March save on work lunches challenge

Nottoobadyet

mookiepook wrote: »

Hiya - just found your thread - need ideas on what to take to work for my lunches cos I try to avoid bread (it bloats me up terribly) and I get fed up of soup. What kind of things do you all take to work - apart from sandwiches or soup?

Some of my favorites are -
Veggie fritatta, which you can make a huge one and just bring in a slice a day to eat with salad
Pasta, sometimes in a veggie bolg bake, sometimes just with pesto and veg
Leftovers, often things like veggie cottage pie or aubergine mousaka
Mushroom rissotto
Flat top mushrooms grilled with pesto, which I usually eat on a roll but would be fine on their own with a salad.
Salads, I often bring the home made vinagerette in a seperate jar so it doesnt get soggy
Jacket potatoes, which I bake the night before (usually while dinner is the oven) then warm up in the work micro with half a can of beans
Veggie curry, served on rice or cous cous.

Let me know if you want recipies for any of these!

Will update the challenge shortly, sorry for the delay!

winterfrost

Can I join, please? So far have bought 1 of 4; am aiming for not buying 12/16!

maysmummy

Please can I join , too. I already do the Weekly Spend Challenge and this is a great help!

Please put me down for 4/5 HM lunches a week. Road-tested it as a lurker this week and managed 3 1/2( the half being a coffee and a fruit bag to go with my HM sandwich ):(

Nottoobadyet

Challenge list updated!

winterfrost

Just bought the ingredients for this week's lunches - Moroccan lamb stew with bulgar wheat! Mmmm.

charliegirl_3

I know I'm a bit late but can I join too? this is just what I need to stay away from the evil vending machine and it's magnetic force that turns my pounds of cash into pounds of fat :eek:

I will aim for no bought lunches/snacks and all food from home for rest of March, had bad week buying sandwiches out and ended up with sweets and cakes as extras, not good, no willpower

Am thinking roll or sandwiches and cup-a-soup as basics, plus fruit and yogurt, maybe some cheese n crackers as a change,but will have to make sure prepare lunch night before as no time in the morning.

going shopping tomorrow so will make a list for the week ahead and try to buy healthyish.

looking forward to less lbs on my waist and more £s in my purse!

mookiepook

Thanks all of you for all your excellent ideas. We don't often have leftovers in our house (!) so I think tomorrow I shall make a risotto and a pasta dish and do daily portions. Never thought of crackers and cheese, that's a good easy one for when I'm not organised enough. We have a microwave in our staff room so it's easy to warm things up. Thanks again.

bramble1

Ahhh so late for this challenge but i want to join in again!!

I bought 1 sarnie last week so from this day forward NO BUYING LUNCH!!

I've got some rolls and lunch meats for this week, along with Tuna, pasta, quorn, mixed veggies, so should be able to do this!

Treacly

Nice to think of us all getting organised on a Sunday night, ready for a week of brought-in lunches! I'm going to make a big old pan of fried rice in a minute which will do me for lunch AND tea for at least two days, and some baked pears with a frangipane topping which will be fabulous cold for 'desk-pudding'. And I'm going to take some spare rib chops out of the freezer to bake with barbeque sauce for later in the week. This challenge has so many fringe benefits - it makes me shop better, cook better, eat better, never mind keeping the money in my purse where it belongs - not in the till in Marks & Sparks food hall!

laurabllue

Hey, I've been trying (and failing) to do this for a few weeks, so maybe joining this thread will give me some kind of incentive...call it peer pressure!

I've just started a new job so until I get my full months pay at the end of the month money is very tight and I just can't justify my usual spending on lunches. So for the rest of the 18 working days my aim is to make lunch for 14. Tomorrow's easy as it's a training course so free lunch However, the rest of the week will bring its usual challenges (no microwave/kettle, very little space in the fridge and the fact I don't like sandwiches - tricky)