Talismanic midfielder Lampard has missed the Blues' last three matches with a calf injury, while Mikel has been on the sidelines for seven weeks with a hamstring problem.
Both men trained at Chelsea's Cobham base on Wednesday with Lampard pushing for a recall ahead of Saturday's Premier League trip to Everton.
The match may come too soon for Mikel, however, although his return to training comes as a boost with fellow midfielder Ramires currently ruled out with a knee injury.
Full-back Ashley Cole has served a suspension, but captain John Terry (knee) remains a doubt.
Chelsea occupy fourth place in the Premier League but defeat at Goodison Park, combined with wins for Newcastle and Arsenal, could see Andre Villas-Boas' men fall to sixth.
Owner Roman Abramovich was also understood to have again attended training today - this third recent visit to Cobham.
The club though have already denied any suggestion that manager Andre Villas-Boas was coming under increased scrutiny from the billionaire owner.
Chelsea are aiming to fall in line with UEFA's new financial fair play rules and recently announced a total loss of £67.7million for the financial year ending June 30, 2011
Accounts have now been made available at Companies House, and show revenue rising by 8%, with a 2.6% fall in wages.
However, the next six months will see the "amortisation charge" - which is how transfers spending is recognised across the life of a player's contract - go up to take into account the deal for Luiz and Fernando Torres, signed for £50m in the same January window last year.
The club's overall operating loss had reduced from a figure of £70.9m to £67.7million.
UEFA's new rules at curbing football's finances are set to kick in from 2013/2014.
Clubs hoping to take part in the Champions or Europa Leagues must balance their football-related expenditure over a three-year period, but will initially be allowed to make a loss of £37.5m (45m Euros), falling to £25m (30m Euros) from 2015/16.
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