November 2013-Take Your Lunch To Work Thread

Soworried

Sedge123 wrote: »

Day 7/10 for me - nearly there now. I'm very proud I've managed to keep this going all month!

Well done Sedge :T Think how much you have saved.

BlueDaisy

Great! Just made a pot of this veggie lentil and carrot soup. It's pretty quick and very tasty.
2 onions, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
250g red lentils, washed
2 pints stock

Add onions and carrots to pot, let them sweat a bit. Then add lentils and 2 pints boiling water, for stock I usually throw in 1 veg knorr stock pot (these are my fave stock cube, expensive but worth it, and on specials in adsa at the mo) 1 veg knorr normal stock cube and VERY important 1 teaspoon marmite. I never use it for anything else but it does give super depth for a veggie lentil soup. Let it all simmer for about 30 mins.

This amount does me and the hubby about 3 days.

I do hope you all enjoy it :-)

WantToBeSE

Sedge123 wrote: »

Day 7/10 for me - nearly there now. I'm very proud I've managed to keep this going all month!

Well Done Sedge, thats great!

Soworried wrote: »

Please do :j I love lentils

Todays casserole was lovely. I have a day off tomorrow so I will prepare some lunches for the next week or so.

Day 5 completed

I love casseroles! Wish i could take a hot lunch with me to work. Well done

BlueDaisy wrote: »

Great! Just made a pot of this veggie lentil and carrot soup. It's pretty quick and very tasty.
2 onions, finely chopped
2 carrots, finely chopped
250g red lentils, washed
2 pints stock

Add onions and carrots to pot, let them sweat a bit. Then add lentils and 2 pints boiling water, for stock I usually throw in 1 veg knorr stock pot (these are my fave stock cube, expensive but worth it, and on specials in adsa at the mo) 1 veg knorr normal stock cube and VERY important 1 teaspoon marmite. I never use it for anything else but it does give super depth for a veggie lentil soup. Let it all simmer for about 30 mins.

This amount does me and the hubby about 3 days.

I do hope you all enjoy it :-)

Yummy! I'll add this to the recipe list in post 1

WantToBeSE

BlueDaisy wrote: »

Oh can I join please? I already do this, some support and ideas would be great :T
And I can share with you a great lentil soup recipe, perfect for cold days

Of course you can join in Do you want to aim for a number, or just see how it goes?
have added you to our list, good luck

WantToBeSE

Shortie wrote: »

<Sneaks head round the door and risks an embarrassed smile>

Hi everyone, hope no one minds me rejoining the thread?

Hope you don't mind having me back? I don't usually track the number of days I want to bring lunch in, but I can do if needed? Presonally I just love the support on this thread xx


Will go back now and read over the thread for this month.

Actually, I think I'll grab a cuppa first (made with Sainsbobs value teabags, last of the big spenders me... hehe)

xx

No need to be embarassed..come on in and join us again Dont worry about tracking your number of days, it's not necessary. It's just nice to have others to give support I sometimes feel as though i am the only one coming to work with my tupperware, while everyone else pops to the supermarket and thinks nothing of spending £5! I dont get it!


Anyway, i have updated everyone, but can you all check and YELL at me if i have the numbers wrong please

have had extra hours at work, which is nice, but no time for lunch breaks!So havent had lunch till i get home at 3.30 :eek:

Doing really well at breakfasts, no shop bought ones AT ALL since i made my confession on here

Hope you are all having a great week at work.

want_to_save

epic fail bought jacket spud and tuna today however got leftover chilli for tomorrow

BlueDaisy

I work 5 days a week, but my work is not near anywhere to buy food. Except a grotty burger van, it's not difficult to steer clear of that, and we have a Snack-in-a-box box, full of crisps and choccies, but I don't even look at it. I eat the same thing practically every day - very boring I suppose but I started it when I was wanting to lose weight. Morning break is a yoghurt and a piece of fruit. Lunch is soup (usually home made) but sometimes a tin or a cup-a-soup, with or without 2 or 3 oatcakes, and another piece of fruit. I don't really have to think too much about it, so it's easy. :-)

cathybird

want_to_save wrote: »

epic fail bought jacket spud and tuna today however got leftover chilli for tomorrow

honestly I am not sure buying a jacket potato counts as an "epic fail" :rotfl:

cathybird

I took fish pie to work yesterday, did I say that? ... And I've got chicken soup for today. That's this week done with and I have one fish pie and two chicken soups left in the freezer, so that's three days next week. I'll make cottage pie, or perhaps lasagne, for next week - haven't decided which but there was a cooking programme with Nigel Slater I caught a bit of on the telly last night and he was making lasagne, which looked very noishe indeed. Cottage pie and lasagne are really pretty much the same thing anyway, it's just that one has mashed potato and one has pasta. ... Anyone here make their own pasta? ...

Soworried

I'm back to work tomorrow and I have a portion of left over pie and mash to take with me.