Easy lunches for work

I prep mine the night before and generally take chopped up carrot, cucumber and celery to nibble on, plus crackers and Philadelphia. Tomorrow I have some mini chicken satay as well, plus a banana and some Greek yoghurt. I'm a grazer so I like to have lots of bits.

Some things I've done are:
Large Romain lettuce leaves (washed & patted dry)
2 Turkey slices
Make a sauce using: light mayo, low sodium soy sauce, fresh garlic, lime juice mix all together spread on the lettuce and roll up. They are delicious

Or low fat tortillas with perdue southwest chicken strips, low fat or fat free shredded cheese, you can add black beans which are high in fiber and protein, or make like a fajita style with peppers and onions.


I'm hungry now! :-)

I have been eating tuna salad plates with tons of veggies, Tuscun Veggie soup or 1/2 Thin & Trim Turkey sandwich with 1/2 portion pretzels or hummus and crackers.

I bring a greek yogurt with granola and fresh fruit for my early snack and lunch is usually baby spinach with shredded carrots, cucumber hard boiled egg or sunflower kernels for some protein

I like to grill chicken (thighs or chicken breast) on the weekends. Then, during the week, I take 4-6 oz and cut up in small pieces -then, each day I'll toss it with something different - like various McCormick spices (cajun, garlic and herb, etc), bbq sauce, teryaki sauce, etc. Also, I steam a vegetable to go with it -brussell sprouts, asparagus or a small mixed green salad, or tomatoes and cucumbers in italian dressing. On some occassions, I'll mix some chicken, steamed carrots and steamed/sliced brussell sprouts together with a little soy sauce. And, finally, I also like to take about 3 oz of chicken and 3 oz of smoked sausage and mix with brown rice.

Tomorrow I'm having a salad in a mason jar. I wouldn't call it quick or super easy but I make a few at a time. Mine has lettuce, chicken breast grilled in spices, hard boiled egg, cucumber, grape tomatoes, a bit of dressing and shredded cheese. Comes out to about 400 calories and tasty. I usually take leftovers from dinner. I try to keep the calories around 400-500, so I portion accordingly.

I've been making a chicken salad "sandwich" quickly and easily by mixing a whole drained can (can use fresh-cooked though) of no-salt-added chicken breast mixed with 0.5 oz of baby arugula, 2 Tbs. low-fat mayo, 1 oz chopped onion all mixed together and seasoned with salt and pepper to taste, then stuffed inside of half of a wheat pita bread half. It's very satisfying and filling for me. It comes to 178 calories, 3 g of fat, 30 mg of cholesterol, 484 (canned,undrained) mg of sodium, 24.5 g of carbohydrates, 1.2 g of dietary fiber, less than 3.3 g of sugar, 12 g of protein. Only 4 Weight Watcher Winning Points for me.

chgodvr wrote: »

I like to grill chicken (thighs or chicken breast) on the weekends. Then, during the week, I take 4-6 oz and cut up in small pieces -then, each day I'll toss it with something different - like various McCormick spices (cajun, garlic and herb, etc), bbq sauce, teryaki sauce, etc. Also, I steam a vegetable to go with it -brussell sprouts, asparagus or a small mixed green salad, or tomatoes and cucumbers in italian dressing. On some occassions, I'll mix some chicken, steamed carrots and steamed/sliced brussell sprouts together with a little soy sauce. And, finally, I also like to take about 3 oz of chicken and 3 oz of smoked sausage and mix with brown rice.

I like taking salads for lunch. I just start with a leafy base and add a handful of chopped cucumber and plum tomatoes. Then, I just bulk it out with one or two other things; grilled turkey, chickpeas, vegetable koftas and pakoras, grated carrot, grilled steak, tinned or fresh fish (usually tuna, salmon or mackeral), 1/4 cup of rice (uncooked weight), 1/2 packet of ready-flavoured cous-cous, etc.

Soups are also good if you have access to a microwave (or a kettle for instant/mug soups). I usually eat them with some bread, or rice or cous-cous... or a chicken sandwich if I'm being indulgent.

auntlisashouse wrote: »

And avocado a day keeps the doctor away! Google that and eat more avocados! Rethink your yogurt and granola bars – they contain a lot of sugar – measure, input in myfitnesspal, and make sure you are not exceeding your sugar limit.

That's cool if she's watching sugar, but people use this site for different things.

Weight watchers Taco soup. It is delicious, makes a TON stays good all week and freezes well:

http://www.food.com/recipe/weight-watchers-low-fat-taco-soup-157732

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am also looking for easy lunch ideas. I do like to eat salads for lunch, but at the moment where its still cold I just want to eat warm stuff!

I love tuna salad microwaved with slice american cheese and then dip apple slices in it. Sometimes I'll even make a tuna salad/apple/cheese burrito and melt in microwave. I've done the same with canned chicken, but I like the tuna better. Or even just lettuce on a tortilla shell with a tiny bit of ranch, seems boring but tastes good to me, and a switch from a regular salad. Poor man's quesadilla - tortilla shell, taco sauce, slice of cheese....warm in microwave and roll up/fold.

Lately I've been into triscuit pizzas - 7-8 triscuits, dab pizza sauce, break up string cheese pieces and microwave. Works on rice cakes or English muffins too.

If I want a side (or just not very hungry), microwave steamed veggies with slice of cheese on top. Quite filling.

I also second the soup ideas.

Lunch is simple for me. Either leftovers from the night before or Smart Ones frozen meals. Between that and my protein bar for breakfast, I don't have to think about either meal, Also leaves me a fair number of calories for dinner

I cook chicken in a crock pot on the weekends, and eat on it all week (sometimes plain, sometimes added in a can of Progresso soup, etc.) .... I try to keep a couple of Lean Cuisine, etc. frozen meals to grab as a last minute if I don't have time to plan and prepare something (better than a school lunch- I'm a teacher) .... I eat a lot of soups, I made a white chicken chili and froze individual size portions which were perfect for lunch .... sometimes I'll get small packages of deli meat, and roll that up with Sargento's ultra thin cheese along with yogurt and fruit ....