Grab and go protein?

BeautyFromPain
BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Okay so i usually freeze my lunches for a week ahead, but because classes just started did not have enough money this week and will not be able to get anything til tomorrow morning. i have heaps of veg, but what is some good protein i can just eat as soon as i buy it or microwave? (no access to oven/slow cooker)

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  • MoogieOh
    MoogieOh Posts: 141
    I think the most obvious would be a protein bar? :P

    Maybe almonds or tuna?
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    I think the most obvious would be a protein bar? :P

    Maybe almonds or tuna?

    LOL yeah that's true but I want something like real meat to put in a salad or something.

    Also, I'm allergic to fish so might not be the best option
  • nml2011
    nml2011 Posts: 156 Member
    Ready cooked chicken and turkey, high protein yoghurt and tinned fish.

    Ok scratch the fish ;-)

    Oooh and one of my faves.... beef jerky!!
  • Clarecbear82
    Clarecbear82 Posts: 364 Member
    Some supermarkets do ready cooked chicken breast it has nothing added (I checked) or um all I can think of is tuna too lol
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Thanks everyone , will look into the chicken :)
  • mncardiojunkie
    mncardiojunkie Posts: 307 Member
    Been there, done this...doing it again...

    Cook meat in strips, and make a roll by covering it with lettuce or cabbage. It freezes okay.

    Next, depending on your diet, hard cheese sticks. Take super hard, aged cheese (that usually won't spoil quickly) and make cheese sticks out of them. Normally it's white and I use Argentina cheese (a trick I had when living in Brazil).

    Finally, an oldie but a goody...broil eggs.

    I stay away from any bars myself. Those stall my weight loss.
  • MoogieOh
    MoogieOh Posts: 141
    Ready cooked chicken is SO good! I use it in my salads if I've had a big lunch for a lighter dinner :)
  • engineman312
    engineman312 Posts: 3,450 Member
    i cook about 4 -6 pounds of chicken a week. slice them up and put them in containers or plastic bags for salads or in whole wheat wraps.


    and hard boiled eggs are good too. make like 6-8 for a week. have them alone or chopped up in salads. eat the yolk.
  • lacewitch
    lacewitch Posts: 766 Member
    cooked sliced meat
  • ccadroz93
    ccadroz93 Posts: 136 Member
    Some of my favorite "portable" protien snacks include Jack Links Beef Jerky, StarKist Albecore Tuna in single serve cans, Hormel Turkey Pepperoni, protien bars, yogurt with Kashi Go Lean Crunch mixed in it and EAS proien drinks. After you get your microwave, try Michelina's Lean Gourmet meals! Here in Texas they are only $1.00 each at Walmart and most of them are less than 100 calories and at least 8 grams of protien!
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    i cook about 4 -6 pounds of chicken a week. slice them up and put them in containers or plastic bags for salads or in whole wheat wraps.


    and hard boiled eggs are good too. make like 6-8 for a week. have them alone or chopped up in salads. eat the yolk.

    yum yolk!
    i usually cook a load of chicken thighs/breasts (whatever's on special) on the sunday night but simply do not have time tomorrow morning before work.
  • LittleFootHafner
    LittleFootHafner Posts: 302
    There are also cans of ham and chicken flakes with the tuna - they are always good in a pinch! ;)
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Some of my favorite "portable" protien snacks include Jack Links Beef Jerky, StarKist Albecore Tuna in single serve cans, Hormel Turkey Pepperoni, protien bars, yogurt with Kashi Go Lean Crunch mixed in it and EAS proien drinks. After you get your microwave, try Michelina's Lean Gourmet meals! Here in Texas they are only $1.00 each at Walmart and most of them are less than 100 calories and at least 8 grams of protien!

    I live in australia and we don't have walmart here? :P
    And I don't really like prepackaged foods anyway, I like making my own :) God that sounded stuck up, wasn't meant to :/
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    Chicken breast and hard boiled eggs are both winners, as mentioned :)
  • mncardiojunkie
    mncardiojunkie Posts: 307 Member
    There are also cans of ham and chicken flakes with the tuna - they are always good in a pinch! ;)

    Good answer...Like it, never thought of it.

    Yes, chicken or tuna (oopps no fish-sorry) in a tin or in a sealed packet! That's helpful. It doesn't spoil! Thanks for that!
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    Chicken breast and hard boiled eggs are both winners, as mentioned :)

    Can you get chicken breast pre cooked though? :S
  • ludogx87
    ludogx87 Posts: 286 Member
    sliced ham, turkey, beef, chicken from your supermarket??? like the meat slices u put on a snadwhich? xx
  • Ant_M76
    Ant_M76 Posts: 534 Member
    Yes you can - or to save money buy a whole chicken and roast it
  • mncardiojunkie
    mncardiojunkie Posts: 307 Member
    Chicken breast and hard boiled eggs are both winners, as mentioned :)

    Can you get chicken breast pre cooked though? :S

    In the states, Canada and Brazil you can. It's normally in a tin near the tuna. You should be able to find it in a packet too. What brands of tuna in a tin do you have there? I bet ya they have the same in chicken, albeit it might not just be breast meat, though.
  • BeautyFromPain
    BeautyFromPain Posts: 4,952 Member
    sliced ham, turkey, beef, chicken from your supermarket??? like the meat slices u put on a snadwhich? xx

    lol i don't really like the sliced stuff too much sodium for me and i'm scared there's preservatives and "extras" in it, i like eating as clean as possible :P
  • oouurr__aayylleeyycan
    oouurr__aayylleeyycan Posts: 149
    chicken breast, turkey breast and even pork are all winners.

    salmon is a good fish alternative, low in cals and high in protein and your omega 3's.

    eggs are perfect - not only high in protein but super cheap too and you can make loads of different things with them.
  • rose1217
    rose1217 Posts: 1
    Cheese sticks!
  • Clarecbear82
    Clarecbear82 Posts: 364 Member
    chicken breast, turkey breast and even pork are all winners.

    salmon is a good fish alternative, low in cals and high in protein and your omega 3's.

    eggs are perfect - not only high in protein but super cheap too and you can make loads of different things with them.

    Salmon is fish!!
  • caramkoala
    caramkoala Posts: 303 Member
    you can buy chicken in a little can just like tuna, or a hard boiled egg is easy and cheap.
  • noogie98
    noogie98 Posts: 452 Member
    greek yogurt is one of my favorites :love: just for a change from the meats; also, eggs ~ you can microwave them & use them on a sandwich flat for an easy & quick breakfast sandwich. I add a cheese stick sliced up & some jalapenos to mine & go!
  • david_swinstead
    david_swinstead Posts: 271 Member
    Nuts!

    And especially in peanut butter form :D
  • pinkminy
    pinkminy Posts: 286
    i cook a 1kg Inghams rolled turkey roast and then slice it up thinly, wrap it up in 100gr portions I have either 50 gr or 100gr and my husband has 200gr or 250gr in a serving. (he is not dieting)
  • BerryH
    BerryH Posts: 4,698 Member
    Tescos chunky chicken in different flavours - two for a fiver! Got some in my lunch bag with Uncle Ben's lemon and rosemary rice and some green olives right now :love: No fridge or microwave at my work!
  • nml2011
    nml2011 Posts: 156 Member
    Kangaroo jerky???
  • snookumss
    snookumss Posts: 1,451 Member
    You can also buy precooked chicken strips (usually grilled) at your store somewhere. I can find them frozen and not frozen (the not frozen I would assume near the salads or the sandwich meat). These are great ways to get it already cooked, without the added sodium a can would provide.
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