What are your favorite work lunches?!

EllieElla2015

I just would like some inspiration- getting bored with mine so tell me your favorite work lunches . I can pretty much make anything that doesn’t require a crock pot!

Crafty_camper123

My typical go to is leftovers from last nights dinner.

fitoverfortymom

Right now I'm digging spinach salads with parmesan cheese, english cucumbers, a boiled egg, Italian dressing and some grilled chicken thigh--usually with a few crackers on the side.

Diatonic12

If you're running on the fly, you need portable and doable. I like the new Barilla pasta packs that cook in 60 secs. I add a can of tuna and small bag of chopped vege including some frozen baby peas. Somedays, I add green or black olives, too. Add dressing of your choice or EVOO and a wine or flavored vinegar. I only eat one cup of pasta and save the other cup in a ziplock. You can use it for another pasta salad with shredded chicken breast, hb eggs or turkey breast. Add cooked ground beef and marinara with extra vege.

You can bake some potatoes. Reheat one and add cottage cheese with some cooked frozen broccoli. Sprinkle some parmesan and seasonings. That's tasty.

pomegranatecloud

Left over dinner

CarvedTones

Marinate and bake chunks of chicken breasts. Freeze some and rotate different "flavors" to take with salad.

VUA21

A simple sandwich and a piece of fruit. No refrigerator.

ap1972

Couscous with salad and a source of protein such as chicken or turkey

KarenSmith2018

We do:
a protein source like chicken, tuna, beef
with veggies such as roasted peppers, sweet potato and red onion, broccoli, kale, spinach, corn, peas, courgette, squash, carrot, stir fry veg like pac choi and bean sprouts and water chesnuts
add a base such as rice, cous cous or potato
choose a flavour: either i will cook the chicken or beef in a seasoning or add a small amount of sweet chilli or hosin sauce to fish.

today i have chicken (plain) with cous cous mixed with tumeric and cumin powder. added rocket, spinach, sweet potato, pepper, mozzarella, sultanas and red onion.

boehle

I prep salads every week
The only difference is what I marinated the chicken in so it feels a bit different weekly.

willboywonder

Today I brought green beans, brown rice, curried chickpeas, and fruit. Some days I bring salad and crackers. I tend to prefer bringing leftover dinner. Occasionally I bring a PBJ on whole wheat, and fresh fruit.

MushroomLadyJR

If I prep lunch, it's very likely a wrap with quorn and soft cheese, various veggies, and a few pieces of fruit. Sometimes I also have a bar or a 25g serving of crisps as well.

I might prep a salad for tomorrow since I have a lovely balsamic glaze and goats cheese... we'll see

skelterhelter

I do the same as CarvedTones with the marinated grilled chicken, but I usually pair it with a grain and veggies. This week's grain is couscous, but I've done quinoa as well. You can marinate or dress it in practically anything and change up the flavor every time.

Arianera

Cook a big pot of soup, stew, or chili on the weekend. Freeze in lunch-sized portions. Serve with a small salad (also prep'd several in advance) or bread depending on how filling the soup is.

nickssweetheart

Arianera wrote: »

Cook a big pot of soup, stew, or chili on the weekend. Freeze in lunch-sized portions. Serve with a small salad (also prep'd several in advance) or bread depending on how filling the soup is.

Yes. I love doing this because soups, stews, and chilis actually improve in flavor over time. I have five chilis and a split pea soup in the freezer right now!

AngryViking1970

Lately I've been bring frozen shrimp and homemade cocktail sauce. Because I'm fancy.

Seriously, though. It defrosts by lunchtime and it packs a protein punch. I'll usually pair it with some cut veg or/and a string cheese.

Deviette

I give myself 20 minutes to cook and prep my salad in the morning as it tastes that much fresher. Normally I have something like:
- Rice or couscous
- hard boiled egg or grilled chicken
- Salad containing: salad leaves (depending on what I've bought, but normally a mix of lettuce, watercress, spinach & rocket), cucumber, spring onions, a tomato and green peppers. I normally dress the salad with a crack of salt and pepper, and sometimes a wee bit of balsamic vinegar for flavour. If I can spare the calories and I'm bored, I'll chuck in some seeds or nuts into the salad.

I also like to keep these parts in separate tubs before I eat them, so that they don't go soggy or anything like that.

midlomel1971

For me it's usually something like this:

turkey or roast beef sandwich on Double Fiber Natures Own bread, a little mustard, spinach and tomato
some reduced fat Cheeze Its or pretzels
a piece of fruit - usually an apple
a spinach salad drizzled w/ a low-cal balsamic vinaigrette (or a "balsaret" as we call it in our house)

My favorite is if I have some yummy leftovers from dinner the night before.

quiksylver296

I prep chicken breasts, too, on Sunday on the smoker. Then I use them different ways, on salad, in a wrap, with a baked potato, etc.

k8eekins

EllieElla2015 wrote: »

I just would like some inspiration- getting bored with mine so tell me your favorite work lunches . I can pretty much make anything that doesn’t require a crock pot!

Picnic foods are my Spring/Summer favourite lunch bites:

• Sausage rolls (only with Italian sweet or Italian hot) with red cabbage coleslaw
• Foil fish fillet with vegetables
• Baked chicken breast with panzanella salad
• Steamed turkey filled dumplings with dipping sauce
• Seaweed with mixed seafood salad
• Loaded egg salad on toast

WilmaValley

Tortilla and veggie burger wrap

duskyjewel

I make big batches of soups from Skinnytaste and freeze them in individual portions.

https://www.skinnytaste.com/recipes/soup/

blb85

I've been trying to incorporate protein, fat, fiber, and greens at each meal (Be Well By Kelly philosophy for turning off hunger hormones). My favorite, right now, is 1/4 cup black beans, mixed greens, seasoned chicken, tomatoes, 1/4 avocado, salsa & a dollop of full fat greek yogurt! My own makeshift Chipotle bowl

This week: sprouted grain tortilla, 3 oz tuna mixed with Primal Kitchen Avocado Mayo, Greens, Tomato & Cucumber. Super yummy and fills me up

peggym4640

I like yogurt with fruit and granola, baked sweet potato with veggies, Morningstar black bean burger and riced veggies and a bagel thin with lox cream cheese onion and capers.

Cosmicneo7

Sandwich (Turkey Slice, Ham Slice, American Cheese Slice, Shiracha sauce), applesauce, a light salad, bag of 100 calorie popcorn for desert. Drink is usually a diet soda.

kschwab0203

I alternate between Lean Cuisines, turkey sandwich, and leftovers. Whatever I have I almost always have a sugar free low fat yogurt with it as my something sweet.

dsboohead

Cook burger patties in instant pot and place one,once cooked, on a bed of arugula and tomatoes. Drizzle honey mustard over it. It's my burger salad.
Takes care of a burger craving.

happytree923

Homemade minestrone soup, a string cheese, fruit, bubbly water of some kind.

ashxtasticness

I eat turkey meatballs and some type of steamable veggies for most work day lunches but I don't have access to anything other than a microwave, so I can't get too creative haha

hesn92

Leftovers and if we don’t have any then a sandwich with fruit or something

AmyOutOfControl

With summer here I have been making cold salads and eating them over a few days:

• https://www.twopeasandtheirpod.com/easy-quinoa-salad/
• https://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/black-bean-and-corn-salad-recipe-1941686
• https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1017656-citrus-rice-salad-with-parmesan
• https://www.skinnytaste.com/mediterranean-bean-salad/