July save on work lunches challenge

MrGreen

415SanFran wrote: »

Sorry to intrude can you add me please? for 2 bought lunches this Month.

#9 - 415SanFran - You've been added, and good luck

Nottoobadyet

Back on my grilled pesto mushroom sandwiches today and yesterday, and my collegue bought me a packet of crisps! Om nom nom.

Making veggie lasagne tonight so I'll have leftovers for tomorrow.

missworks2jobs

Chicken soup and banana sandwich for me today. Plus for some strange reason I brought in a whole red pepper?! I was half asleep this morning while packing for work and was thinking along the lines of stuffed peppers but left the cheese and changed my mind about re-heating rice last minute. Must have forgotten about the pepper when I abandoned that lunch choice half way thru. Will try again 2moro, i'm sure we have cous cous somewhere - that will microwave inside a pepper i'm sure.

d3mon4ngel

Hmmmm... I well and truely fell off the wagon... 5 bought lunches in a row! :eek:

Back on it again now, and it's going to be HM all the way for the rest of the month!

Got ham salad sandwiches today, along with a cheese-filled potato skin left over from last night and the final few slices of the last weetabix cake I made, plus two sausage rolls (in case I get extra peckish ).

I have to say I'm impressed with the cake. I made it last Sunday, and although it's gone a little bit hard around the edge, it has kept quite well wrapped in foil in the fridge. Going to be making a few more this weekend, along with more normal sponge cakes - bought 15 eggs last night, then got home and realised that we still had 12 left so they have got to be used up. Both of us were sure that we'd run out, so I'm guessing the egg fairy came and put them there

Nottoobadyet

Banana sandwich?? oh my!

Working at home today so eating leftovers from the fridge - made some lush veggie lasagne yesterday so eating that and there should even be some leftover for another dinner this week.

missworks2jobs

Nottoobadyet wrote: »

Banana sandwich?? oh my!

Working at home today so eating leftovers from the fridge - made some lush veggie lasagne yesterday so eating that and there should even be some leftover for another dinner this week.

Don't tell me you've never had a banana sandwich? It's even better if you have a scraping of nutella or peanut butter on the bread! I used to have them when I was little.

missworks2jobs

Today i've brought in some eggs (slight battle to not squash the box on the bus journey into work). My half pepper already in the fridge and a block of feta thats been sitting unclaimed in the fridge at home for ages. So it was cheesy pepper omelette today for lunch. With an apple & orange (all from home). Woo hoo! I even have a mullerrice if I get peckish around 3 - got job no2 to go to tonight when I finish no1.

Nottoobadyet

missworks2jobs wrote: »

Don't tell me you've never had a banana sandwich?

Nope, somehow I missed that bit! I'll blame the parents

asp746

i've only bought one lunch this month. I reckon i'm saving about £3 per day because aswell as not buying lunch i'm not buying a bottle of water but taking one from home and topping it up at work.

granted i have the inital layout of the packed lunch ingredients but i reckon two slices of bread, cheese & pickle, packet of crisps, yoghurt & satsuma = about £1 per day?

MrGreen

Working a late shift this week, today I had lunch at home and have got pasta with me for this evening.

I'm slowly building up a reserve of food at work, currently I have some Branson pickle and a tin of soup. The pickle helped me out for a couple of days last week, when I managed to get 4 rolls that had been reduced from tesco for 35p and used my pickle as a filling.

Anyone else have suggestions for other things I could store that I can use when needed.

Need to remember to bring in a plate and some cutlery as well.