What Does Your Desk Drawer Contain - Foodwise?

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  • DaivaSimone
    DaivaSimone Posts: 657 Member
    - Flaked light tuna can with lemon and pepper
    - Beef jerky
    - Tamari almonds
    - Unsalted cashews
    - Microwave popcorn (snack format)
    - Goldfish crackers
    - Krispy kernels tex mex cocktail mix (nuts and spicy crackers)
    - Maranatha organic and natural peanut butter
    - Happy Bunny organic honey
    - Lindt dark chocolate squares
    - About 12 bottles of hot sauce
    - Lots of bags from David's tea

    I'm probably and hoarder, but I love to have different snacks on hand. A nice mixture of healthy and less healthy snacks.
  • MrsMizart
    MrsMizart Posts: 1,275 Member
    I love all these different ideas :bigsmile:

    D (hubby) makes a packed lunch for me every day, which is usually enough although I sometims arrive home more than a little peckish.

    Sometimes the kind of work I do means I have to get in early, which means a silly early start, and sometimes a late finish, which means home just in time to eat and fall into bed. It all depends on what the Programme is doing and how close we are to missing a deadline :noway:

    There're four vending machines on three floors, one of which is just sugary drinks, apart from two lots of water, and the rest is chocolate, sweets, and crisps. There's not a single even halfway healthy option, so after core hours there's no other option :sad: , hence a small stash of healthy, tasty, and filling things in my bottom drawer :wink:
  • booboo68
    booboo68 Posts: 302 Member
    Almonds
    Johnsonville Bacon Jerky (shhhhhh...lol)
    Quest Bars
    Tuna
  • skytoads
    skytoads Posts: 79
    Almonds and prepackaged protein shakes!
  • redversustheblue
    redversustheblue Posts: 1,216 Member
    Quest bars and tea/hot chocolate
  • KyleBonsorPT
    KyleBonsorPT Posts: 27
    When I am in the office studying and working on programmes for clients I snack on:

    * Sunflower or Pumpkin Seeds
    * An Oh Yeah! Peanut Crunch protein bar
    * 2 Sachets of USN Whey Protein Isolate
    * A Couple of Packets of Beef Jerky or Billtong
    * Some Sliced hard boiled egg
    * A handful of Almonds

    Just a few ideas to keep you snack happy at work!
  • maasha81
    maasha81 Posts: 733 Member
    Lime chili almonds, Indian chai tea bags, small container of protein powder
  • Jille0
    Jille0 Posts: 62 Member
    Natural apple sauce cups, oatmeal with protein powder and cinnamon in zip-locs, protein powder, and green tea! :smile:
  • PaytraB
    PaytraB Posts: 2,360 Member
    All-bran chocolate chip bars, a tin of Timmy's French Vanilla instant coffee (sometimes I need a pick-me-up) and an assortment of herbal teas.
  • twinkfran
    twinkfran Posts: 54 Member
    bananas, dried figs and low fat cereal bars - I always have to have a snack before a lunchtime run and I find if I have something late afternoon I eat less for dinner
  • fercar3000
    fercar3000 Posts: 286 Member
    MIO and Almonds
  • vickiem74
    vickiem74 Posts: 49 Member
    Nothing. I pack exactly what I need every morning and take it with me.
  • BigT555
    BigT555 Posts: 2,067 Member
    nothing. for me, snacking at work is just asking for trouble
  • sculli123
    sculli123 Posts: 1,221 Member
    Nothing except the lunch I brought with me - a salad and a protein bar.
  • bamagrits15
    bamagrits15 Posts: 131 Member
    2 bananas
    1 cup of ramen noddles (I know. I know. wow the sodium. I'm a single mom. I do what it takes to keep cost down some days so my kids can eat healthier lunches than me. I feel zero guilt over it.)
    A can of pears in juice
    box of Young Living Slique tea
    a bottle of honey
    pack of sugar free lemon jello
    a bottle of Young Living lemon oil
  • bamagrits15
    bamagrits15 Posts: 131 Member
    MIO black cherry energy. Missed that.
  • BarbieAS
    BarbieAS Posts: 1,414 Member
    I eat OFTEN when I'm bored or just need something to distract my mind because I'm working really hard - a big part of why I'm here. On a particularly either slow or stressful day, I WILL end up at the vending machine and blowing 200 calories when just a silly little nibble would have been more than enough. So, my desk drawer contains a bag of pretzel sticks and a really good dark chocolate bar that breaks up into 30 tiny pieces. That way, when I'm feeling "snacky," I can grab like 12 pretzels or one nibble of chocolate and I'm pretty much good to go. It honestly doesn't tempt me THAT much at all - quite the opposite, it keeps temptation away, because I know it's there if I "need" it. I also keep my granola bars in there, but that's just for convenience so that I don't have to pack one every day.

    Whoops - also forget, I also have K cups, and then sea salt, mustard, and balsamic vinegar - the few things that I cannot live without and if I forgot them on a day my lunch called for them, my day would be ruined :laugh: .
  • iceey
    iceey Posts: 354 Member
    Almonds
    Crackers
    Protein Powder
    Cereal
    Flaxseed
    Protein Bars
    Peanut butter
    Chocolate!
  • Lizzy622
    Lizzy622 Posts: 3,705 Member
    nothing but I have part skim string cheese in the office fridge.
  • bohemian124
    bohemian124 Posts: 152 Member
    In my desk:

    An assortment of Luna and ThinkThin bars

    Office fridge:

    Homemade protein balls
    Nonfat plain greek yogurt with fruit mixed in
    Cottage cheese

    Purse:

    Roasted unsalted almonds
  • stealthq
    stealthq Posts: 4,298 Member
    A good variety of snacks (calorie-wise). I have everything from a 60 - 290 cals so I can fit a little in when I feel like it. I usually have one snack per day. And tons of tea.

    Various teas
    Splenda

    Couple varieties of Nuts & Spices Kind bars
    Nature Valley crunchy granola bars
    Homemade peanut almond snack bars (sort of like a rice krispy treat, but not)
    Protein bars
    Vosges Mo's Caramel
  • Swiftlet66
    Swiftlet66 Posts: 729 Member
    Last time I checked, there was less than half of a small bag of planters salted peanuts. I don't usually snack at work. Lol....

    Oh wait I forgot... There's also a small box of various types of tea that I've acquired over the years but never drank. :laugh:
  • seltzermint555
    seltzermint555 Posts: 10,740 Member
    Not a lot...but that's because I don't really snack. I'm more of a 3-meals-per-day eater.

    In my desk drawer there is a peach granola bar, which isn't too appetizing and not the highest quality around, a fortune cookie, and 7 different types of tea bags (jasmine, black tea, chai, vanilla rooibos, etc)

    In the little break room/fridge at work I have a container of peanut butter and 3 Laughing Cow light herb wedges. Sometimes I bring in cut up celery or carrots.
  • angieroo2
    angieroo2 Posts: 970 Member
    I have a dedicated space for food:

    Breton crackers
    Blueberry brown sugar with flax Lifestyle cookies - I don't like them
    Oats
    Peanut Butter
    Chipotle Hot Sauce
    Multiple flavours of Tea
    Multiple types of Coffee
    Granola
    Plus a fruit bowl on my desk

    In the fridge, I have cheese to go with the Breton crackers and Homemade jam. I need to buy more milk and greek yogurt.
  • disasterman
    disasterman Posts: 746 Member
    3 green tea bags
    1 Vanilla PowerGel
    2 packets of sugar
    6 packets of pepper

    I'd say it's time to go shopping.
  • ThePinkPanda
    ThePinkPanda Posts: 208 Member
    you want the whole list? hahah

    2 graze boxes
    reeses pb cups
    kit kats
    100 grand
    hersheys dark
    cashews
    fruit snacks
    pistachios
    gum
    beef jerky
    a cereal bar
    packets of oatmeal

    :D
  • shellma00
    shellma00 Posts: 1,684 Member
    Packets of Oatmeal
    Reduced Sugar Craisins
    water flavoring packets
    individual applesauce cups
    tea bags
  • blabrecque_xo
    blabrecque_xo Posts: 65 Member
    reduced fat peanut butter, protein bars, craisins, 100 calorie almond packs, and some instant oatmeals.
  • rml_16
    rml_16 Posts: 16,414 Member
    The last of a jar of peanut butter I haven't touched in weeks, tea bags, honey for my tea. And I keep cream for my tea in the office fridge.
  • Kabiti
    Kabiti Posts: 191 Member
    Hm... tea bags, and good idea! :D I'm making some now... (but which?)

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