Taking Lunches to work

mumsy22boys

Thank you all great ideas, I am off to the old style baord right now.

spugzbunny

What do you usually have if you buy it? You could probably adapt most things you buy into a 'brought in' lunch.

I'm lazy - I have ham in a pitta with salad or darylea in a pitta with salad. It only takes 2 mins in the morning!

MsHoarder

If you don't want to have the same meal twice then double the carbohydrate part of your dinner and then make a quick pasta/rice/potato salad. Just chop up tomatos, cucumber, ham, tuna, cheese, egg or similar with a sauce or salad dressing. Quick stir and its ready to eat.

SailorSam

mumsy22boys wrote: »

Hi Sailor Sam,

Could you give me the recipes pls. I am not great in the kitchen, ant the rice sounds yummy!

I just throw a handful of anything i think may go in, the veges would usually be frozen ones and i'd leave them raw so it's like rice salad.
If you like fish mix in tins of pilchards or sardines.
Whatever is on offer.

fiscalfreckles

I make lunches for my 2 teen daughters who also are not keen on bread.
They like wraps though, and filled pittas.
Or salads, leafy salad with cucumber, toms, grated carrot, sweetcorn, chopped peppers (whatever I have in really!) topped with strips of ham, pieces of left over chicken, a few prawns in mayo or simply grated cheese.
I also do rice salad - plain boiled, cooled rice mixed with raisins, sweetcorn, peas, peppers, etc, mixed with curried mayo (i'd add peanuts too if it was for me!).
Pasta salad - cooked pasta with any tomato sauce (I have been known to make this with ketchup when the cupboards are bare!) or pesto (or both!), can add chopped veg or meat to this too.
potato salad - good for using up left overs - cold potatoes in mayo with paprika, or garlic mayo.
They also like sausage rolls & cocktail sausages.
Hummus or dips with pitta strips/breadsticks/raw veg.
Good old cheese & crackers.

gratefulforhelp_2

Mr S value do 2 samosas (50p) 2 spring rolls (50p) and various soup, about 20p a tin. Also what about value noodles?

Justwed08

Hello!

Each Monday I cook some chicken/turkey pieces usually around £2 in the supermarket and when cooked in stock mix it with whatever leftovers i have some mushrooms, tomatoes, sweet corn or sweet peppers simmer till all cooked then mix in some cous cous stir and leave to cool then I divide into three plastic tubs and have lunch for 3 days - really cheap and can eat hot or cold straight from the tub. after 3 days I'm ready for a change but it is really easy and cheap to make and you can use up all the veggie/cold meat leftovers from the weekend if you dont want to buy additional meat to add or you are a veggie!

kafkathecat

I do cold home made pizza (and if you have a microwave you could heat it up) couscous with onion, peas, corn and spices, pasta with pesto, orzo pasta with walnuts, olives and peas in a herby vinaigrette, home made pasties with leftover dinner in jusrol pastry and home made soup at the moment. I also sometimes do wraps, bagels or pitta bread instead of bread. Always looking for new ideas though...

Sublime_2

Crackers, raw veg, with dips. Perfect!