ideas for lunch at home (not packed)

Little_miss_sunshine_2

How about baked potatoes with various fillings? I often have LOs from the night before on the days I'm at home on my own for lunch.

Or egg based stuff eg frittata or omelette- also a great way of using any veg lurking in the fridge.

LJM

i make up salads or pasta dishes and leave in fridge or i have my weakness cheese and biscuits but the weather being as it is down here i still love my soup and crackers

Steel_2

What about making a bigger batch of your dinner the night before to warm up the next day?

Or you could try a buffet approach and have a little of lots of things on the plate: slice of ham, some cheese, bit of salad, coleslaw, grapes, satsumas, crudites etc etc.

Or there's the good old standby of soft-boiled eggs and soldiers?

kinkyjinks

How about a cold pasta salad. Cold pasta, tuna. finely chopped onion and a little mayo is quick and you could add all sorts of other things like pepper, cheese etc. Or quiche is good too, just bake a couple, portion them and freeze for when you need them or like others have said you could have it for dinner the night before and use up the leftovers.

Mrs_Thrify

Yesterday, I went abound the chip shop. I had battered sausage and chips £2.15. It is a cheeper price at lunchtime.

Sometimes I make macroni cheese.

Today it is a toasted sandwich.

lala1974

I'm working from home today and just had a yummy omelette

La

coraline_2

I love to have a massive bowl of cous-cous or bulgar wheat salad in my fridge, because you can put almost anything into it - my favourites include (not all together!) feta cheese, cheddar cheese, peppers, onions, mushrooms, olives, sundried toms, cucumber, grapes, roast veg of any kind, chickpeas, beans, leftover meat especially the scraps from a chicken carcass - absolutely anything really! I make a nice dressing usually either a tomato-ey vinagrette or balsamic, or minty sauce for a tabbouleh-type dish. Have it at dinner time on its own or for tea with meat and salad - you can get pretty much your five-a-day in one bowl, and it can be as cheap or expensive as you like!

zippychick

Hi Jax:hello:

Loads of threads with suggestions. I'll link you to work lunch threads too so you can all round get more inspiration:D

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How about pasta salad, savoury rice, risotto, egg salad, tuna salad, cous cous, omelette, souflee.

The list is absolutely endless. How about a smaller portion of the previous nights dinner?

I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the ideas together

thanks:)
Zip

kinkyjinks

Mrs_Thrify wrote: »

Yesterday, I went abound the chip shop. I had battered sausage and chips £2.15. It is a cheeper price at lunchtime.

Sometimes I make macroni cheese.

Today it is a toasted sandwich.

:eek: Oh how that made me fancy a cheesy bean n onion toastie. I've not had one for years n still remember the lip burn you got when you were too impatient to wait. George Foreman grills just don't let you have the same amount of variety.

Norman_Bean

hmmmm toasted cheese and mushroom <drool>

OP How about a yummy pancake with mushroom filling or cheese and ham croissant warmed in the oven - yum!

Although if left to my own devices (alas not very often) I tend to eat toast with brown sauce