Great 'cheap but nutritious packed lunches' hunt

mcallister1

arran_m wrote: »

i never had school dinners, lunch was packed and usually a cold pasta or potato salad with butter beans,chickpeas, kidney beans etc a little tub of hummus and some vegetable crudites, the big treat was getting a slice of mums hm courgette loaf
weekends were for hot lunches either hm barley or lentil soup, or a jacket potato[/QUOTe
Your Mum must be very nice! I wish she would make mine.

Vaila

haha she may have made the courgette loaf but i got into the habit of making my own lunches young,

Kimitatsu

HoplessCase wrote: »

Sorry if this is a really stupid question... but I have never heard of food flasks before.

Surely you have to cook something to put in them the night before/morning everyday? I currently have Ryvita, little tub of Phili, cherry tomatoes and carrot sticks, sometimes a bit of cold chicken... this takes me less than 5 minutes to throw in a lunch box. I like the idea of a hot lunch but doesn't take up loads of time to prepare?

If it keeps it warm overnight I can see some people could use leftovers but as a single person I tend to end up eating leftovers for dinner every night!!

Sorry bit late to answer this - we just pop them in the microwave in the morning whilst having breakfast/making coffee/having a shower. Then straight in the flasks and they keep warm for about 8 hours.

We decide the night before what they are going to have - snack, desert and drink go in the lunchbox and in the fridge, then next morning a few minutes in the microwave and into the flask. Its so easy and it saves me a fortune.

abi_csi

I like boiled eggs (a pain to peel though), tomatoes, wholemeal buttered bread, an apple and a yoghurt. Good, old-fashioned, wholesome food, cheap and it's not going to kill me.

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Willow92

I take a jam sandwich and a few home grown cherry tomatoes to college with me ^_^

joslimmer

My youngest has always been a fussy eater and packed lunches are a nightmare as he wants the same white bread and peanut butter sandwiches every day. He does like hummus and a few months ago I found some mini pots in the supermarket. Now I give them both sliced pitta bread and carrots and a mini pot of hummus some days and they love it. It's really quick too!

joslimmer

I bought some of those food thermos for the boys and packed up some chunky veg soup for them today and some hunks of bread. Nice and quick and warming on a chilly day!

Willow92

Sounds yummy!

jordan2010

Sorry, i just can't understand you, please.