Looking for cheap lunch recipe
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no wonder you can't reach your calorie goal.
add a meal to the banana. whatever you like - rice and vegies with a protein (eggs are cheap and provide some fat too). the same but with pasta instead of rice. change it up by using different herbs and spices and sauces.
salad with protein and fat.
soup with a sandwich (with a protein filling)
a sandwich or wrap.1 -
You can make a great sandwhich for about $1. If you need more calories, homemade soup is perhaps $.25-50 a bowl depending on what you use...I can make Miso soup for pennies, add extra tofu for more protein if you need it and it's still quite cheap. Most days I make a 200 cal sandwhich (2 slices of 45 cal bread, 3 oz of lean protein, lettuce/onion/peppers). If dinner is going to be late I'll add soup. I probably spend well under $10/week on lunches that way.5
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Sandwiches or wraps- tuna sandwich, egg salad sandwich, peanut butter sandwich
Lentil soup or bean soup
Hard boiled egg
Salads- http://community.myfitnesspal.com/en/discussion/10270725/things-to-go-in-salads/p1
Yogurt, fruit
Oatmeal
Baked potato
Hummus and vegetables
Falafel
Pasta
http://www.budgetbytes.com2 -
I usually eat a fish sandwich and fruit. I like the Gordon's brand fish parties. It's about 140 cal a pattie and you can get an 8 or 12 pack for about $4. Sometimes I eat it without bread. Like as a main meat with broccoli. The frozen broccoli is like a $1.20ish. But it'll last all week. You could even put cheese on the broccoli. Or substitute it for another veggie. It's easy to pack and cooks well in the microwave at work!3
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Wafer meat roll ups- Wafer ham (or just deli slices), I squash a light cream cheese triangle like Dairylea or Laughing Cow and strips of cucumber or peppers in the middle and roll it up. Bring a light dip or salsa to dunk it in.
Cheep and cheerful, it's a protein and veggie lunch with low carb!4 -
Wafer meat roll ups- Wafer ham (or just deli slices), I squash a light cream cheese triangle like Dairylea or Laughing Cow and strips of cucumber or peppers in the middle and roll it up. Bring a light dip or salsa to dunk it in.
Cheep and cheerful, it's a protein and veggie lunch with low carb!
try tzatziki sauce its awesome. I buy the cedars cucumber garlic and dill. or hummus you cant go wrong with hummus. Im a ranch fiend so i had to find some other options or i would go swimming in it. lol0 -
If you're only eating a banana for lunch I would start slow so it's not hard on your body to have a big heavy lunch. My favorite easy cheap lunch is this: Toast whole wheat bread, while it's toasting mash avocado and lemon juice together with a fork. Put that on the side. Separate eggs to get 2-3 egg whites, and make it into a omelette. (Maybe add some greens to it.) when the toast is done spread avocado on the toast and add the egg white on top. DO NOT cook the egg whites with salt, season it AFTER because the salt will break down the egg and make it watery.4
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Tuna, eggs and beans.2
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A banana is a snack.
2 x chicken breasts
1 x 2lb bag of frozen mixed veggies
2 x chicken bullion cubes
Water
Boil the chicken in the water and bullion until cooked, take them out, cut them up, pop them back in the post with the vegetables. Voila. Chicken soup, approximately 6 serves worth.2 -
Chili. World of macro and micro nutrients, cheap and easy0
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cucumber and tomato salad, can of tuna, some whole wheat pasta and some feta cheese mix it all together and enjoy.0
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Wafer meat roll ups- Wafer ham (or just deli slices), I squash a light cream cheese triangle like Dairylea or Laughing Cow and strips of cucumber or peppers in the middle and roll it up. Bring a light dip or salsa to dunk it in.
Cheep and cheerful, it's a protein and veggie lunch with low carb!
oooo meat sushi! I'll have to keep that one in mind for my next lunches
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I usually have a protein shake. 1 tub lasts 2ish weeks with 2 scoops for the standard blender bottle size.0
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Kinda hard to beat a banana for cheap. Personally I couldn't be full on one. Thinking of it makes me want a banana and peanut butter sandwich, that would fill me up.
Leftovers are my usual for lunch, when you make dinner always double the recipe and make leftovers. This saves both time and money.
For cheap and mobile, Premier Protein bars from Costco are about $1 each.
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couscous salad loaded w/veggies and a dressing
fruit salad w/greek yogurt
bean burritos
egg roll in a bowl
tuna/chicken salad
boiled eggs and a piece of fruit
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I buy all natural beef and chicken bone broth from amazon in single serve packets. (like flavored juice packets, but is also available in kcups.) I add a scoop of high-quality multi collagen protein to boost the protein and other benefits and a couple of table spoons of freeze-dried soup veggies. It all adds up to 126 calories, 18.5 grams of protein and only about 590mg sodium. It's very tasty and filling. The bone broth is about $2/packet, about $o.32/serving for the veggies and less than $0.75/ serving for collagen.0
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Progresso light soup.
Entire can is under $2.00 (usually $1.59) and is pretty filling and only 140 -170 calories1 -
Sams club has huge rotisserie chickens (twice as big as the ones from Wal-Mart) for < $5 that I debone 1 per week and use for sandwiches, salad, or easy alone. Can also debone and freeze.2
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How many calories do you count for a hard boiled egg?? I have come up with a lot of different numbers0
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