Lunch ideas for work

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  • ridiculous59
    ridiculous59 Posts: 2,908 Member
    Sunday is food prep day. In the winter I make a big pot of soup in the slow cooker, and in the summer I make up a big salad. Sometimes I'll cook up several chicken breasts. Sometimes I'll make a dozen "egg muffins". Every morning I take a small container with the soup or salad and grab a protein serving (the chicken, egg mufffins, a can of tuna, or leftovers). It really doesn't get much easier than that. You know exactly what you're eating and its way cheaper than pre-packaged stuff. I lost 90 pounds and this habit was a big part of it.
  • Joie_de_vivre17
    Joie_de_vivre17 Posts: 23 Member
    Tuna pouches, canned soup, ready pac salads
  • zeezeemum
    zeezeemum Posts: 9 Member
    You can also try a variety of John West lunch on the go tins which I always keep in the cupboard for days I haven’t got time to prepare or buy something. There are different types but the Moroccan style salmon salad is one of my favourite tgaexrj0l2mp.jpeg
  • staticsplit
    staticsplit Posts: 538 Member
    Yeah I always have an emergency john west lunch lying around.
    Quick ones for me:
    Snack lunches: hard-boiled eggs, walnuts and sliced/string cheese, oat cakes/crackers, grapes/apple/whatever fruit. Jerky if I want meat. Maybe olives. Like posh lunchables! I aim to make it all about 450 calories.
    Wholemeal bread with peanut or almond butter and banana. I bring the banana whole and slice it up fresh at lunchtime.
    Wholemeal bread with goat cheese, sliced apple or apricot, walnuts, honey.
    Normal sandwich with deli meat, light cheese, veggies.
    Quick to make salads toppings can be from the snack lunch above, or bring a can of flavoured tuna.
    Batch make spiced lentils, rice, and veggies and put in tupperware.
    Batch make pasta salads with pesto and olives and tomatoes, or a lemony craime fraiche one with courgette.

    Those should all be good for a few hours out of the fridge between breakfast/lunch.
  • kellyjellybellyjelly
    kellyjellybellyjelly Posts: 9,480 Member
    There's a lot of varieties of frozen meals & even the frozen veggies that can be microwaved in the bag.
  • HoneyBadger302
    HoneyBadger302 Posts: 2,069 Member
    Honestly, I'm lazy when it comes to lunches right now. If I don't have some prepped leftovers, I keep a few frozen meals in my freezer to grab-n-go with. These make life much easier - you pay more for the better ones that aren't full of crap, but there are some decent ones out there. I also was doing Freshly before I moved, and found that very easy for lunches too.

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