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    Protein/Meat for Lunch

    Posts: 561 Member
    edited December 2024 in Food and Nutrition
    I love turkey/chicken wraps for lunch but since I make them with lunch meat and there is so much negative talk about processed foods, please give me some ideas for healthy or cleaner meat/protein for lunch each day!!

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    • Posts: 542 Member
      Chicken Breast?

      We have a lot of frozen chicken breast which my Mom is able to take from where she works. Free protein :D

      I use them in wraps, omelette's, sandwiches, etc.

      We also have a roast dinner once a week which is usually chicken, so whatever chicken is left goes on sandwiches for the next day. Maybe you could make some roast dinners? Stock up on veggies, a bit of potato, some chicken and gravy :D
      Great stuff.
    • Posts: 629 Member
      Grill up some chicken or turkey breast and slice into strips for your wraps :)
    • Posts: 71 Member
      albacore and pickles??
    • Posts: 94 Member
      I started buying Tyson grilled and ready. It comes in strips or whole breasts. It could be easily used in wraps or on salads or eaten plain. I pan heat on the stove to give it a tougher texture, but you can take it straight from the freezer to the microwave. Pretty tasty. I'm sure it has more sodium, but it doesn't hurt sometimes.
    • Posts: 928 Member
      i cook 3 chicken breasts on sunday night and take them for lunch mon thru wednesday. 25G of protein and only 250 calories. cant beat that.
    • Posts: 11 Member
      Buy a whole turkey breast and roast it on Sunday. You'll never buy deli meat again.
    • Posts: 318 Member
      we buy a whole, uncooked chicken at the weekend, roast it on a sunday then slice bits off to take to work for lunch. It lasts nearly a week for about 1/4th the cost of buying cooked chicken breasts!

      And you can buy free range & happy chickens to cook rather than intensively reared birds.
    • Posts: 983 Member
      Yup, chicken breasts are awesome. Cut them into 4 oz portions, cook them all up in one night and have enough to last you through the week.
    • Posts: 102
      I like to bring canned tuna and always cook extra of any meat that I make so that I can bring leftovers to work. This week, I sliced a pork tenderloin into small pieces and cooked it at the beginning of the week, half of it in one seasoning and the other half in another. Chicken breasts are a staple though. :)
    • Posts: 1,351 Member
      Maybe get a Ham or a Turkey breast, roast it, season it and put away some in baggies....slice and make and Chomp de Sammich!:drinker:
    • Posts: 401
      bird, fish, cow, pig....frog?
    • Posts: 561 Member
      So looks like chicken breasts is the winner - which I do not have a problem with other than they too have lots of added hormones and stuff in it. I just bought a pasture fed cow and that is the best meat EVER - So I might do a roast in the crockpot or on the grill this weekend then slice for lunch next week.
    • Posts: 561 Member
      bird, fish, cow, pig....frog?

      IF I had a man that hunted my chest freezer would be full of venison and wild hog....
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      IF I had a man that hunted my chest freezer would be full of venison and wild hog....

      I forgot deer! Maybe a rabbit here and there too.
    • Posts: 561 Member
      I like to bring canned tuna and always cook extra of any meat that I make so that I can bring leftovers to work. This week, I sliced a pork tenderloin into small pieces and cooked it at the beginning of the week, half of it in one seasoning and the other half in another. Chicken breasts are a staple though. :)

      Not a fan of tuna in the can and not sure how this can be considered healthier than lunch meat since it is processed and canned... I do not like the salmon in the packs either but may have to check those out for variety...
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      I agree with what others have said. Just roast some turkey or chicken, slice it up and keep in the fridge for your lunch. My husband likes sandwiches for lunch so this is what I do. I roast up a big batch of chicken on Sunday evening and use it for his sandwiches all week.

      You could also substitute leftover or canned fish, hummus, tofu, shrimp, egg or egg salad, nut butter or cheese as the protein.
    • Posts: 1 Member
      Those roasted chickens you can buy at Costco or your regular grocery store are good. Take them home, skin and bone them, portion out into baggies, and there you have easy real protein.
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
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      Not a fan of tuna in the can and not sure how this can be considered healthier than lunch meat since it is processed and canned... I do not like the salmon in the packs either but may have to check those out for variety...

      Canning something doesn't necessarily mean "processed". Putting tuna in a can is no more processing than putting it in a wrap. Many times it can be high in sodium, but there is low sodium canned tuna. You just have to check the labels for additives. The reason lunch (deli) meats are unhealthy is the added sodium and nitrates.
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
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      IF I had a man that hunted my chest freezer would be full of venison and wild hog....

      Why do you need a man to hunt for you?
    • Posts: 12,142 Member
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      Canning something doesn't necessarily mean "processed". Putting tuna in a can is no more processing than putting it in a wrap. Many times it can be high in sodium, but there is low sodium canned tuna. You just have to check the labels for additives. The reason lunch (deli) meats are unhealthy is the added sodium and nitrates.

      I don't see many cans of tuna swimming in the sea...

      It's minimally processed, but processed nonetheless. Processed =/= bad/unhealthy
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
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      I don't see many cans of tuna swimming in the sea...

      It's minimally processed, but processed nonetheless. Processed =/= bad/unhealthy

      Well yes, that true. I don't see many tuna steaks swimming in the sea either. Gutting and deboning fish is processing. But since the OP is making a wrap, I assume she's more worried about unhealthy additives than processed. Unless there is a land where wraps run free that I don't know about. :wink:
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      Well yes, that true. I don't see many tuna steaks swimming in the sea either. Gutting and deboning fish is processing. But since the OP is making a wrap, I assume she's more worried about unhealthy additives than processed. Unless there is a land where wraps run free that I don't know about. :wink:

      Which further highlights the processed always equals bad mentality, when nearly everything is processed to some degree.

      And yes there is a land where wraps run around, it's the same fantasy land where carbs and only carbs make you fat and unicorns prance around
    • Posts: 17,299 Member
      And yes there is a land where wraps run around, it's the same fantasy land where carbs and only carbs make you fat and unicorns prance around

      That makes me sad. I'd like to see a unicorn, but I don't want to give up carbs or get fat. :cry:
    • Posts: 964 Member
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      I don't see many cans of tuna swimming in the sea...

      It's minimally processed, but processed nonetheless. Processed =/= bad/unhealthy

      Well yeah... but it's a lot better than an awful lot of other stuff, and if you buy it in water it has no additves and is certainly cleaner than mass produced chicken. Just depends how purist you want to go.
    • Posts: 47 Member
      I don't raise chickens, don't hunt turkey, and have never fished for tuna. I'm not sure there is a tuna season in Kansas anyways. With that said, I just have to accept that process free foods are almost a myth for my living situation, and take what I can get.
    • Posts: 561 Member
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      Why do you need a man to hunt for you?

      Mainly because I don't hunt but all my male cousins do, so maybe I should ask them for leftovers:wink:
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