'On the go' food help needed!!
nanniejulie
Posts: 16
Hi my day starts at 5am when i get up and have breakfast and I leave for work at 6am. My job working with dementia patients is stressful and hectic and breaks are taken as & when we can fit them in. I am not able to fit in a meal break until 11am and then it is very often 'on the go' so it needs to be a meal that is already prepared as the maximum time i can have is 20 minutes. The break is often interrupted so needs to be cold food that i can come back to. I get home about 3pm and have then to prepare a meal for dinner when my husband gets home at 5 so don't really want to eat until then. I need ideas for healthy, filling snacks that i can eat quickly whilst i'm working to keep me going until dinner. Anyone got any ideas??
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I use Luna bars as a staple sometimes when I need something quick on the go!0
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Hard boiled eggs, yogurt, nuts, a half sandwich, veggies and hummus, cheese, piece of fruit with nut butter. I have a snack drawer at work filled with prepacked nuts and minimally processed fruit and nut bars (like Lara, Kind bars), it helps.0
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My job used to be like this and I'd prepare something like Tuna with lots of chopped up veggies (not really a salad but that type of thing), you can pick it up whenever and pop it back in the fridge. I used to prepare it whilst I was doing the evening meal for the next day, easy to snack on and good as lunch
Oh and I second the hard boiled eggs suggestion0 -
I like almonds or mixed healthy nuts. I keep about 2 hundred calories worth in a small container .. sometimes I eat them in one swoop as a snack, sometimes a few at a time throughout the day.0
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Hard boiled eggs, yogurt, nuts, a half sandwich, veggies and hummus, cheese, piece of fruit with nut butter. I have a snack drawer at work filled with prepacked nuts and minimally processed fruit and nut bars (like Lara, Kind bars), it helps.
^^^^ what she said.
i do HIGHLY recommend Balance Bars they are faaaaaaantastic!!!!0 -
Bag of carrot batons. Quite filling and also a bit sweet. Plus some supermarkets sell mini pots of hummus etc.
Bananas (my answer to most things. I love bananas.)
Bag of grapes
Muesli bars, but check the label, some are scarily high in sugar which is just empty carbs
Cans of soup, assuming you have a microwave?0 -
Try using a "wrap", you can make up the night before. For ideas look at "Hairy Dieters" recipe for Tuna wrap - only 300 cals as well and very filling.0
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Boiled eggs, veg sticks a hummus, small tubs of cottage cheese, plain yogurts with a handful of berries, all fruits, protein shake, nuts and seeds, cold cuts of meat with cherry toms wrapped in a lettuce leaf.0
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Boost High Protein shakes. I work long, hectic shifts and sometimes I have to "eat" while still working. This is a life saver. I find it more affordable than other premade protein drinks, it keeps me going and staves off hunger for few hours. Watch out for the sugar though.0
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Savoury muffins, homemade muesli bars, yogurts, nuts, fruit, boiled eggs, chickpea or lentil salads made the night before.
Make your own seed and nut trail mix.
Stuffed mushrooms make a nice quick lunch.0 -
Veggies with hummus or tzatziki sauce, apple with a little peanut butter, cheese, hard boiled egg, a piece of any of these egg cassaroles
http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2006/01/south-beach-diet-phase-one-breakfast.html?m=1
I'm going to start making one of these every week so I have an easy grab and go breakfast
good luck!0
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