May work lunches challenge

littlemisschocolate

Hi all,

Quick update, still resisting the temptation to buy lunch. Today was a fruit salad and some yoghurt and tomorrow is couscous wiht roasted veg and yoghurt.

I do need to pay a visit to Holland and Barret for some snacky things. xx

Tales_of_Pip

Hi All

Had my first brought lunch yesterday and I have todays ready to go, so thats 2 out of 2 so far for me

Cheers

Pip

shezam

Morning all.

Another lunch from home today but just the same as the last week and yesterday.

Salad from garden, cucumber, cherry toms, 1 slice of ham, light salad cream & Yoghurt.

Hope everyone is doing good with bringing lunches in, i'm definately saving myself some money!

Sx

elsiepac

Hi all

Sorry didn't update for a few days... this week I have made a 4 portion batch of summer minestrone soup... involves broad beans, mange tout, and teeny pasta shapes (which I found in Tesco for about 70p and only used 2/5 of a bag, woo hoo!), as well as various other bits of veg/flavourings.

However today I'm having it for tea instead of lunch, and my lunch today instead is:

- leftover chicken chunks (pack of 2 free range chicken breasts which should have been £7.09 but I paid £2.84 on Sunday as Sunday was their Display Until date, and yesterday was their Use By Date - this is the last of it now!) which was marinated in a mix of harissa, lemon juice and olive oil and then I put on kebab skewers and grilled... yum yum yum, good hot and cold!

WITH

- half a bag of "Naked Little Mixed Leaves" (90p per bag, currently 2 for £1 in Tesco)

AND

- Quinoa (cheap as chips!) cooked in veg Oxo cube, with spring onion, lemon juice and parsley mixed through

AND

- Roast Red, Yellow and Green Peppers (£1 for a pack of three in Asda as opposed to £1.65 in Tesco), and Tomatoes - actually I lied, they're not roasted, they're grilled with salt, pepper, chilli flakes, drizzle of olive oil and bit of crumbled veg Oxo cube..... but it's the same effect!

Now that sounds like a lot of food, but actually it's not, is a small plastic tub - smaller than a Tub-It :A

Soup for the rest of the week, just in case I forget to post!

LC x

Jules28

Hello All,

Same as yesterday for me: bagel for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch, 2 cans and a packet of crisps for a snack.

Enjoy lunch when it comes!

Jules

ElmerFudd

Packed lunches today and yesterday. Bought some coffee and creamer yesterday so shouldn't be wasting any money on machine coffee for the upcoming future.

madammim_2

same as yesterday for me : wrap with spinach, herby chicken & mayo and satsumas

shezam

Hey all!

Got leftover homemade Pathia curry for lunch today, my partner is an amazing cook and this is what i was treated too last night when I came home from work. Very spoiled!

Enjoy lunches everyone. x

firesidemaid

i like reading these threads,very inspiring - thought i'd add some support.

elsiepac - lovng your ideas, thank you.

i HATE paying money for lunches - so make sure i always have a supply of non-perishables in my locker bananas and apples and yogs in fridge for emergencies. i would rather have crisps/banana/yog on the odd occasion than buy anything! i also drink tap water too.

i think that food and lunches is the one easy area to save money on.

Monday i had a large muller rice (25p) and a banana (10p) and a couple of fake hobnobs.

yest/today it's mixed salad (lettuce, radish and spring onions free from garden) with cheese, yog (10p), banana and fake hobs for snacking if required.

i really need to start taking leftovers from freezer as it is truly chock-full. i have to stop buying the yellow-whoopsies for a while and actually EAT some of them:rotfl:

have a good day all x

madammim_2

that was a near miss - almost forgot to sort anything out to bring today but with 5 minutes to go before I left the house knocked up a doorstep sandwich of marmite, cheese & cucumber. So I havent succumbed to the shops yet this month! saving me petrol as well