Packed Lunch for work

allaboutme

Hey guys,

First post here, have searched for a similar thread but can't find one so hopefully I won't be repeating anything.

Was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for packed lunches? I'm at uni atm and my biggest cost seems to be lunch as I'm always in uni and so end up spending a couple of quid on sandwiches each day. I can keep to a low budget and still eat really well in the evenings but am struggling to come up with any ideas for filling (crucial this is - has to fill me up otherwise I'll buy a sandwich anyway!!) cheapish lunches. There aren't any microwaves we can access to reheat meals and am not the biggest fan of soggy sandwiches, so - what's are the forumers tips for a packed lunch?

Thanks,

Sophie

ali1972

I like to make pasta salads. I use some wholewheat fusilli or penne and thrown in some cubes of feta cheese and some chopped olives, a few cherry tomatoes, some cubes of cucumber... Or you can make a tuna nicoise pasta salad by adding some chopped boiled egg, a little tuna, some olives, a few anchovies.

Sometimes I make a normal sandwich filling but put it in a tupperware box and take a little packet of oatcakes with me to eat with it instead of bread - hence no soggy bread and oatcakes keep you going.

squeaky

allaboutme wrote: »

Hey guys,

First post here, have searched for a similar thread but can't find one so hopefully I won't be repeating anything.

Was wondering if anyone had any good ideas for packed lunches? I'm at uni atm and my biggest cost seems to be lunch as I'm always in uni and so end up spending a couple of quid on sandwiches each day. I can keep to a low budget and still eat really well in the evenings but am struggling to come up with any ideas for filling (crucial this is - has to fill me up otherwise I'll buy a sandwich anyway!!) cheapish lunches. There aren't any microwaves we can access to reheat meals and am not the biggest fan of soggy sandwiches, so - what's are the forumers tips for a packed lunch?

Thanks,

Sophie

Hiya

I've added your post onto an earlier thread that is packed with lunch ideas.

Other useful threads from The Complete Cooking Collection are:-

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- Best sandwich?
- Cheap and practical lo-carb
- Cheap packed lunch ideas
- Packed lunch - keeping cool
- Desk top sweet snacks
- Food on the go
- Ideas please for cheap and healthy weekend lunches
- For work
- Healthy eating (packed lunch ideas?)
- Lunch for work(salads)
- Packed lunch
- Packed lunch ideas on the cheap
- Packed lunch - Advice On Daughter Please!
- Ploughman's
- Problem with pack-up

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jovichick123

Hi all,

Sorry I have not been around much - final year at uni and a toddler... something had to give :rolleyes:

Well, Uni is now over, final exams have all been sat and next week I am back in work full time :eek:

I know I won't be able to afford to buy lunch everyday so am looking for some advice as to putting together some nice lunches I can take with me...anything other than the usual sandwiches really! Any ideas?

Thanks in advance,
Sarah xx

Pink.

Hi jovichick,

Good to see you posting again. There's a recent thread that ideas for packed lunches and links to more threads that should help so I've added your post to it to keep all the suggestions together.

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10past6

Hi peeps :hello:

Anyone have any suggestions for packed lunches for work, I'm on nights this week and tbh, I'm really sick of sandwiches.

Cheers

daisychain80

Hello there
i find the same problem...do you have a microwave at work??? as i tend to have the previous nights tea eg, pasta, stew, salad and things like that..HTH x

sleepingwishing

how about -
salad boxes (i use containers from left over takeways) you can have lettuce, beetroot, coleslaw, pot salad (pots mayo spring onion red onion) picked onions, cucumber, carrot, peppers add some prawns, chicken, tuna, cheese etc

rice dishes - i cut up some red onion and garlic and fry them & add to rice with a bit of chilli sauce (can be eaten hot or cold)/ rice with red pepper and onion is nice too

pasta dishes - pepper and tom sauce, tuna & sweetcorn

wraps (rather than sarnies)

if you have a micro wave at work - what about jacket pots with some filling?

if you have a toaster at work - what about toast- and you could heat beans/ spag hoops in the microwave and have that on toast. or if you feel adventurous you could make scrambled egg in the microwave!!

Happy eating 10past6!!

PasturesNew

Pitta breads can make things seem more interesting than sandwiches.

Same fillings, just in pitta.

Could try:

sausage/scrambled egg
sausage/beans/scrambled egg
cheese
cheese/pickle
banana
banana and peanut butter
various salads

PasturesNew

Food flasks are good too. You might like to experiment with a few things while you're at home (in case when you open it the first time it's rank).

Cheap packets of flavoured noodles can be just chucked into a food flask, boiling water added and when you open the food flask it's just like a pot noodle. You could add other things to it if you want, or just keep it simple.

Or, you could try doing that with plain noodles and making up your own flavours with random spices you've got in the cupboard.

I'd suggest that if you're going to do this, then you boil the kettle when you first get up and then make up the flask right before you go out of the door - so it's had the least time to go a bit cold by lunchtime.

I've also read that you can cut up jacket potatoes and put them in a flask, along with your "toppings"

With a normal flask, you can take soup and a roll.

With a food flask you can re-use your left overs, or frozen meals in your freezer by heating them up and chucking them in. Ideal for curry/rice, chili/rice, or pasta dishes.

Small tins of pineapple chunks make nice cheap meals too. You can usually get them for about 25-28p/can And they're fruit and only about 100 calories/can.

Cold rice pudding can be nice too.