Healthy foods to keep at the office?

sandraDallas

I'm looking for ideas for additional things. Here's what I keep at work (luckily we have a large refrigerator!): Walnuts, High Fiber English Muffins, Hard Boiled Eggs, Smart Balance, Jam, Apples, Coromega Orange Squeeze Packets, Propel Zero powder packets, Nature's Path Berry Strawberry Flax Plus, Swiss Miss No Sugar Added packets (60 calories per serving but they have Calcium), El Rey 73% cocoa dark chocolate discs.

On Sundays I hard boil a carton of eggs and buy english muffins and apples for the week. Before going to bed Sunday night, I set out a grocery sack with the stuff that doesn't need to be refrigerated in it, and write on a piece of paper a list of what I need to pull out of the refrigerator in the morning to add to the sack and take to work.

SouthernArt77

It sounds like you've got a pretty good list of stuff already! I usually have some instant oatmeal packets in my desk drawer and sometimes 100-calorie popcorn. I also keep different flavors of tea, as I've found sometimes when I want a snack, I can get by with sipping on something hot, and it curbs my appetite.

Since you have access to a fridge, string cheese and yogurt would be good options as well.

Krisgren

Woohoo, you are super organized. Let me think what I have in my locker, 100 cal popcorn packs on the nightshifts, oatmeal packets (can make your own and prepackage in ziplocs), almonds, pumpkin seeds, different green teas, wasa bread (i like with avocado ((which I usually bring in at the beginning of my week and just slice off pieces as I go)) and a piece of turkey for a snack.

amyllu

How about some fruit and veg such as bits of carrot or celery, delicous with any oatmeal biscuits or such.

LessJos

unsweetened apple sauce

kstep88

wow, you do a great job of keeping it together. I like almonds and I believe someone already mentioned low cal popcorn, and hot drinks like green tea.

joannezuk

I always have a bag of homemade granola, greek yogurt, vinaigrette salad dressings, cottage cheese, egg whites, and a few homemade frozen meals like burritos, chili, and soup.

Mercenary1914

almonds
jar of Peanut Butter
I have a container of protein mix and a shaker in my office too

AbacoRaveness

My two staples that "live" at work are a jar of peanut butter and a bag of wasabi peas that I keep in my desk drawer. I bring other things daily in my cooler (apple or orange, carrots or slices of red bell, mini babybel light) and those are my usual snacks. But, if I forget to bring something or I'm stuck late or something I know I have those two things that keep well and are always yummy!

celticmuse

The only foods I keep at the office are tea and dark chocolate covered almonds. I allow myself 2 almonds every day after lunch. The day I eat 3, the rest will go in the trash. It has worked for several months. It is my little indulgence. And it helps keep the sweet tooth at bay at night.

TKHappy

That sounds like a good list! In the fridge I have greek yogurts, celery sticks, baby carrots, protein shakes, hummus and hard boiled eggs. In my snack drawer I have almonds, pistashios, peanut butter packets, popcorn, applesauce, craisins, granola, soup packets, instant oatmeal, pretzels, and raisins. Then I usually bring a apple, orange or banana in my bag!

lichensandseeds

Slice carrot sticks, celery sticks, and radish halves and bring them with hummus or laughing cow cheese.

amruden

my friend likes to eat sliced red/yellow/green peppers

I like plums diced up.
Frozen grapes
Raisins

kelseyhere

I like to keep things that won't go bad quickly and don't require refridgeration like walnuts, pecans, craisins, lentil soup, fixings for oatmeal (dry oats, cinnamon, protein powder, nuts), and I recently found these apple sauce packets called GoGoSqueeze that I really like. They are for kids but they don't require a spoon and if you don't want to eat it all you can put the lid back on and save it for later! I also keep a variety of teas and crystal light packets.

Sometimes I also keep a pack of my favorite high protein veggie burgers in the freezer. They are good when I'm headed to the gym after work and know I won't get to eat dinner until late.

Derpina7

I know there is still the sodium and caffeine factors to take into account (well, unless it's herbal tea) but I've found bringing 'chocolate' tea has helped a little bit with curbing down my sweet tooth, I still get that little bit of satisfaction from chocolate without as many calories. Almonds, apples with peanut butter, string cheese - you really do have an advantage too with having a fridge, bring veggies and hummus

CottonCandyKisses

In my drawer
100 calorie popcorn bags
oatmeal packets
almonds
suckers
sugar free mints
pretzels
drink packets

Fridge
Hard boiled eggs (just eat the whites)
String cheese
apples
baby carrots

amanda3588

I have so much stuff at work that it makes my coworkers laugh, but it keeps me from eating the cake and cookies that's usually in the kitchen.

I keep:

Low fat animal crackers
Cottage Cheese
Apples
Laughing Cow cheese wedges
low fat pretzels
instant oatmeal packets
100 calorie snack packs
english muffins
triscuts
peanut butter or nutella
Pretzel crisps
on-the-go water mixers
almonds

mpbfmom

Almonds, mini pero peppers (they are sweet & 3 = 25 calories), sugar snap peas, hummus, 34 whole grain crispbreads (9 = 35 calories & tastes great with hummus), cheese sticks, organic peanut butter to eat with bananas.

mem1086

Where to start. I pack a lunch bag everydy with all of my snacks and parts of meals in it. I go to work at 6AM so i wait to eat breakfast until I get to work (it helps me until lunch). breakfast consists of oatmeal with dried fruit mixed in, or some dry cereal; and a piece of fruit. I have a morning snack fo veggies, carrots, cauliflower, pepper, etcs. I just found hummus packets by Wild garden that DONT need refrigerated and they are yummy. My lunch is normally a salad for the salad bar, but sometimes i bring a packet of tuna for on it and something like pretzels or crackers. In the afternoon, I will have 1/2 of trail mix.

I keep in my desk for days that I am really hungry or forgot to pack food chewy bars, nature valley granola bars, prepackaged trailmix, instant oatmeal ( i use the quick oats above), craisins, mini luna bars, and a variety of crystal light packets. i also have some jelly beans and hershey's kisses when I get really hard up for sweets.

i like all the other ideas too!

msudaisy28

In my desk drawer and office fridge currently:
salad + dressing (today's lunch)
healthy choice fozen meal (emergency meal if I forget to pack or work late and need dinner)
carrots
apple
yogurt
almonds
pistachios
triscuits
nature valley granola bar
dove dark chocolate promises (have one after lunch and another mid afternoon if I'm really craving!)

I also frequently bring:
Laughing Cow cheese wedges
cheese sticks
pear/grapes/strawberries/banana, etc
cottage cheese
microwave popcorn (100 calorie snack packs)
hummus

tessamajesa

I like to always have tinned soup at work so there's always a good lunch at the ready. Green Giant sweetcorn, small tin, sometimes I eat it right out of the tin! Have recently bought a bag of deluxe fruit and nut from Julian Graves and a handful of that with a cup of tea is a great energy boost, they're also nicer than normal mixed nuts because it has pecans, cashews and cranberries.

sandraDallas

Thanks! The tea is a great idea - I'm going to get some after work when I go to the grocery store. I have read that peppermint tea is good for digestion and will probably get that.

sandraDallas

Thanks! I switched from Almonds to Walnuts because the healthiest Almonds are the raw ones and I just never could enjoy them enough to actually eat them. Now I'm having a small handful of Walnuts each day. I read something recently about pumpkin seeds and will give them a try.

sandraDallas

Samantha - I've never heard of Chocolate tea, what brand?

mich1760

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klakers3

Bump for ideas

sthrnchick

I always keep some Jazz Apples, bananas, peanut butter ( great on both fruit), Greek Yogurt with granola, and my new fav- Sugar Snaps with Yogurt Ranch dressing...

saraann4

I have so much stuff at work that it makes my coworkers laugh, but it keeps me from eating the cake and cookies that's usually in the kitchen.

I keep:

Low fat animal crackers
Cottage Cheese
Apples
Laughing Cow cheese wedges
low fat pretzels
instant oatmeal packets
100 calorie snack packs
english muffins
triscuts
peanut butter or nutella
Pretzel crisps
on-the-go water mixers
almonds

I second the Laughing Cow cheese wedges. You already have english muffins. Pop those in a toaster and spread on a wedge of laughing cow. Delish!

saraann4

BTW, I don't keep anything at work. They throw out everything in the fridge (yes, bowls, plates...whatever) on the last Friday of each month. I don't keep any food in my desk because I KNOW I will eat it most likely more than a serving. I just always bring a piece of fruit with me to work to snack on. You are lucky!

Joysuzhou

Soy crisps are one of my favorite salty snacks that I keep around. Also any kind of roasted seeds(sunflower, pumpkin) in shell are great, yummy and nutritious, plus they keep you busy too