Pack a Lunch
davelaguna
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I am looking for good ideas to pack food to take to work.
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Baked chicken tenders are certainly the easiest. I pack two of those, with baby carrots and sauteed peppers and onions. Black beans or chick peas are a good source of fiber to add. It is surprisingly filling and only about 200 calories total. Home made hummus or black bean dip is great too with baby carrots, broccoli or other cruciferous vegetables.3
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Burrito bowls! You can basically make any variation that you want. I like to do brown rice, black beans, corn, shredded chicken, and then add whatever veggies/salsa you want.12
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Baked fillet of sole, steamed spinach with evoo and garlic, lentil and rice pilaf, steamed carrots. All portioned appropriately of course.
Sometimes, I have little time and even less motivation so I made a PBJ and pepper strips to snack on.
Burrito bowls sound delish! I prefer not to eat any meat during the day, holding off for the evening meal, but for sure, I would totally make this with beans, rice, maybe guacamole.1 -
I've been bringing yogurt, hard boiled eggs, snap peas/carrots/celery, and either an apple or strawberries lately.
When it wasn't too hot to have my oven on a variation of this was lovely https://www.gimmesomeoven.com/italian-sausage-veggie-bowls-meal-prep/1 -
I've been enjoying just a sandwich and fruit these days, actually...1
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My go to quick lunch is almond butter and banana on a whole wheat english muffin. Very filling!2
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If you have a microwave at work: Buy a head of cauliflower and broccoli. Cook and freeze a mix in single portion containers. Buy some sliced cheese. Heat the frozen portion until it is done then add the cheese and close the top for a few seconds until it melts.
Other great lunch box items:
Baby bells or single serving cheeses,
Breakstones single serve 2% cottage cheese
Nom-fat plain yogurt mixed with ranch powder like hidden valley to dip any kind of veggie such as carrots, peppers, celery, snap peas, or tomatoes.
Berries of any kind
Sauerkraut with cut up low cal turkey or chicken hotdogs
Lunch meat with whole grain mustard to dip
100 calorie nut packs like almonds or walnuts
Low cal yogurt
Bring something to drink, it makes a difference.
Cucumber salad
cherry tomatoes
hard boiled egg
Tangerines or mandarines
Knäckebrot
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Last night I made a big pot of veggie soup to take with me to work for the week. I heat it up in the morning and put it in a thermos because I don't have a microwave at work. I had a lot of fresh veggies lying around from my garden, so it's a bit random. It's only 90 calories for a 3 cup serving!
2 cups chicken broth
3 cups water
1 carrot
1 onion
1 fennel bulb
4 celery stalks
1 cup of green beans
1 cup cherry tomato
1 cup dried lentil
salt, pepper, thyme, oregano, basil, chilli peper flakes to taste
Popped it in the oven before bed and cooked overnight in a really low oven, at 175 degrees. The veggies weren't quite soft yet so I finished cooking it on the stove top when I woke up. Took about 10 minutes on simmer to finish. It's tasty!
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The soup sounds amazing. I don't have time to make soup at the moment, but for anyone in the UK I can 100% recommend the New Covent Garden Skinny Goa Chicken and Lentil soup. It really is delicious, filling AND low cal (I struggle to tick all 3 boxes at lunch!)2
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Lentils, soup, boiled eggs, bowls sound good.0
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Is the burrito bowl eaten hot or cold?1
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Salad with your preferred dressing. Add a protein source - in the last week I have had ground beef taco meat - a leftover pork chop - a can of albacore tuna - 2 hard boiled eggs - you get the idea.2
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I make Mini veggie quiches sunday night (muffin tins) and freeze in sandwich bags for grab & grow at desk. Also freeze my fav soups to grab and go! thawed by time to eat!0
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I am vegetarian so I don't mind, but if you wouldn't mind eating soy chicken, Morningstar Farms makes great chixin patties. A chicken patty on a whole grain english muffin with a bit of mayo. Yum. (You might want two of them.) I don't know if you are trying to lose weight or not. If not then a breaded chicken patty would probably be okay. Just nuke the frozen patty a bit in the morning and then eat room temp at lunch. (Don't know about meat safety parameters for real chicken though I think if it's soy it's okay if it sits a few hours after it's heated.)0
