20 Lunch Recipes from Ina Garten That Are Totally Fabulous

By Katherine Gillen

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Published Nov 15, 2017

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Week of Menus

Quick: Jeffrey’s coming home and you want to whip up a delicious, breezy lunch to share. Just kidding. You’re not really Ina Garten (sorry), but you can pretend to be with these 20 foolproof lunch recipes. (Chambray shirt optional but highly encouraged.)

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Food Gal

1.

Easy Tomato Soup and Grilled Cheese Croutons

A classic gets a Contessa makeover.

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Foolproof Living

2.

Roasted Butternut Squash Salad with Warm Cider Vinaigrette

We’ll need extra dressing, pretty please and thank you.

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The Baker Chick

3.

Creamy White Bean Rosemary Soup

You won’t believe how easy it is to make. (Psst: Use canned beans.)

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She Wears Many Hats

4.

Roasted Vegetable Orzo Salad

Perfectly packable, and even better the next day.

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Home is Where the Boat Is

5.

Winter Minestrone Soup

As warm and comforting as a hug from Ina.

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M Loves M

6.

Zucchini and Goat Cheese Tart

Share this one with your Jeffrey.

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Smells Like Home

7.

Lentil Sausage Soup

Tons of protein to keep you satisfied until dinner.

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Gather and Dine

8.

Wheatberry Salad

No one said salad had to have lettuce…

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Sweet Little Bluebird

9.

Old-Fashioned Potato Salad

…And if it has potatoes, we won’t complain.

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Get the recipe

10.

Ina Garten’s Ultimate Grilled Cheese

Two types of cheese, because Ina says so.

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Week of Menus

11.

Greek Panzanella Salad

Bread salad. Need we say more?

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Kitchenette

12.

Celery and Parmesan Salad

You have Parmesan? Ina has Parmezhan.

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Little Broken

13.

Fresh Tuna and Avocado Salad

Add extra wasabi if you like things spicy.

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Foolproof Living

14.

Orzo and Roasted Shrimp Salad

Ina sure likes orzo. (So do we.)

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The Egg Farm

15.

Crunchy Noodle Salad

Snap peas and peppers make a yummy, fresh addition.

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Recipe Girl

16.

Italian Wedding Soup

We’d like to marry you, Ina.

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The Kitchen Scout

17.

Maple-Roasted Carrot Salad

Peppery arugula balances out the sweet veggies.

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Shutterbean

18.

Herbed Ricotta Bruschetta

It’s toast, but for fancy people.

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Inquiring Chef

19.

Herbed Baked Eggs

Don’t forget the crusty bread for dipping.

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QUENTIN BACON/COOK LIKE A PRO

20.

Chicken Marbella

The updated version of her old recipe. Better than ever.

Katherine Gillen

Former Senior Food Editor

Headed PureWow’s food vertical
Contributed original reporting, recipes and food styling
Studied English Literature at the University of Notre Dame and Culinary Arts at the Institute of Culinary Education