Planning for the weeks lunches

Carlm90

Hi all,

I want to spend less than £10 a week on my lunches at work. I want to do a shop on the Monday and plan my food for the week.

Does anyone do similar? What is your shopping list for that week?

There is a Tesco nearby in work so I will use that.

Thanks :]

jemb

Depends what you like to eat. You can get a loaf and do both sandwiches, beans on toast, raviolli on toast with that. So like, a loaf, some salad and tins of beans and ravioli, sliced ham . bag of apples etc?
Monday Ham salad sandwich and piece of fruit?
Tuesday raviolli on toast
Wednesday beans on toast
Thursday Pasta in sauce is on special at 50p in Asda?
Friday Salad

So like, £1.20 for a loaf, £1.70 ish can get your meat, 50p a lettuce 50p half a cuc, £1 for toms. Pasta in sauce 50p, bag of apples £1.50. 4 x tins of beans in T's 99p =£8

Carlm90

I like all of that, not really fussy on food so that's a good menu for this week

mymerrywidow

monday cheese sarnie, piece of fruit, yoghurt
tuesday ham sarnie bag of crisps choccy bar
wednesday jam sarnie piece of fruit bag of crisps
thursday ham sarnie bag of crisps piece of fruit
friday cheese sarnie piece of fruit yoghurt.




do you have a microwave at work?

Carlm90

Yes, we have a microwave at work. Everything apart from an oven to crisp those jacket potatos unfortunately

rachbc

oh and kids have sarnies most days, but today had pizza. I have leftovers or soup that I bulk make and freeze in portions - £10 cold make you a LOT of soup!

ProdigalScouser

I have a salad and a bit of fruit most days. On Sunday night, I chop up a couple of peppers, a cucumber, a bunch of spring onions and add a can of sweetcorn and some frozen peas - all this goes in a sealable tub in the fridge. Each morning, I carve a bit off a lettuce, add some of the chopped goodies and either some cubes of cheese or some ham. Sometimes a boiled egg, if I'm feeling adventurous. I finish it with a small amount of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Costs about £6 + the fruit.

In winter, I always want something hot so I keep an eye out for offers on tinned soup, beans, spaghetti etc. then either have toast with it or a cheese / ham / cheese and ham butty with it.

Any

I have a sarnie day or 2 after shopping (bread after that needs to be toasted for me to eat it).
Ham sarnie or egg mayo sarnie usually.
Then I have jacket potato and beans or prawn coctail (tesco for £1 ready made coctail)
I always have few tins of soup as a back up when I can't be bothered/have nothing fresh with Ryvita in my cupboards.

Also toast and humous with tomatoes on side is stable in our house (OH likes humous but won't eat whole tube so I finish it:-))

Always make more pasta when making for tea and bring that to work... And also chilli con carne and stews.

Spag bog makes fantastic pizza when you put it on toast and sprinkle with cheese before putting into microwave for 1-2 mins;-))

timeou

I take a tin of soup and 2 to 3 pieces of fruit every day. I usually find soup tins on offer (4 for £3 etc)