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

Shortie

Juno – sounds like you’re making pretty bigs changes at the mo – well done on you for tackling the convenience food! Any reduction in the amount of that stuff anyone eats is awesome, and will have huge health benefits. A huge pat on the back for that one. Don’t mis-understand me, I’m partial to a take away, McDs and fry up as much as the next but I’m trying to be really good as the food is really damaging my pocket (and therefore debt busting abilities) and and I’ve thundered on weight over the last years when I’ve kept ‘treating myself’ to take outs – whoops. My next step will be to make my lunches healthier as I go along this challenge J

Betty – your post made me chuckle – loving the Peppa Pig spaghetti post. Have you ‘bean’ back to get another since?

Shortie

KittieJ, I have to log off now and do work (work? work?? how dare they expect that... hehe) but did see the post about 3 fav lunches quickly and had to stop reading - I'll read the rest of the thread tonight but otherwise let me know how I can help (if it's needed - not trying to tread on toes or anything )

Carcluster

Carcluster wrote: »

Certainly for January this is a biggie for me (not only Christmas this December, but bought a [used!] car and all of the "extra that involves; insurance, road tax, parking permit!).

I plan to buy a loaf of bread on a Monday and 5 tins of soup (from a supermarket, not a lunchy/snack shop) and stick with that till payday.

Keeping the stuff in my work drawer too to side-step my regular "not enough time to make something" in the morning!

And I'm off!
5 cans of soup (RRP 59p, 400g size) in Morrison's for £2, plus I had to get the only microwave-safe £1 soup bowl I could find in Poundland! (Got a nice Warburtons mixed seed loaf there, too). Fortunately there was a can opener in the staff kitchen!
so.. first week, with the one-off soup bowl: £4 lunches!

AFK_Matrix

Shortie wrote: »

Juno – sounds like you’re making pretty bigs changes at the mo – well done on you for tackling the convenience food! Any reduction in the amount of that stuff anyone eats is awesome, and will have huge health benefits. A huge pat on the back for that one. Don’t mis-understand me, I’m partial to a take away, McDs and fry up as much as the next but I’m trying to be really good as the food is really damaging my pocket (and therefore debt busting abilities) and and I’ve thundered on weight over the last years when I’ve kept ‘treating myself’ to take outs – whoops. My next step will be to make my lunches healthier as I go along this challenge J

Betty – your post made me chuckle – loving the Peppa Pig spaghetti post. Have you ‘bean’ back to get another since?

Hey Shortie,

Um not to belittle Juno in any way but did you mean me for stopping the takeaways? As I don't think Juno is, sorry if this is incorrect though!!! And welcome Shortie to stopping those oh sooo yummy takeways but ooohhh sooo bad as well lol. Keep us updated how you do on the takeaway front, 5 days and counting here :T

FatVonD

Loaf of bread and a 6-pack of crisps was my spend for the week as the cheese I left here before Christmas was still here (!)

Betty_Crumble

FatVonD wrote: »

Loaf of bread and a 6-pack of crisps was my spend for the week as the cheese I left here before Christmas was still here (!)

wow i'm not leaving my mince pies near your cheese if no ones nabbed it lol.

im not going to freeze them as im on a mission now, gotta eat them and be done.

tuna pasta for lunch tomorrow, was wondering what sauces go on the cold pasta snacks in tesco because i'd like to make a more varied type of pasta. Like the tomato ones, they cant be just cold dolmio :rotfl:

his_missus

Florida2013 wrote: »

I didn't have any sandwich stuff in the fridge at all today. I'm almost ashamed to say that I've made myself a lemon curd sandwich

Still, at least I'm saving money!

There have been many times I've left hubby to make his own lunch and he's made jam butties. He's even been known to put crisps on his jam butties!:eek:

Twiggy_34 wrote: »

Well it's lunchtime, which naturally brought me to this thread to have a nosey at what's been going on since I last visited! I've just had my ham sandwich (bought a half price gammon joint at the weekend & slow cooked it for sandwiches/snacks/dinner, it only cost £5 and is all mine!). I also bought a multipack of crisps and managed to resist indulging in them over the weekend.

:rotfl:

I always buy a joint of ham and boil it - so much nicer and more economical than pre-packed ham. I even bought a meat slicer so I could slice it finer than I could with a knife (though Hubby liked my doorstop slices of ham)

I hope you don't mind me popping into your thread. I always take my own lunch to work and always have but it's nice to find new and exciting ideas.

I quickly get bored of butties for lunch and often make soup to take to work - usually leek and potato or ham and mixed bean soup, sometimes I throw in some small pasta shapes to bulk it out.

Fruittea

Homemade pasty for me today - made with left over pastry from yesterday and I made some veg soup. Very nice. Also just portioned up some tropical mix into handy little boxes. Should be quiche and salad tomorrow if the plan goes well. I need to use up the Stilton from Christmas - so Stilton and red onion quicke coming up.

Really enjoying reading your posts. I don't take to many sarnies into work as I have a mild alergy to to much wheat. Hence the salads and soups.

Keep it up everyone.:beer:

365days

£5 saved today. DS came to work with me so would of been 2x £3 meal deal.

Took our own Ham, salad and Mayo on home made mutigrain, crisps and a banana.

Would of been £6 saved but forgot drink for DS.

kittiej

;)Evening All

Welcome to helejenkins :hello:I know we will all make her feel welcome. I have added you to the list btw.

WelshWoofer - sometimes it pays to be organised lol

clairey em - I need to find a recipe for coronation chicken, though I would use Quorn. I love the sound of that

Twiggy and AFK I think I might have to buy ham to cook in the slow cooker for my husband, he loves stuff like that, as does the mad dog

Florida there's nothing wrong with lemon curd sarnies if you like them - and it saves you money of course

Hello Shortie :j I wondered where you'd gone! You most definitely won't be treading on my toes by helping out, I thank you for asking. All the lovely peeps on here have been saying what their favourite three lunches are so I was thinking of making lists under different headings - savoury/ meat sandwiches, sweet sandwiches, other types of lunch eg salad, soups. I can't really concentrate on it atm because I am really busy but hopefully this weekend I can devote some time to it. Once the lists have been compiled they should be easy to maintain (in theory anyway) so if you would like to make a start then please feel free I can copy and paste into the first post then.

If anyone else would like to pick up a category then please shout out. Otherwise keep up the good work you have started :T

Hey his missus - feel free to drop by anytime you want, everyone is welcome :j

Hi Fruittea, glad you're enjoying the thread. Maybe you could let us in on some of your recipes? show us some pics perhaps?

Fabulous stuff 365, and you are forgiven the £1 spend :rotfl:

and finally Betty Crumble, what can I say except - mince pies

Well my little update, I took chilli and rice in my little bitty flask and it was great, still really warm so I am well chuffed. when I get a chance I will stock up on soup and if I buy some Quorn pieces I can make my version of Quorn satay which I love.

Keep it going guys you're doing great.