Packed Lunch for work

TimBear

juniper_berry wrote: »

I regularly make soups at home such as cauliflower cheese, leek and potato and pea and ham but travelling into London each day (hr journey) and being on the tube makes me a little wary as I've had it spill out in my bag before! Not a pretty sight!!

What do you store it in? I'd try a thermos flask. Even if you don't take it in hot, they seal up really well.

FatVonD

OP, there is a good taking your lunch to work thread each month on the debt-free wannabe board with lots of inspiration in the first post.

mi_jardin

I bought some oatcakes the other day for a change. They were 69p in MrS and there are 4 packs of 6 in the box. I had slices of banana on top for my break today and they really filled a gap nicely!

pixnmix_2

Hello :wave:

I don't know if anyone else here has tried a food flask but I love mine. I take homemade chilli, soup, bolognaise etc to work and it stays hot for 7 hours with no spill risk. They're wide enough to eat straight from the flask so no need to find a bowl/ plate in the workplace.

Mine cost £7 but seen them cheaper since I bought it 2 months ago. It's really paid for itself

arbroath_lass

juniper_berry wrote: »

I regularly make soups at home such as cauliflower cheese, leek and potato and pea and ham but travelling into London each day (hr journey) and being on the tube makes me a little wary as I've had it spill out in my bag before! Not a pretty sight!!

If you freeze your soup in portions it won't spill.

emmaneni

Sorry to bump this thread but saw an article about how people spend £7.81 a day on lunch at work, today and thought it would make interesting reading for us on here! Her reasons for it being acceptable seem completely mad to me.

MrsHunter

Hi all, apologies if this isn't in the right place. I'm looking for lunch/breakfast ideas for my husband when he is at work. He works twelve hour days as a window fitter so needs lots of fuel as its obviously a very manual job. Currently I make him a couple of sandwiches but he normally eats those during the morning as he doesn't have breakfast at home (he'd prefer the extra time in bed). I'm wondering what I could make him on a budget to eat around lunch time. He normally buys a meal deal from the supermarket or fish and chips so it would probably save us about £4/5 a day. He had no facilities to heat anything up.

Thanks
H x

poledancer49

You could provide him with a flask of either hot water or milk for some porridge.....plus he could have some chopped fruit to help bulk it up. The hot water could also be used for cup a soups. Cook a bulk of pasta or cous cous and add meat and salad to make a change from sandwiches? Hope this helps.:D

FairyPrincessk

Hopefully one of the boardguides will be along soon--you're definitely in the right place. There is a whole thread with lunch ideas which they should be able to link you up with!

jackyann

I have recently completed a self-build, and when we were at the stage where we had to leave home early and work hard we did the following:
Porridge (using wide mouth vacuum flask) but I know some are happy with "instant"
chunky home made soup (ditto) with home made croutons
pasta meals (ditto - get a good few wide mouth flasks!)
fruit salad - can be picked at more easily than munching on fruit - we added things like raisins & prunes
fruit & nut mix (verging on expensive)
flapjack - I made batches at the weekend, with added raisins etc.
because I like it: chopped celery & apple with chopped cheese + some oat crackers