Packed Lunch for work

Skint_Catt

If you can cook things then a packet of Pasta n Sauce is a good filling meal (not very OS though!) or you could buy a big packet of pasta, make your own sauce from veg and 'value' canned toms - freezes well and you could portion it out!

Catt xx

celyn90

A while back someone posted on here a great idea - crack an egg in plastic bag, add some other bits (cheese, ham, whatever you have), seal the bag then boil until cooked. I use this for lunch often and it works really well.

Pink.

Hi doodlehumlucysmum,

There's a recent thread on moneysaving lunches that includes links to other threads that should help so I've added your thread to it.

For inspiration for soup recipes this thread has lots of ideas:

Soup recipes

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ClaireLeeds

Like most I have started 2008 a bit short on cash, I normally go out each lunch time to buy a sandwich for lunch. But for the last couple of weeks I have started making my own, sounds like a simple idea but it's not only saved me cash from buying the sandwich, but I'm less likely to spend cash on other stuff too during my lunch break :A Last week instead of buying £1.50 sandwich a day I got a loaf and a pot of Tuna sandwich mix at a fraction of the price :T

JoeyEmma

How about cutting costs down even further- I'm sure you could make your own tuna filling for a fraction of the price of the pot of tuna sandwich mix. Make it up the night before and shove it in some tupperware!

Stephen_Leak

Try this cheap, simple but very filling "pasta & cottage cheese flan". You need just one packet of pasta and sauce, a small pot of cottage cheese and an egg.

Make up the pasta and sauce. Some makes say to use water and milk (and even butter) but, if you use all water, it is evidently "Weight Watchers' sin free". Pour into a 1 litre flat ovenproof dish and allow to cool a bit, so that the sauce thickens. Mix the egg and cottage cheese, and pour over the pasta and sauce. Cook at 200°C until the topping is thoroughly cooked and just browning on top. Its a bit difficult to give a time, as it depends on how thick this layer is.

You can add things like grated cheese, sliced tomatoes, cooked bacon, etc. to the top layer.

You can eat it hot, but I let mine cool, cut it into 5 slices and have it for "elevenses", to stop me eating all my sandwiches before lunch.

HariboJunkie

There's another thread with more ideas HERE.

squeaky

Hiya

I'll add your query onto the earlier link from Haribo - who's really on a roll today

Good luck

lindsaygalaxy

Hi Clare

Come join us on the lunchlog challenge. The idea of the challenge is not to spend money on brought lunches for work/cut down - it seems to be workign really well for many of us! (£3 to date this year, usually about £20 a week!)

There are ideas on there too.

squeaky

lindsaygalaxy wrote: »

Hi Clare

Come join us on the lunchlog challenge. The idea of the challenge is not to spend money on brought lunches for work/cut down - it seems to be workign really well for many of us! (£3 to date this year, usually about £20 a week!)

There are ideas on there too.

Hiya

Can you give us a link, please?

Edit:- Aha! Got it --- Lunch Log Challenge 2008