FOOD PREP SUCKS!!!!!

JoRocka
JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
in Food and Nutrition
Seriously-
who wants to deal with all this at work!!!

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  • EmotionalEater84
    EmotionalEater84 Posts: 311 Member
    I have this problem ..
  • tibby531
    tibby531 Posts: 717 Member
    don't even get me started. :wink:
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    That wasn't even all of it- that's just the stuff I washed in the bathroom sink so it doesn't stink by the time I get home at 1030.

    grumble- I HATE doing dishes. And I have no dishwasher.
  • miniwheatxoxo
    miniwheatxoxo Posts: 51
    OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car :wink:
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car :wink:

    was never big on fast food- but coffee cups and WaWa egg things yup.
    true story!!!
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    LMBO, looks just like mine for breakfast and lunch; Heaven forbid I bring a snack that needs tupperware that day!
  • RangerRN507
    RangerRN507 Posts: 124 Member
    food prep is where its at, if you have a hard time with organization and work ethic thats a seperate issue but food prep is very powerful for health and fitness
  • rachelrb85
    rachelrb85 Posts: 579 Member
    That is what my desk looks like, plus my protein shaker bottle and travel coffee mug. Thank god for dishwashers!
  • Chevy_Quest
    Chevy_Quest Posts: 2,012 Member
    OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car :wink:

    ^^this right on!
    @miniwheatxoxo

    (Ex fast food junkie)
  • 3laine75
    3laine75 Posts: 3,069 Member
    It could be worse. My new job has a canteen and no staff fridge (I work in the chill FFS!) so I can't prep anymore. It's a lottery everyday - and it's usually bad.

    No wonder scottish are thought of as unhealthy, I have not seen a vegetable in there yet!
  • meridianova
    meridianova Posts: 438 Member
    i don't even bother. i keep a grocery store bag in one of the break room fridges that has my lunch stuff in it, then just make it fresh each day. nobody seems to want my stuff anyway :smile:.
  • kwaz29
    kwaz29 Posts: 190 Member
    love food prep...hate the tupp life!
  • extra_medium
    extra_medium Posts: 1,525 Member
    food prep is where its at, if you have a hard time with organization and work ethic thats a seperate issue but food prep is very powerful for health and fitness

    ...
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Just saw my giant size picture is cut off... Can only see half. I think I had 8 today.

    Whatever small price to pay!
  • kimothy38
    kimothy38 Posts: 840 Member
    I have a cupboard full of plastic containers and it annoys the crap out of my husband because he can never find the matching lids. Unfortunately for him I like to use tupperware because they are such good quality and don't leak. Really wish my kids wouldn't use tupperware for playing in the garden with though.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Attack of the Tupperwar!
  • Amitysk
    Amitysk Posts: 705 Member
    Maybe try using baggies? As long as you don't mind throwing things away. For example; I usually have greek yogurt with berries and maybe granola. I'll take the yogurt in it's container and then the granola and berries in baggies and then mix it together. Obviously wouldn't work with everything, but could help a little.



    Edited because I used the wrong word...
  • AllOutof_Bubblegum
    AllOutof_Bubblegum Posts: 3,646 Member
    Wrap what you can in tin foil/plastic wrap and throw it away when you finish. *ducks flying objects from the tree huggers* Ok, ok, RECYCLE when you finish.
  • Liftng4Lis
    Liftng4Lis Posts: 15,151 Member
    I have a cupboard full of plastic containers and it annoys the crap out of my husband because he can never find the matching lids. Unfortunately for him I like to use tupperware because they are such good quality and don't leak. Really wish my kids wouldn't use tupperware for playing in the garden with though.
    Ohhh I have a whole drawer just for lids. Best idea I have ever come up with, use to drive me bonkers!
  • Lelah77
    Lelah77 Posts: 177 Member
    I bought bigger lunch pails to accommodate the containers. I also wipe them out with a napkin rather than "wash" them in the bathroom sink. I agree that using baggies can save space... oh, and if I am taking, say, granola all week, I can use the baggie all week. I don't wash/reuse the following week, but that's 4 fewer baggies in the landfill!
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Wrap what you can in tin foil/plastic wrap and throw it away when you finish. *ducks flying objects from the tree huggers* Ok, ok, RECYCLE when you finish.
    herm hadn't thought about foil- might try putting chicken in there.


    my main meals consist of chicken + veggie dish (usually stir fry)
    or chili
    meat sauce

    and then yogurt and a spare container for berries. ( i mix my powder at work- and I warm the berries up)

    Today was really bad- salsa, cheese, yogurt, lettuce, tomato (it was just free floating) tortilla shell, chicken, eggs, berries, watermelon.

    HOT.
    MESS.

    Normally not so bad- but sheesss today was a wreck LOL was worth it for the delicious not soggy tacos I had today!!!
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    I'm grateful for audiobooks on my iPhone and my Jawbone Jambox sitting on the kitchen counter. I can listen to good books while I watch endless numbers of Ziplock plastic single-serve containers. I probably take at least 4 to work every day. Those books are also handy for the Sunday afternoons when I'm cooking several dishes to refill all those plastic containers to line up neatly in the freezer.
  • El_Cunado
    El_Cunado Posts: 359 Member
    love food prep...hate the tupp life!

    YES!!! +1
  • 2BeHappy2
    2BeHappy2 Posts: 811 Member
    i don't even bother. i keep a grocery store bag in one of the break room fridges that has my lunch stuff in it, then just make it fresh each day. nobody seems to want my stuff anyway :smile:.
    Woohooo!
    More food for you PLUS no ones grubby hands touching it :bigsmile:
    1 time we'd gotten a promotional free steak meal for a new restaurant so I let my husband have it for his work meal.
    When he went to eat, the steak he'd been waiting all day to eat was GONE!
    His baked potato and mini wheat loaf was still there but not his steak :noway:
    If it had been me, I don't know that I would've eaten any of it, not knowing where or what the guys hand/fingers had touched.
    So now he cant keep his food in the fridge because he doesn't trust that his meal wont still be there :frown:
    Or if anyone's been in it "sampling" it :sick:
    A friend of his said he's had little things come up missing from his, "snack" items but no one had heard of that happening!
    He believes it was someone from the shift before him as they get their lunch breaks 1st.
    The sad part is, the person they believe has been doing this makes more money than my husband or his friend, pretty low huh?!? :angry:
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    If that happens, spike the food. Make a trap meal for the thief.

    For example, a steak in a laxative laced sauce.
  • 2BeHappy2
    2BeHappy2 Posts: 811 Member
    If that happens, spike the food. Make a trap meal for the thief.

    For example, a steak in a laxative laced sauce.
    OMG...that really did cross my mind...no kidding!!
    I told my husband his friend should make some brownies w/ laxative and then watch to see whos running to the bathroom and then you definitely know who has the case of the slippery fingers :happy: :laugh: :tongue:
  • jazzie_red
    jazzie_red Posts: 180 Member
    I did four days of oatmeal today. I eat breakfast at my desk. I just hope I can hold onto the containers, and this is the key part, with the lids. Lucky my break room has a normal kitchen sink with dish soap for us to use.

    I usually just take a couple of days worth of food to make a meal fresh daily for lunch if I am organized...
  • amos481
    amos481 Posts: 92 Member
    I feel like a bag lady as I approach the office carrying my cute lunch bag and a plastic bag - coffee cup, water bottle (with lemon ice cube in it), bottle for my protein shake, lunch stuff, snacks and little containers for my vitamins.....but I'd rather take all that then go out to eat. :wink:
  • LisaPower123
    LisaPower123 Posts: 1,837 Member
    I feel like a bag lady as I approach the office carrying my cute lunch bag and a plastic bag - coffee cup, water bottle (with lemon ice cube in it), bottle for my protein shake, lunch stuff, snacks and little containers for my vitamins.....but I'd rather take all that then go out to eat. :wink:

    Lemon ice cube! What an awesome idea! I don't know why I have never thought of that.
  • Himejii
    Himejii Posts: 27
    Not sure what containers have to do with food prep... I do my prep at home, before I cook my meal, and then put leftovers in containers for later meals.

    I usually don't bring more than one container per day, I just make meals that are all-in-one. That's mostly because I'm lazy and not keen on cooking lots of different dishes for one meal. Plus the whole cooking-for-one thing makes that impractical.

    I really like glass containers. Even though they're heavier to lug around, they clean out much nicer than plastic. Plus, I can throw them in the microwave without fearing that I'm eating absorbed plastic weirdness.

    We've never had a built-in dishwasher, but a portable one was the first thing we bought when we moved in together. Before the TV or even the couch, we had a dishwasher. I would probably never cook if I had to hand-wash my dishes... I put my dirty, un-rinsed containers in there and run it once a week, everything comes out clean.

    As for baggies.... I'll use the in a pinch, but a little piece of me dies every time. I totally wash and re-use them when I can. Our society is too disposable these days, it's icky gross.

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