Tesco Lunch

mikeroachjnr
mikeroachjnr Posts: 12
edited November 12 in Food and Nutrition
I work over the road from Tesco and need to buy lunch today, can anyone tell us what's a healthy option?! i have no kitchen to cook only have a microwave! :(

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Mike
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  • kennie2
    kennie2 Posts: 1,170 Member
    They're light choices range is good :) they have allsorts, sandwiches, pastas pretty much everything
  • hannah0209
    hannah0209 Posts: 36
    The girl I work with sometimes does a potato in the microwave with heinz beans, i suppose thats healthy? Or soup?

    Or fruit or pasta salad?

    Depends what you fancy :-)
  • mikeroachjnr
    mikeroachjnr Posts: 12
    Is pasta bad for me tho? i always here mixed thoughts on this?
  • littlemili
    littlemili Posts: 625 Member
    I would get a pot of humous, bread roll from the bakery and a small pot of salad. Yum. The pre-pack sandwiches and salads are always full of salt and ingredients that shouldn't be. If you have a microwave at work then maybe a tin of soup if you can find one where you know what all the ingredients are. But seriously, microwave food almost always has a ton of preservatives, added crap and salt.
    Consider having dried fruit, nuts etc around at work as well, they are really filling and healthy and you can leave them in your desk draw for some time before they need throwing out.

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-1195338/Healthy-lunch-The-supermarket-salads-fat-Big-Mac.html
  • GemmieNoWobbles
    GemmieNoWobbles Posts: 398 Member
    Hi
    They do a range of salady bits in the finest range, I had the edamame and pea salad (250ish kcals) yesterday which was nice, plus you could team it with a couscous pot or I had chargrilled chicken and roasted veg pasta (285kcal for the whole tub). So this you would be getting lots of good vitamins, protein etc plus a couple of your 5 a day and not a huge amount or calories and no need for kitchen.
  • slay0r
    slay0r Posts: 669 Member
    You're in luck! If it's a decent tesco as of today they have a new range of salad's available!

    The ones I spotted this morning were:

    Duck and hoi sin sauce with noodles and salad (150 cals!)

    Sweet chilli chicken noodle salad 250 cals

    Garlic and herb chicken salad 225 cals

    There was about 10 different types, they're like the M&S ones that come in a cardboard box. They're 3.20 each at the moment.
  • GemmieNoWobbles
    GemmieNoWobbles Posts: 398 Member
    ... or as you have a microwave, a large sweet potato (zap in microwave for about 10 mins until soft) and have it with cottage cheese and a salad?
  • MaryElizabeth84
    MaryElizabeth84 Posts: 13
    Tesco does a great sushi range that you can eat straight out of the pack - just try and ignore the Krispy Kreme doughnuts, they display them next to them in my Tesco!!
  • rurukidoo
    rurukidoo Posts: 54
    Is pasta bad for me tho? i always here mixed thoughts on this?

    Pasta is fine in moderation like everything else! Generally I go for wholewheat pasta now but I think you can't go wrong with a little pasta salad for lunch!

    I agree with other's suggestions, either go with soup, make a baked potato or check out their light choices. They are not too bad at all. =)
  • Barelmy
    Barelmy Posts: 590 Member
    Is pasta bad for me tho? i always here mixed thoughts on this?

    No food is bad for you; it just depends how much you eat.
  • hannah0209
    hannah0209 Posts: 36
    Yeah I don't listen to all that rubbish about pasta is bad.. All carbs are good in moderation, and the normal pasta salads are quite small.. Just check the labels..

    You need something to fill you up otherwise you'll be hungry at work and are more likely to binge when you get home
    :-)

    I've got some mango fingers and a wholemeal roll for lunch, think the mango is 84 cals and the roll is roughly 200
  • mikeroachjnr
    mikeroachjnr Posts: 12
    Thanks for all the Replies!! ill let you all no what i chose and Cal count!

    mike
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    Sushi, fruit bag and a can of diet coke! Yummmm

    (although I'm often naughty and have crisps)
  • DaisyMoo86
    DaisyMoo86 Posts: 43
    Sushi!!!!!! £2 meal deal wooo hoooo x
  • slay0r
    slay0r Posts: 669 Member
    Actually they had a teriyaki chicken noodle salad this morning as well - 250 calories and it's only £1.60 and you can get it in the meal deal! It's decently sized so you'd be full enough off it and it's only £2 with the meal deal..bargain!
  • Missylydia
    Missylydia Posts: 304 Member
    Sushi!!!!!! £2 meal deal wooo hoooo x

    I went up to £2.50 this week though :(
  • 1crazymom
    1crazymom Posts: 434 Member
    Sushi! YUM!!!
    Salad is always a good choice just watch the extras in it , dressings also and you'll be fine.
  • sam23030
    sam23030 Posts: 76
    This is a great post, was just wondering what to go and get for my lunch, might check out this new range of salads, they sound great!
  • lilmissy2
    lilmissy2 Posts: 595 Member
    I also find that there are lots of good bits and pieces in the pre-packed sections. If you want something a bit more 'fresh' you could get a single roll or bagel from the bakery, a small can of tuna or salmon with a ring pull and a small salad to fill it.
  • petithamu
    petithamu Posts: 582 Member
    Wholemeal pita
    low fat hummus
    Bag of baby spinach or mixed salad
    Thin turkey slices

    Then I make my own pita wrap!
  • V44V
    V44V Posts: 366 Member
    How about some already cooked chicken breast,then just nuke some spinach in the microwave with some brocolli and/or courgette?!!
  • Lindsayrob
    Lindsayrob Posts: 247 Member
    Just tried the chilli chicken and noodle salad and it was delicious - and the box says only 165 cals. I've checked it and double checked it - and it's true!
  • slay0r
    slay0r Posts: 669 Member
    It is indeed correct. That's the one I've got for my lunch but I don't eat my lunch until 3.30pm so I'll have to update this later! The new range rocks though. So low in calories because I've been moaning for ages that all their "healthy" salads are 500-600 cals at least!
  • mikeroachjnr
    mikeroachjnr Posts: 12
    this post has been amazing!!!

    so first of all i want to say thanks for all the posts!

    i had Sweet Potato 300g which was 270 cal's
    Tesco light cottage cheese chive and onion 100g 75 cal's
    and Italian style salad 100g 18 cals,
    oh and a diet coke!

    and am full!!!
  • sam23030
    sam23030 Posts: 76
    I went and grabbed the oriental duck and noodle salad and it was delicious, really really tasty, has filled me up and was only 240 calories!! Was considering adding a pitta if it wasn't filling but I really don't think it needed it!
  • slay0r
    slay0r Posts: 669 Member
    I'm so jealous that I didn't get the Duck noodles... The chilli and lime chicken noodles was reaaaallly nice as well though..
  • croberton2029
    croberton2029 Posts: 1 Member
    Tesco Meal Deal has now gone to £3.00 guys
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  • VintageFeline
    VintageFeline Posts: 6,771 Member
    moosmum1972 wrote: »
    croberton2029 wrote: »
    Tesco Meal Deal has now gone to £3.00 guys

    Yeah in SEVEN years go figure they would increase the price...

    Strong first post from them too. Looks up 7 year old random Tesco meal deal thread to inform us inflation is a thing.
  • dsboohead
    dsboohead Posts: 1,899 Member
    Im from california.....where is tesco and what is it?
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