Packed Lunch for work

LittleLauz

Pretty much everything can be reheated in the microwave and still taste good, I've been taking wraps or salads and yoghurt and fruit now the warmer weather is here but I took batch cooking into work to reheat all through winter. My faves were chilli con carne, lasagne, cottage pie, stews, hm soup and hm bread, and of course the good old jacket spud and beans.

alex21

I sometimes take a packet of that flavoured cous cous as it only needs boiling water to be added. My son takes it cold for a change from sarnies and I add stuff like all the wee fiddly bits of chicken from the sunday roast and chop up sundried or cherry tomatoes, roasted peppers etc. Scrappy bits of lamb in the mediterranean flavour is very nice. The packs cost about 69p but are sometimes on offer at 2 for a £. Hope this helps.

xrjtg

Cous cous is an excellent standby if you run out of things that you've prepared to re-heat. No particular need to buy flavoured stuff though: put some cous-cous, stock powder, black pepper and any herbs you fancy in a plastic box and mix thoroughly. To make up, add about the same height again of boiling water 5 minutes before you want to eat it, and leave it covered whilst it stands.

Pee

You can microwave soup. A tin of soup can be a good stand by. You can microwave a jacket potato. This is very good if you are reheating one, otherwise I would say not nearly as nice as over baked, but edible and possibly better than sandwiches. Leftover chinese works well as do almost any other leftovers. Lasagne is my fave, too.

barneydee_2

DD1 started a new job this week as she has no money she has been taking pack up's ,monday was a giant couscous salad with roasted veg spices and feta, Tuesday was left over roasted veg, chorizo,garlic,herbs in cooked pasta.Wednesday was chilli noodles, 1 red chilli chopped finley fresh corriander,prawns and spring oinions. thursday was home made quiche made with sauage meat and salad.Friday was quiche made with left over gamon diced, onions chese left over bits of peppers all delicous :)and I had exacetly the same, the people who she was working with could not belive what she was having as they were having just sandwiches, which where she is working in the Regents park area are £4.45for a cheese and pickle sandwich :eek:all these meals we had you could eat hot or cold. hope these ideas help.

Barneydee

sooty&sweep

Hi

My husband often takes the leftovers from our tea the night before.

Jen

CH27

Make pasta salad
Cooked pasta mixed with cherry tomatoes, red onion & mayo. Add tuna, ham, chese etc.

Make rice slad
Cooked rice with peas, sweetcorn & flaked smoked fish.

Jen my hubby does that too:)

V.Lucky

Just a tip for couscous, you can zap the dried stuff in the microwave for 10-20 secs to warm it up, so it cooks quicker when you add the hot water, if you are eating it at work hot from dried.

Cold pasta and couscous salads are my favourite, look and taste a million dollars, but cost next to nothing.

babyshoes

Whenever possible I cook extra to take in for lunches. Almost anything works - even leftover roast, if you have gravy to keep it moist.

kittendothroar

I normally cook extra meat or fish with dinner too, and keep salady stuff in the fridge to make into a lunch box. Recently been eating a lot of vac-pack cannellini beans, mixed with cucumber, vac-pack beetroot and either cheese or salmon fillets. I buy the frozen pieces when on special, roast or microwave, cool down and then flake into the salad. I really love this salad from the bbc site for salmon with chickpeas, is delish warm or cold http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/235606/salmon-with-warm-chickpea-pepper-and-spinach-salad

Recently I picked up a handy little salad bowl from poundland that has a mini tub in the lid for the dressing, is just right size for my lunch