Lunch ideas anyone?

sayeo

Hey everyone,

Im just in the process of designing a meal plan for the next week or so and am a little bit stuck on lunch dishes. Im a cereal girl for breakfast so thats done and i have arranged family friendly low calorie dinners but am lacking variety in my lunch meals. So im just putting a call out for any of your fave low calories lunch recipes you might like to share?

Jess xxx

Kai85

bump - always get stuck for lunch!

last week i had a lentil and cauliflower sheppherds pie for lunch. cheap and filling (was a bit over it by Friday and ended up splitting with a colleague). other things like cottage cheese, boiled eggs, or home made baked beans on toast. salads, soups?

I will usually have a yoghurt or fruit with lunch as well.

cartea01

I often take a chicken salad to work. I bake chicken in the oven with some dry spices and cut it up and toss it in the salad:

75-100g raw chicken (cooked of course!)
Half a cup mixed lettuce
30g Danish feta
75g cherry tomatoes
0.5-1 carrot
75g mushroom.

The protein makes me full, the feta gives it a creamy flavour without a lot of calories and you get a few serves of vegies!

Otherwise, I cook a quick omelette in the morning and take it in a carry container and reheat for lunch +/- a piece of toast if you have a toaster at work.

2-3 eggs (or 2 eggs + 1 extra egg white)
75g cherry tomatoes
75g mushrooms
Piece of whole meal bread

prism68

Peanut butter and banana sandwich, string cheese, a few almonds and an apple... Was a staple for my lunches before I started using Bistro Md.

Also love hummus with cucumber slices or baby carrots...I was taking a tub of hummus and tossing some kalamata olives and sun-dried tomatoes on top.

CoraGregoryCPA

Natural peanut butter and jelly sandwich
Fruit cups (in the canned fruit isle)
cottage cheese
string cheese
Bumble Bee Tuna lunch paks (in the canned tuna isle)
Oatmeal
Leftovers from the night before

Look at other people's diaries for ideas too! This is why it is good to have an open diary

sayeo

Thanks guys thats a great start to my lunches for the week ...

i have never thought of using lentills in a sheppherds pie so thanks Kai85.. I love shepards pie so will most certaintly give it a crack. i might make mini ones in ramikins and see how it goes. Do you know how many calories per gram serve it is?

Cartea01 i love chicken so you had me sold in the first ingrediant. We have home grown cherry tomatoes in the vege patch as well as the other vegies in the fridge so ill just have to get the feta so this one will be my lunch for tomoro i think..



Thanks again for all the ideas guys. ill let you know how they go

Jess xx

Kai85

Hi Jess I don't have the recipe on me atm but can send to u later? About 250-300 cals per serve

Serenavictoria

I had a spinach salad today with s cut up apple and turkey breast in it. With olive oil and balsamic dressing I mixed. It was delicious. I also had snap peas on the side.

Tara4boys

Pita Pizzas

Leftovers

BBQ Chicken Quesadilla

Chicken Noodle Soup and Grilled Cheese

Nuked Potato with Broc and Cottage Cheese

runnercheryl

For me, nothing ever beats what I'm having today. Chopped red and green peppers, chunks of skinless chicken and baby button mushrooms, grilled on kebab skewers. 249 calories does four kebabs.