Not sure where to look,need ideas on taking lunches to work

sexymouse

Cook some pasta and stir a couple of teaspoons of pesto through. You can add pine-nuts, tinned sweetcorn, feta cheese or sundried tomoatoes etc to make it more interesting, and it keeps well in the fridge for a few days as an alternative to tuna pasta salad.

Frankie100

sexymouse wrote: »

Cook some pasta and stir a couple of teaspoons of pesto through. You can add pine-nuts, tinned sweetcorn, feta cheese or sundried tomoatoes etc to make it more interesting, and it keeps well in the fridge for a few days as an alternative to tuna pasta salad.

That sounds lovely sexymouse and all of those ingredients I love!:T

Pasta,s so cheap nowadays just got to make sure i dont laden it down with humungous calories!
I could live off pasta

notatvstar

I have the luxury of my own office and in it I have a fridge. I also have a kettle in here. On the Monday I bring in a loaf of bread and some ham, cheese or fish (I've already got butter with me here) and I make my own sandwiches at work. Saves me time in the morning at home and also I'm a bit moody when it comes to food. I've worked out that by doing this my lunches (and my tea breaks) will have cost me about 1-2 quid per day instead of 4 quid (we pay 40 pence per cup from the tea lady - she hasn't found my kettle yet... ). I'll be doing a couscous experiment soon.

I do realise that not everyone will have their own office though.

Frankie100

notatvstar wrote: »

I have the luxury of my own office and in it I have a fridge. I also have a kettle in here. On the Monday I bring in a loaf of bread and some ham, cheese or fish (I've already got butter with me here) and I make my own sandwiches at work. Saves me time in the morning at home and also I'm a bit moody when it comes to food. I've worked out that by doing this my lunches (and my tea breaks) will have cost me about 1-2 quid per day instead of 4 quid (we pay 40 pence per cup from the tea lady - she hasn't found my kettle yet... ). I'll be doing a couscous experiment soon.

I do realise that not everyone will have their own office though.

I like your job notatvstar!
I will have to take my luches and teas around with me because Im never in the same place at work but its a small price to pay.

Now I can use someones kettle theres no problem with that but is powdered milk fattening??the ones that go with coffee?
I,ll be saving 70pm on coffee alone if I bring my own,God i,ll be carrying around a suitcase the way Im going!:D

Tixy

Frankie100 wrote: »

Like I have mentioned my first priority is to get my credit card balance to zero and 2 of my loans are up next year(giving me an extra £199)per month that I dont have to pay out which leaves just one more loan,the £157 per month.
Now would I be able to change the payment on that loan,meaning pay more than the £157 so I can finish it earlier than the 5 years its taking right now??Do loan companys allow this or will I have to stick to paying the same amount each month for the next 5 years?

Depends on the T&Cs of your loans and whether loan overpayments are allowed. On all new loans they are but on existing loans some allow and some don't.
If you can't overpay then put the extra in savings until you have enough to pay off in full early (all allow you to do that).

Frankie100

Tixy wrote: »

Depends on the T&Cs of your loans and whether loan overpayments are allowed. On all new loans they are but on existing loans some allow and some don't.
If you can't overpay then put the extra in savings until you have enough to pay off in full early (all allow you to do that).

Thank you so much Tixy,really appreciate your info.

Yes I think putting it away would be a good idea and will be one that God willing I can do.
I seem to be getting my debts sorted out right now,ok its gonna take a long time but the thought of retierment with no credit cards or loans is whats spurring me on.
Ive been such a bloody fool in the past Tixy and definatly buried my head in the sand hoping it would all go away,it didnt:( but coming on here a good while ago and facing up to my demons and realising that anythings possible has been the best thing I have ever done.

Thank you so much:)

josephine82

I make my lunch every day, buying all the ingredients from Tesco and have a combination of the following:

sandwiches, fruit, cereal bars, pack crisps
jacket potato & beans/tuna and sweetcorn
pasta with sauce and salad/chicken/veg
vegetable risotto
rice salad
sweet and sour chicken with rice (don't have to have chicken, can do with just veg)
wraps for a change- just use tortillas instead of bread

Buy squash to make your water more interesting, treat yourself to a multipack of drink of you want and have one a week, make sure you take snack bars/apples/bananas/satsumas etc to have as snacks.

It takes a bit of organisation but it can totally be done. I couldn't afford to buy my lunch out anymore- I 'treated' myself to a panini at the cafe down the road, with a pack of crisps and a drink it was £6. :eek: crazy!

Good luck!

SOT2011

Hi,

Just to follow up on the insulated bag question, both I and OH have a bit like mini cool bags that are reusable. They have both lasted over a year already.

Our local T3sco often have them, tend to be either around the school stuff (a lot are aimed at kids but they also did a square plain blue one that was quite cheap last time I looked) or near the kitchen section with the flasks etc. I am sure other supermarkets will have similar & maybe cheaper too, but Mr T is where I hand over most of my wages so I know it better than the others

If you pop "Thermos Coolfresh 6 Can Coolbag" in the search on Amaz0n you will see the type of thing I mean, but I'm sure I paid less than that for ours so worth shopping around.

You will also need a freezer block. These you need to freeze over night, last time I looked our T3sco also had those quite cheap in the Garden/outdoors area.

If you do get one of these bags, you need to remember to put the ice pack back in the freezer when you get home at night and also to give the bag a quick wipe down and leave it open to air overnight to keep it fresh.

Kei

No I dont leave my purse at home, I would worry about not having it in an emergency (a real emergency that is, not like a chocolate craving kind of emergency!!!) like needing petrol on the way home or something. But when you get in the habit of not spending money its easy to have your purse on you and not spend, and i think that that is a major hurdle. Its all very good going out without a wallet and not spending, but you have to learn to be disciplined with money.

LOVE the pasta pesto idea, am having pasta for tea tonight so gonna save some and try that!!! thanks!!!

Kei

josephine82 wrote: »

I couldn't afford to buy my lunch out anymore- I 'treated' myself to a panini at the cafe down the road, with a pack of crisps and a drink it was £6. :eek: crazy!

Good luck!

I KNOW!!!!! sandwich shops are the worst place to fritter money, by the time you add up the sandwich, snack and drink you could have gone to the pub and had a hot meal for lunch!