Always Packing Really Inexpensive Lunches - Apr 2013 - Take your lunch to work thread

black_cat

I'm back at work tomorrow. Have packed bag with two week's worth of Mug Shots (bought on offer). When they've gone I'll be making my own pasta to microwave at work. I've just got to keep away from the chocolate and crisp machine...

kittiej

Just imagine the machine is a big filing cabinet full of lots and lots of booooring stuff and definitely not full of lovely chocolate and crisps :rotfl:

Twiggy_34

So much for my low calorie lunches, I wasn't feeling motivated lastnight either so threw lunch together this morning. I didn't realise that I'd run out of my frozen chicken & cheese emergency stash bags to go with cous cous, and had no sandwich fillings available. So, today's lunch is a bag of crisps, 4 squares of chocolate from a big bar that's been in the fridge for a couple of weeks, and best of all, a slice of my DP's birthday cake! :rotfl:

It's not all bad as I have a chicken cup a soup here at work which I'll have & that will make me feel like I've eaten something sensible, and I did take a chicken breast out of the freezer before I left for work so that I can prepare a new batch of cous cous stash bags!

happy_bunny_2

Twiggy_34 wrote: »

So much for my low calorie lunches, I wasn't feeling motivated lastnight either so threw lunch together this morning. I didn't realise that I'd run out of my frozen chicken & cheese emergency stash bags to go with cous cous, and had no sandwich fillings available. So, today's lunch is a bag of crisps, 4 squares of chocolate from a big bar that's been in the fridge for a couple of weeks, and best of all, a slice of my DP's birthday cake! :rotfl:

It's not all bad as I have a chicken cup a soup here at work which I'll have & that will make me feel like I've eaten something sensible, and I did take a chicken breast out of the freezer before I left for work so that I can prepare a new batch of cous cous stash bags!

Curry powder or paprika is nice mixed in cous cous, ideally with fried courgette or pepper but is ok on it's own with lemon juice or olive oil

happy_bunny_2

kittiej wrote: »

Just imagine the machine is a big filing cabinet full of lots and lots of booooring stuff and definitely not full of lovely chocolate and crisps :rotfl:

Don't take any change to work. If it takes notes, don't take those either

black_cat

I took my lunch to work today and didn't succomb to that awful chocolate and crisp machine!

1/17 lunches in April

Twiggy_34

happy_bunny wrote: »

Curry powder or paprika is nice mixed in cous cous, ideally with fried courgette or pepper but is ok on it's own with lemon juice or olive oil

Thanks happy_bunny, unfortunately I am one of the fussiest individuals on the planet, my biggest problem is that I don't eat veggies or salad, so both the courgette and pepper is out, I also don't do flavour which definitely rules out the curry powder, although I do wonder how I'll get on with paprika - I will have to try it.

hohum

Hi, just getting in to this again so have had a browse through. Plus I love reading about food

It's snacks that get me. Couple weeks ago co-op had an offer on variety packs (remember them?) and they worked really well as office standbys! The other one is buying lots of veg and chopping it all up so can grab from the fridge in the morning.

I had leftovers of Moroccan one pot chicken (chicken, rice, lentils, dates) and a homemade banana, yoghurt and date muffin (cheap overripe bananas and dates leftover from the chicken, rest of ingredients storecupboard). We got about 6 big portions from the chicken so worked out roughly £0.90/ portion. It was an online recipe, recommend it!

Also recommend baking muffins/biscuits if you have time. Lifts your spirits to have 'luxury' items that are within budget. Muffins didn't take too long last night and made them while I was cooking tea.

32b3in2013

Evening

I didn't go to work yesterday and was starving at lunchtime, so I had my dinner at lunchtime, and my lunch at dinner time!

Today I was back to normal, and had lunch at the traditional time to have lunch..... 9.45am I am always hungry, I need to take more food to work with me.

black_cat

Didn't spend any money at work today - was so busy, I forgot to eat the lunch I'd brought!