Packing a Lunch

joshuakcaron
joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
in Food and Nutrition
What are some good things to pack for a lunch while at work? I don't have a fridge or a microwave, and I want to avoid sandwiches. Suggestions?

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  • jaqcan
    jaqcan Posts: 498 Member
    I like making my own lunchables. Whole wheat crackers, sliced cheese, and some Turkey Pepperoni with some baby carrots or an apple!
    Why avoid sandwiches?
  • brandigyrl81
    brandigyrl81 Posts: 128 Member
    You'd probably have to pack snacks: tuna, sardines, crackers, granola bars, nuts, individual size bags of chips, whole fruit, peanut butter, etc.
  • Queenmunchy
    Queenmunchy Posts: 3,380 Member
    Salad, including grain salads like tabbouleh or couscous or potato salad. Wraps - if you don't want to use bread, then use greens. Store them all in an insulated lunch box with an ice pack.
    Hot food in a thermos - soup, stew, chili, etc.
  • lorrpb
    lorrpb Posts: 11,463 Member
    Rotisserie chicken, leftover or preshredded by store. With an ice pack you don't really need a frig.
  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    edited September 2015
    during my sons basketball season (i do most of the game photography for the league) im there all day. i DO have access to the kitchens but dont leave my food in there ;) LOL I generally take a mason jar salad (i make different kinds), babybell cheese, and some sort of snack (which often is stolen by little ones looking at me with sad eyes LOLOL), etc. during the season im there from 8am to 6 pm so its an all day, constantly moving and running back and forth day.

  • Ready2Rock206
    Ready2Rock206 Posts: 9,487 Member
    I have a few of those lunch bags you store in the freezer when not in use. Then you take it out in the morning, pack your lunch in it and it keeps your lunch chilled all day. Really eliminates the need for a refrigerator.

    Salads
    Tuna, ham, turkey, imitation crab, shrimp - whatever protein you like
    cheese stick
    crackers
    fruit
    veggies
    hummus
    boiled eggs
    Apples w/nut butter
    leftover pizza (make it yourself if you want to keep the calories down)
    nuts
    my co-worker keeps eating these single serving packages of olives (I hate black olives)
  • rosebarnalice
    rosebarnalice Posts: 3,488 Member
    Leftovers!
  • joshuakcaron
    joshuakcaron Posts: 343 Member
    Ready2Rock206 wrote: »
    I have a few of those lunch bags you store in the freezer when not in use. Then you take it out in the morning, pack your lunch in it and it keeps your lunch chilled all day. Really eliminates the need for a refrigerator.

    Salads
    Tuna, ham, turkey, imitation crab, shrimp - whatever protein you like
    cheese stick
    crackers
    fruit
    veggies
    hummus
    boiled eggs
    Apples w/nut butter
    leftover pizza (make it yourself if you want to keep the calories down)
    nuts
    my co-worker keeps eating these single serving packages of olives (I hate black olives)

    For the left over pizza I usually make these individual sized pizzas using pita bread instead of dough, is that better than dough or?
  • TinyTexn59
    TinyTexn59 Posts: 96 Member
    Check out JustBento.com for some great lunch ideas! So easy to make and take. I use a blue ice pack to keep it cool.

    Another idea is a crockpot lunch pot 19.oo at walmart. keeps food warm at work and no smell if you have an electrical outlet
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    Get a good insulated bag, some ice packs, and a good thermos.

    Now you can take just about anything you want.
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    Athijade wrote: »
    Get a good insulated bag, some ice packs, and a good thermos.

    Now you can take just about anything you want.

    this.
    I eat left overs- we have a fridge- but I rarely use it- I just keep frozen things with my food.
  • caroldavison332
    caroldavison332 Posts: 864 Member
    You can eat a burger or rolled up slice of meat from your hand. It tastes better than encasing it in bread. Hard boiled eggs. Cut up cheese. Vegetables. Eat a pepper/tomato/carrot like an apple. Fruit. I avoid carbs because of my diabetes.
  • LifeInTheBikeLane
    LifeInTheBikeLane Posts: 345 Member
    I prepare my SOs lunch and my own the night before work. I own a bento box for myself and use tubaware for his. He's a manly man (lol) and needs plenty of food to get through his 12 hour work day so I make sure there is enough of everything he likes to prevent him from going hungry or needing to drive to the gas station for sweets. Today his lunch was:
    • A grilled chicken thigh on top of a handful of baby leaf spinach
    • A small silicone cup of crunchy peanut butter
    • A sliced gala apple (to go with the peanut butter)
    • A small slice of cake
    • Pita bread crackers

    And then he takes a P2 (These little snack boxes from the deli meat aisle that have nuts and cheese) for an evening snack and granola bites for morning snack.

    Typically I do a hard boiled egg, fresh spinach at the bottom of the bowl, a protein...etc. Doing it bento style will really help improve the quality of your lunch!
  • JoRocka
    JoRocka Posts: 17,525 Member
    caroldavison332 wrote: »
    You can eat a burger or rolled up slice of meat from your hand. It tastes better than encasing it in bread. Hard boiled eggs. Cut up cheese. Vegetables. Eat a pepper/tomato/carrot like an apple. Fruit. I avoid carbs because of my diabetes.

    lol wut?

    I mean- I eat cold cuts solo all the time- but a burger? I mean yeah I'll do it- but it doesn't taste BETTER than with no bun- that's just sacrilege!
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    Egg salad, tuna salad, chicken salad, turkey salad, green leafy salad, hummus or pb with veggie sticks or crackers.

    If you invest in a good thermos - soup, chili, stew, casseroles and leftovers.
  • Steff46
    Steff46 Posts: 516 Member
    Canned meat; tuna, chicken, beef (the kind that is non-refrigerated). I mix any of those with a can of Rotel or MexiCorn. Peanut butter with veggies, Protein Bars, whole fruit, string cheese.

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