Lunch Ideas for Work??? HELP!

Turkey or chicken sandwiches. Oscar Meyer Carving Board has less sodium than most lunch meats & is more like fresh off bird. Healthy Life Bread is 35 cal/slice, and 2% cheese slices have half calories too. ) Smart Ones meals are good too, but again, can be higher in sodium, so I try to limit them when I can. Soup & salad are my staples, so I'm not much help! Sorry! BUT, for snacks, grapes, carrot sticks, celery, almonds, pistachios, yogurt, laughing cow cheese...all yummy! Good luck at work!

I notice that I seem to rotate a lot of the same things from week to week. Here are a few:

Fat free cottage cheese, cut up veggie pack (cucumbers, green peppers, and carrots), and a fruit

Michelina's lean gourmet chicken buffalo pizza rolls

Homemade chicken salad made from canned chicken and fat free mayo and cantalope on the side

PB&J sandwich (yes, still love them!!) and an apple

Subway flatbread turkey sandwich

I made a really tasty sandwich the other day and was really happy with it. 2 slices of whole wheat bread, 4 slices of oscar meyer turkey and avacado. I didnt need to use any kind of mayo because the creaminess of the avacado took the place. I also had 12 of the Ritz baked chips sourcream and onion. It was really good!!!!

BUMP! Who has more ideas?

For the work week, I'll sometimes make something whole-grain based (like whole wheat pasta, quinoa, bulgur, etc.), and add a LOT of veggies (bags of frozen spinach are easy, as are zucchini, tomatoes, etc.--basically whatever appeals to you). For flavor, maybe tomato sauce or a vinaigrette (with a light amount of olive oil). I'll also add reduced-fat feta or those little mozzarella balls. This way, one "day" of cooking makes four to five "work meals" that I can portion out right after I cook. This only works, however, if you can eat the same thing for several days in a row.

For snacks, I'll usually take a fuji apple, larabar, or carrots/celery/broccoli with yogurt ranch dressing. Good luck!

Quorn burgers. They don't need cooking, and are pretty tasty right out the wrapper.

Turkey or chicken sandwiches. Oscar Meyer Carving Board has less sodium than most lunch meats & is more like fresh off bird. Healthy Life Bread is 35 cal/slice, and 2% cheese slices have half calories too. ) Smart Ones meals are good too, but again, can be higher in sodium, so I try to limit them when I can. Soup & salad are my staples, so I'm not much help! Sorry! BUT, for snacks, grapes, carrot sticks, celery, almonds, pistachios, yogurt, laughing cow cheese...all yummy! Good luck at work!

I'm not much of a chef, so I do something similar: usually a sandwich and frozen fruit mixed with yogurt for lunch and fresh celery, carrots, and broccoli for snacks. When I do cook something for dinner that I can save, I bring that in lieu of the sandwich.

I like to make myself a pasta in sauce, usually bolagnese source with any mince, high in carbs filling and full of veg in the source if you make enough of it. Sometimes ill add own made meat balls or mince to make it defferent and eed me never hurts in smll quantities. Sometimes also add extra garlic for flavour to stop it getting boring. Sit it on a bed of letuce and a good healthyish meal. I usual take this when I know I'm running in the evening, or have it for tea if I'm running early next morning, if you make enough, you can store it in fridge for 3 days worth of meals or make loads and freeze it!

First, I always try to make enough food for dinner to take some leftovers to work for lunch, except I usually swich it up a bit. So, if we have some type of meal with grilled chicken, I'll use some of the chicken to make a salad for lunch. I like to take apples or some other fruit and peanut or almond butter for a snack, so I get a bit of carbs and protien in my snack. I almost always take some carrot sticks to snack on. Today I had some tuna with peas and a little miracle which mixed in, a slice of Ezekial bread, some salad greens, and some super fresh and tasty tomato slices. I made a folded type sandwich and then had some more of the tuna salad that I just ate with the extra tomatoes. I find that I like lunches with a bunch of little snacks put together. It makes it easier to come up with, because I'll just look in my fridge and pick out a variety of items and throw them together, instead of having to come up with a "meal."

http://www.sparkpeople.com/resource/nutrition_articles.asp?id=762

Well now I have posted the link twice today...premake meals when you have time and freeze (a serving size)...take to work pop out just like you would a boxed frozen meal and heat! or pack a lunch the night before, just remember to take it with you

-I do this for my husband all the time! :bigsmile:

These are all really great ideas! Thanks for some new recipes too!

I do greek yogurt, fruit, cereal, and nuts!