Ham topped with pineapple rings and cherries.
      Baked Ham with Pineapple and Cherries
    • A rectangle white baking dish full of sweet potato casserole.
      Southern Bourbon Sweet Potato Casserole
    • Fresh strawberry pie topped with whipped cream on a white plate.
      Old-Fashioned Strawberry Pie with Jello

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    • A white bowl full of creamy potato salad topped with paprika.
      Classic Southern Potato Salad
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      Oven-Baked Baby Back Ribs and Dry Rub
    • Six hoecakes or fried cornbread on a white plate.
      Quick and Easy Hoe Cakes (Fried Cornbread)
    • Easy Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets on a plate garnished with parsley and lemon
      Oven-Baked Parmesan Grouper Fillets Recipe – Quick and Easy
    • Fried shrimp and a bowl of cocktail sauce on a white plate.
      Easy Crispy Pan-Fried Shrimp
    • Pan Seared Red Snapper fillet covered with Mango Salsa on a white plate.
      Easy Pan-Seared Red Snapper

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