FOOD PREP SUCKS!!!!!
JoRocka
Posts: 17,525 Member
Seriously-
who wants to deal with all this at work!!!
who wants to deal with all this at work!!!
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I have this problem ..0
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don't even get me started.0
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That wasn't even all of it- that's just the stuff I washed in the bathroom sink so it doesn't stink by the time I get home at 1030.
grumble- I HATE doing dishes. And I have no dishwasher.0 -
OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car0
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OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car
was never big on fast food- but coffee cups and WaWa egg things yup.
true story!!!0 -
LMBO, looks just like mine for breakfast and lunch; Heaven forbid I bring a snack that needs tupperware that day!0
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food prep is where its at, if you have a hard time with organization and work ethic thats a seperate issue but food prep is very powerful for health and fitness0
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That is what my desk looks like, plus my protein shaker bottle and travel coffee mug. Thank god for dishwashers!0
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OMG yes, the never ending washing of clear containers will be the death of me. Beats cleaning out fastfood wrappers out of my car
^^this right on!
@miniwheatxoxo
(Ex fast food junkie)0 -
It could be worse. My new job has a canteen and no staff fridge (I work in the chill FFS!) so I can't prep anymore. It's a lottery everyday - and it's usually bad.
No wonder scottish are thought of as unhealthy, I have not seen a vegetable in there yet!0 -
i don't even bother. i keep a grocery store bag in one of the break room fridges that has my lunch stuff in it, then just make it fresh each day. nobody seems to want my stuff anyway .0
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love food prep...hate the tupp life!0
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food prep is where its at, if you have a hard time with organization and work ethic thats a seperate issue but food prep is very powerful for health and fitness
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Just saw my giant size picture is cut off... Can only see half. I think I had 8 today.
Whatever small price to pay!0 -
I have a cupboard full of plastic containers and it annoys the crap out of my husband because he can never find the matching lids. Unfortunately for him I like to use tupperware because they are such good quality and don't leak. Really wish my kids wouldn't use tupperware for playing in the garden with though.0
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Attack of the Tupperwar!0
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Maybe try using baggies? As long as you don't mind throwing things away. For example; I usually have greek yogurt with berries and maybe granola. I'll take the yogurt in it's container and then the granola and berries in baggies and then mix it together. Obviously wouldn't work with everything, but could help a little.
Edited because I used the wrong word...0 -
Wrap what you can in tin foil/plastic wrap and throw it away when you finish. *ducks flying objects from the tree huggers* Ok, ok, RECYCLE when you finish.0
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I have a cupboard full of plastic containers and it annoys the crap out of my husband because he can never find the matching lids. Unfortunately for him I like to use tupperware because they are such good quality and don't leak. Really wish my kids wouldn't use tupperware for playing in the garden with though.0
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I bought bigger lunch pails to accommodate the containers. I also wipe them out with a napkin rather than "wash" them in the bathroom sink. I agree that using baggies can save space... oh, and if I am taking, say, granola all week, I can use the baggie all week. I don't wash/reuse the following week, but that's 4 fewer baggies in the landfill!0
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Wrap what you can in tin foil/plastic wrap and throw it away when you finish. *ducks flying objects from the tree huggers* Ok, ok, RECYCLE when you finish.
my main meals consist of chicken + veggie dish (usually stir fry)
or chili
meat sauce
and then yogurt and a spare container for berries. ( i mix my powder at work- and I warm the berries up)
Today was really bad- salsa, cheese, yogurt, lettuce, tomato (it was just free floating) tortilla shell, chicken, eggs, berries, watermelon.
HOT.
MESS.
Normally not so bad- but sheesss today was a wreck LOL was worth it for the delicious not soggy tacos I had today!!!0 -
I'm grateful for audiobooks on my iPhone and my Jawbone Jambox sitting on the kitchen counter. I can listen to good books while I watch endless numbers of Ziplock plastic single-serve containers. I probably take at least 4 to work every day. Those books are also handy for the Sunday afternoons when I'm cooking several dishes to refill all those plastic containers to line up neatly in the freezer.0
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love food prep...hate the tupp life!
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i don't even bother. i keep a grocery store bag in one of the break room fridges that has my lunch stuff in it, then just make it fresh each day. nobody seems to want my stuff anyway .
More food for you PLUS no ones grubby hands touching it :bigsmile:
1 time we'd gotten a promotional free steak meal for a new restaurant so I let my husband have it for his work meal.
When he went to eat, the steak he'd been waiting all day to eat was GONE!
His baked potato and mini wheat loaf was still there but not his steak :noway:
If it had been me, I don't know that I would've eaten any of it, not knowing where or what the guys hand/fingers had touched.
So now he cant keep his food in the fridge because he doesn't trust that his meal wont still be there :frown:
Or if anyone's been in it "sampling" it :sick:
A friend of his said he's had little things come up missing from his, "snack" items but no one had heard of that happening!
He believes it was someone from the shift before him as they get their lunch breaks 1st.
The sad part is, the person they believe has been doing this makes more money than my husband or his friend, pretty low huh?!?0 -
If that happens, spike the food. Make a trap meal for the thief.
For example, a steak in a laxative laced sauce.0 -
If that happens, spike the food. Make a trap meal for the thief.
For example, a steak in a laxative laced sauce.
I told my husband his friend should make some brownies w/ laxative and then watch to see whos running to the bathroom and then you definitely know who has the case of the slippery fingers :happy: :laugh:0 -
I did four days of oatmeal today. I eat breakfast at my desk. I just hope I can hold onto the containers, and this is the key part, with the lids. Lucky my break room has a normal kitchen sink with dish soap for us to use.
I usually just take a couple of days worth of food to make a meal fresh daily for lunch if I am organized...0 -
I feel like a bag lady as I approach the office carrying my cute lunch bag and a plastic bag - coffee cup, water bottle (with lemon ice cube in it), bottle for my protein shake, lunch stuff, snacks and little containers for my vitamins.....but I'd rather take all that then go out to eat.0
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I feel like a bag lady as I approach the office carrying my cute lunch bag and a plastic bag - coffee cup, water bottle (with lemon ice cube in it), bottle for my protein shake, lunch stuff, snacks and little containers for my vitamins.....but I'd rather take all that then go out to eat.
Lemon ice cube! What an awesome idea! I don't know why I have never thought of that.0 -
Not sure what containers have to do with food prep... I do my prep at home, before I cook my meal, and then put leftovers in containers for later meals.
I usually don't bring more than one container per day, I just make meals that are all-in-one. That's mostly because I'm lazy and not keen on cooking lots of different dishes for one meal. Plus the whole cooking-for-one thing makes that impractical.
I really like glass containers. Even though they're heavier to lug around, they clean out much nicer than plastic. Plus, I can throw them in the microwave without fearing that I'm eating absorbed plastic weirdness.
We've never had a built-in dishwasher, but a portable one was the first thing we bought when we moved in together. Before the TV or even the couch, we had a dishwasher. I would probably never cook if I had to hand-wash my dishes... I put my dirty, un-rinsed containers in there and run it once a week, everything comes out clean.
As for baggies.... I'll use the in a pinch, but a little piece of me dies every time. I totally wash and re-use them when I can. Our society is too disposable these days, it's icky gross.0
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