What do you eat for lunch when working in an office?

I take dinner leftovers or make a chicken/turkey wrap with veggies if there are no leftovers. Making a little extra dinner seems to have been the easiest for me. I also make yogurt parfaits to take for my afternoon snack as it keeps me full until dinner.

I keep some flavored almonds at my desk for a quick snack. I also stock up the office fridge with pepperoni sticks and cheese strings for myself. Other than that, I bring leftovers! I usually make meals in bulk on Sundays so my fiance and I can both grab a tupperware and bring it for our lunches. Today I'm having ham & swiss quiche, yum.

My favorite to make is Tuna salad.
I just use a packet of tuna fish, caesar dressing, lettuce, and parmesan cheese. Its delicious.

I also try to meal prep. Lots of chicken type meals. Always some form of chicken, and a veggie.

leftovers, sandwich, Buddha bowl (brown rice, canned beans, veggies and some type of salad dressing), salad with grilled precooked chicken strips

I pack my breakfast, lunch, and snacks the night before. I don't have the time, energy, or willpower to make good food choices early in the morning. If I have everything ready to grab and go my food choices are much better throughout the day.

When I can, I like to prep ingredients for salads for the week. I will bake or boil some boneless, skinless chicken breast to make sure I am getting some good protein and also make hard boiled eggs. With everything already prepped I can make my salad in a matter of minutes in the morning, and I get to put in whatever I'm feeling for that day I also buy Progresso reduced sodium/heart healthy soup as a quick lunch. The low sodium is great considering how much is in all processed foods.

Either leftovers, or I'll prep some things Sunday like salads, wraps, soups, sandwiches. Or if I'm especially unprepared I'll grab a packet of instant oatmeal and bring some yogurt, or I'll bring some bread and peanut butter to make toast with a banana or something

I tend to make crock pot fajitas on Sunday's to take a few days during the work week. (Chicken, onions, peppers) YUM!
Otherwise I pack a salad or a protein shake.

I found these great pre-packaged meals called Ready Chef Go at my local grocery store - they are chicken, vegetable (broccoli or asparagus) and a small pat of compressed butter with some kind of flavor (today's is garlic scampi) - cook for 6mins in the microwave and voila

kbonamission wrote: »

It's so easy to grab something fast at lunch (and unhealthy). I could use some ideas on healthy lunches to pack. Any ideas out there?

Sometimes leftovers from dinner the night before. Or I'll batch cook a pot of chili or potato soup and freeze them in servings for about 350 calories. Or peanut butter & jelly on light white bread with fruit or raw veggies. Or a frozen meal. Or a salad - either a veggie only salad along with something else, or something with meat to be a meal on its own.

Lean turkey or chicken on an Arnolds multi-grain sandwhich thin, loaded with spinach and tomatoes, teaspoon of spicey brown mustard and an ounce of sliced cheese. I eat that with an apple and 1 serving of reduced fat CheeseIts. That's my go-to lunch. Sometimes I'll eat a salad on a bed of spinach with strawberries, some walnuts and a drizzle of balsamic vinegarette (that I make...no store-bought dressing for me.)

I like a mixture of leftover crockpot meals (Thai Curry, Beef Strogonoff, Chilli etc) with some microwave rice or I meal prep a bunch of cold pasta dishes (Tuna & Sweetcorn, Egg & Spinach, Chicken & Bacon, Feta & Artichoke Hearts) on a Sunday.

Oatmeal with protein powder is my go to.I buy the oatmeal packets and then just put a scoop of my protein powder in a container. Good boost of energy mid-day and by the time I go to the gym after work the protein is in my system!

Leftovers, chicken or turkey wrap with avocado/spinach/tomato, Caesar salad with grilled chicken, Amy's frozen dinners (b/c they taste good - they're a bit light on protein and high in carbs though); if I'm stuck with fast food it's generally going to be a grilled chicken sandwich and side salad.

deannalfisher wrote: »

I found these great pre-packaged meals called Ready Chef Go at my local grocery store - they are chicken, vegetable (broccoli or asparagus) and a small pat of compressed butter with some kind of flavor (today's is garlic scampi) - cook for 6mins in the microwave and voila

Those sound good! I'm jealous.

I food prep every Sunday and include breakfasts, lunches, snacks and dinner for me and my husband. I went out a while ago and got myself a really nice cooler lunch bag with appropriate sized containers and a little ice pack. Usually breakfast is scrambled egg whites and a chopped up banana with cinnamon. Lunch is always greens (spinach, kale, boc choy, broccoli, brussel sprouts) any green veggie, a lean protein (other than red meat), and a quarter cup of sweet potato or sometimes I skip the protein and potato and just bring a mixed green salad loaded up with veggies and a shake of protein powder mixed with water. Snacks are... piece of fruit, hardboiled eggs, almonds or another kind of nut, cottage cheese, string cheese... not all of that all in one day obviously but one or two of those things daily. There's a beautiful full service cafeteria, a restaurant and a café where I work so it would be super easy to just buy/eat out every day but that will become unhealthy and expensive in a hurry!

I usually bring soup, chili or leftovers that I parcel out and freeze. Sometimes I just bring a bunch of hummus and veggies and crackers and cheese to meet my calorie target for lunch.

For me the trick is my Lunch Crock. The office microwave is old and slow and doesn't heat evenly anymore (plus there is often a line for it if I'm eating at noon).

Lunch Crocks cost about $20 at Target or Walmart (or on the Crock-Pot website). They don't get hot enough to cook food, but they are perfect for heating food up. I plug mine in when I get to work and when lunch time rolls around my food is at the perfect temperature for eating, even if it came out of the deep freeze that morning.

I hadn't intended for this to become a sales pitch, but I honestly found it completely turned me around on bringing lunch to work and since I got it I am so much better about bringing lunch from home than I used to be.