Healthy Lunch Ideas: How Pokerrito Makes Clean Eating Easy
HEALTHY LUNCH GUIDE
Clean eating, built your way.
Finding a healthy lunch that actually tastes good can feel impossible. Most fast casual spots load meals with hidden calories, extra sodium, and processed ingredients. Pokerrito works differently. Every bowl and Pokerrito is built fresh in front of you from real, whole ingredients you can see and control. Counting macros, eating gluten free, or just want a filling lunch that will not weigh you down? Here is how to build it.
Why a poke bowl makes a healthy lunch
The formula is simple: a base of rice, greens, or noodles, topped with quality protein, fresh vegetables, and a light sauce. No deep frying, no heavy breading, no hidden butter. With Build Your Own, you watch every ingredient go in, so there are no surprises.
A TYPICAL POKERRITO BOWL
Around 450 to 600 calories with 25 to 40 grams of protein, depending on what you choose.
A FAST FOOD BURGER COMBO
Easily over 1,000 calories with far less to show for it. The difference is clear.
Build Your Own: four steps to a better lunch
Step 1: Choose your base
White rice, brown rice, kale noodle, or mixed greens and romaine. Brown rice adds fibre and complex carbs. Mixed greens or kale noodle keep it lighter if you are cutting carbs.
Step 2: Pick your protein
Fresh tuna, salmon, marinated tuna, spicy tuna, albacore tuna, chicken breast, scallops, shrimp, or tofu. Salmon and tuna bring omega 3 fats, chicken breast is the lean protein staple, and tofu is a solid plant based option.
Step 3: Add mix ins and sides
Load up on kale, red cabbage, cilantro, kimchi, sweet onion, and green onion. Seasonal sides like mango and tomato add natural sweetness with no added sugar.
Step 4: Finish with sauce and toppings
Citrus Ponzu and Classic Shoyu are vegan. Umami, Wasabi Basil, and Creamy Mayo are gluten free. Bold flavour without piling on calories. Then top it with edamame, avocado, seaweed salad, cucumber, sesame seeds, or masago.
Signature bowls for a quick healthy lunch
Prefer a bowl that is already balanced? These six are ready in minutes. The Classic bowls are served cold, the Torched Warm bowls are flame seared.
Hanauma (Classic)
Salmon, seaweed salad, crab meat, edamame, ginger, masago, furikake, tamago, creamy mayo, cucumbers. Well rounded, rich in omega 3s and protein.
Sunset Beach (Classic, vegan)
Fried tofu, kale, seaweed salad, avocado, sweet corn, ginger, radish coin, sesame seed, edamame, ponzu sauce, cucumbers, sweet onions. Fully plant based, with healthy fats from avocado and protein from tofu and edamame.
Hawaiian Classic (Classic)
Marinated fresh tuna, seaweed salad, sesame seeds, radish coin, pineapple, sweet corn, pea shoot, crispy tempura, classic shoyu. A traditional style poke bowl with clean, bright flavours.
Miso Glazed Salmon (Torched Warm)
Baked salmon, red cabbage, avocado, furikake, edamame, radish coins, ginger, miso glazed sauce. Protein packed and warm, with healthy fats.
Roasted Chicken (Torched Warm)
Roasted chicken, cilantro, red cabbage, avocado, furikake, edamame, radish coins, crispy onion, umami sauce. Lean protein with a satisfying crunch.
Torched Ahi Tuna (Torched Warm)
Flame torched ahi, green onion, crab meat, furikake, crispy tempura, pea shoot, edamame, radish coin, miso glazed sauce. Seared on the outside, tender inside, balanced all the way through.
Five healthy lunch hacks at Pokerrito
1. Start with brown rice or mixed greens
Brown rice adds fibre and keeps you full longer. Mixed greens cut calories while adding vitamins and minerals.
2. Double up on vegetables
Fill your mix ins with kale, red cabbage, cilantro, and green onion. Nutrient dense, zero guilt.
3. Choose lighter sauces
Citrus Ponzu and Classic Shoyu are vegan and lighter than creamy options. Umami and Wasabi Basil are gluten free with plenty of flavour.
4. Add avocado or edamame for healthy fats
Both bring heart healthy fats and keep you satisfied through the afternoon.
5. Plant based? Go Sunset Beach
It is the fully vegan signature bowl with tofu, avocado, edamame, and ponzu sauce. No modifications needed.
Bowl or Pokerrito: same ingredients, different format
Everything on the menu comes two ways: a bowl or a Pokerrito, our sushi burrito. The Classic Pokerrito wraps the same fresh ingredients in roasted nori for a handheld lunch, and the Warm Pokerrito does the same with torched proteins like miso salmon, bulgogi, roasted chicken, or spicy BBQ pork. The nutrition stays the same. It only comes down to chopsticks or hands.
Good to know
Gluten free
Pick a rice or greens base with Umami, Wasabi Basil, or Creamy Mayo sauce. Skip the soy based sauces if you are strictly gluten free.
Vegan
Order the Sunset Beach bowl, or build your own with tofu, mixed greens, and Citrus Ponzu or Classic Shoyu.
High protein
Pair chicken breast or salmon with brown rice, edamame, and avocado for a macro friendly meal with over 35 grams of protein.
Low carb
Swap rice for mixed greens or kale noodle, then load up on protein and vegetables.
Your healthiest lunch is four steps away.
Every Pokerrito across Metro Vancouver, Toronto, and Mexico City serves the same full menu with the same fresh ingredients. Build your own or grab a signature bowl, in store or for pickup and delivery.