Ja-NEW-ary 2013 - Take your lunch to work thread

kittiej

Hey pavlovs that is brilliant, thanks for sharing, I am well impressed :dance: at your bargain buys as well. The malteser drinks are shouting out to me, I may have to call into HB's on my way to work tomorrow

mineallmine

Very organised Pavlov! I love those Maltesas drinks. And the pasta stuff is good too. I've bought some pineapple.To keep it from discolouring does it need to be in some syrup (or juice?) say from a tin of peaches/pears for instance.

I bought some scotch eggs for hubbys packed lunch. When I said how is he finding it he casually added that he's still buying lunch. So I need to double the amount of sarnies I make him. That's why I didn't include any savings from him, I knew he may still be spending.

I know this sounds naff but I may have to put a list up in the kitchen somewhere to remind me what to include in a packed lunch. So sarnie (or salad or pasta) is obvious but it's the other bits like a drink, a snack, some fruit. Until I get fully into this habit.

Ideas:
1. Cornish pastie. I noticed today that Lidl sell 3 cornish pasties (in the chilled section) for about £1.45. That you can eat hot or cold. So one of those in a packed lunch might be quite nice. Not tried them.
2. Lidl's version of Pot Noodle. Bought a couple of these today to try. About 50p I think.

What food flask did you buy Kittle? I've got a thermos one thats dishwasher safe and I'm thinking of getting another one for things like tea.

kittiej

Hi MAM I got it from Tesco, I think they call it a food jar by Thermos and cost me £7.50. This is like it from Amazonia but theirs is £5 more expensive and doesn't have thermocafe just Thermos, so a fiver for the name

365days

mineallmine wrote: »

Hello it's MAM here

Favourite sarnies:
Lidl speciality ham (this one has pitstatios in it..sp) sarnie
Onion baji and coleslaw wrap
Falafel ready bought and I take a little pot of chilli sauce as a dip

Now officially STARVING! Need to eat dinner ASAP

Now onion bajhi and coleslaw wrap is going on my list. Sounds amazing!

365days

3 favourite lunches;

Spice sensation cous cous with raisins, pumpkin seeds. little cubes of cheese (feta or cheddar) cheery toms halved,cuc, spring onions and a couple of dried apricots chopped up.

Marmite and peanut butter on multi seeded toast.


Homemade houmous with red pepper sticks and a bag of cheese and onion:o

Betty_Crumble

i'm officially on the picture bandwagon

penelopedee_2

Brown bread, ham and some posh cheese with cranberries in, sarnie for me and youngest is having ham and mayo (as he does every day).

All in the fridge, ready to go. Now if only I could get the boys to have a bath and get their school bags ready as easily ......

kittiej

Thanks for the fave lunches 365 :j
Wow Betty, what is there to say about your fabulous stash of goodies - and are those your mince pies :rotfl:

Penelope I can truly sympathise re the children, I have to coax mine into the tub as well.

Great job ev1 :T

pavlovs_dog

mineallmine wrote: »

Very organised Pavlov! I love those Maltesas drinks. And the pasta stuff is good too. I've bought some pineapple.To keep it from discolouring does it need to be in some syrup (or juice?) say from a tin of peaches/pears for instance.

do you mean a fresh whole pineapple that you're going to cut up?

I'm not sure if it will brown as quickly as say an apple. Lemon or orange juice will stop most fruits browning, or do what I do which is to use some juice/syrup from tinned fruit. I only use a little bit and give it a good stir to make sure the fruit is coated.

Betty Crumble - fab idea to get everything ready and organised into 'grab packs' :T are you sick of the mince pies yet?!

Betty_Crumble

pavlovs_dog wrote: »

do you mean a fresh whole pineapple that you're going to cut up?

I'm not sure if it will brown as quickly as say an apple. Lemon or orange juice will stop most fruits browning, or do what I do which is to use some juice/syrup from tinned fruit. I only use a little bit and give it a good stir to make sure the fruit is coated.

Betty Crumble - fab idea to get everything ready and organised into 'grab packs' :T are you sick of the mince pies yet?!

soooooooooo sick of mince pies, might stick em in the fridge at work, theyre bound to go walkies