'On the go' food help needed!!

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nanniejulie
nanniejulie Posts: 16
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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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  • mandimuscles
    mandimuscles Posts: 107 Member
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    I use Luna bars as a staple sometimes when I need something quick on the go!
  • johloz
    johloz Posts: 176 Member
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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.
  • sdreed25
    sdreed25 Posts: 208 Member
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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 suggestion
  • pkw58
    pkw58 Posts: 2,038 Member
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    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.
  • awdamm
    awdamm Posts: 375 Member
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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!!!!
  • susannahsutton1
    susannahsutton1 Posts: 372
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    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?
  • pboroaddick
    pboroaddick Posts: 29 Member
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    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.
  • shivles
    shivles Posts: 468 Member
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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.
  • narwhalicorn
    narwhalicorn Posts: 8
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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.
  • msbunnie68
    msbunnie68 Posts: 1,894 Member
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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.
  • ctmom1
    ctmom1 Posts: 189
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    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!

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