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Lunches at work
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What does everyone do for lunch at work? Do you go out for lunch or bring in a packed lunch?
I've realised I'm spending quite a bit of money on buying food at lunch time - either that or I'm making do with a chocolate bar for lunch as I don't have the time to go get something.
I'm gonna try find the time to make a packed lunch the night before - what kind of things do you have? I'm a veggie and I don't eat cheese so I end up with salad sandwiches which are a little boring and tend to look less than appetising by lunch time. I'm also trying to put on weight so need stuff that is quite high-calorie.
Any suggestions?
I've realised I'm spending quite a bit of money on buying food at lunch time - either that or I'm making do with a chocolate bar for lunch as I don't have the time to go get something.
I'm gonna try find the time to make a packed lunch the night before - what kind of things do you have? I'm a veggie and I don't eat cheese so I end up with salad sandwiches which are a little boring and tend to look less than appetising by lunch time. I'm also trying to put on weight so need stuff that is quite high-calorie.
Any suggestions?
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There are a million options, for a start you could use faux meat sandwhiches like quorn turkey/ham/beef etc..
Does it have to be sandwhiches though, do you have access to a microwave to warm food up or bake a potato etc?
Another fav of mine is pasta, I make it up and take the sauce in work, tbh usually now just red or green pesto and I leave the sauce in the fridge and put it on fresh when I eat.
There are endless options though
Have never tried the Quorn meat slices - might give them a go though.
I quite often have toast or similar. If not, I'll take a sandwich. Or I'll microwave something. Tomorrow, I am taking some chicken soup
Last week I took that but with cheese and salad sandwiches instead of peanut butter.
Me and my work buddy have started doing "cake saturday" now as well, where we take it in turns to bring cake as a reward for doing an 8 hour shift in Morrisons!
and they are pretty much ALWAYS reduced on an evening in Asda!
sounds 2much like hard work!
Writing properly seems too much work too.
I normally take left overs from the night before, or sandwiches, or humous, or I'll buy home made samosa's from the corner shop near my house for all of £1.
lol r u 1 of them ppl that can offended by shortcuts
Anyway, I suggest you read this.
I don't know how anyone can pay for it. Well, I do- they pay for it with credit cards.
I prefer making my own stuff, I know what goes into it and I can control how much I eat. My biggest gripe about pre-packed sandwiches is that they always put mayo and butter on- what a waste of calories.
Unfortunately, it takes longer to decipher what you write.
Learn to touch type. You will be able to type quicker when writing full words than that crap.
As for lunches, at the moment I've been taking bread and stuff to work and making sandwiches there (more out of laziness in the morning!) We also have a toaster which I use fairly regularly. Oh yes.
And, if all else fails, there is school dinners, which is bargainous at £1.65 for a mush starter and a tasteless dessert :thumb:
That sounds good. I do soups, sandwiches and if I have time in the morning, salads. I love campbells soup. So filling and tastey and dirt cheap and buy the big can instead of the personal meal and it lasts two lunches! I also just like to bring bread and nutella. And a yogurt and some fruit too. And peanuts and crackers for snacks. Alot of people I see are always brining those frozen dinners. I do that sometime when I can find them on the cheap, but often they are like 3/4 for one, which is no better than going out.
At one job I worked for a year and a half, I went out probably 90% of the time. It was after, when I saw how much money I was saving I was shocked.
The boyfriend, since he's been working, for 14 years, has never brought a lunch. Gone out every single day, and for lunch when he was at school too! It pisses me off because then he gets sick of places and then doesn't want things that I want for dinner :grump:
Quite...they are a bit of a distant memory to me at the moment!
:yes: I quite often get home after a 12.5 hour shift only to realise i am bursting for the loo cos i haven't had time to go all day!!
I'm making leek and potato at the moment but my over excitment recently was making carrot and corriander - i feel like i'm turning into nigella but it was sooo easy.
You just need an onion, bag of carrot battons and a largeish potato, a little bit of olive oil, a bunch of corriander, plus some vegetable stock.
You chop the onion and fry it in oil, cube the potato and then add that and the carrot battons plus the stock into a saucepan with the onions cook it for about 20 mins till its all soft. Then add the corriander - remove any really stakly bits - shove it in the blender and then put in the fridge.
If you're not watching your weight you can add something creamy but you don't need to as the potato kind of does that for you.
Mine is...
gently fry an onion and some garlic for a minute or 2
add a large chopped leek (or 2 small ones)
add some chopped potatoes (2 or 3) and jiggle in the pan for a couple of minutes
add enough stock so the veg is covered, stick in a couple of bay leaves and some thyme (dried works pretty well) and simmer for about half an hour (or until you've finished whatever else you're doing)
add some milk (1/4 pint?) and lots of black pepper and blitz with a blender. add a little bit of cream for extra indulgance
tadah