December 2013- Take Your Lunch To Work Thread

WantToBeSE

So, i have just finished boiling 2 eggs to make my egg salad sarnie for tomorrows LTW (Lunch To Work). I'll give it a good dollop of mayo and a big grinding of S&P..yummy!

Shortie

Hiya WantToBeSE, can I be put down for 18 lunches please? I'm working 20 days (ie all bar weekends and bank holidays) but am meeting a friend for lunch on Wednesday and may try and catch up with one more friend this month too

BlueDaisy

Yay! Managed to make a BIG pot of spicy butternut squash soup! That's me sorted for the rest of the week
Well done everyone, your lunches all sound way better than mine but I am determined to have a lean 3 weeks before the Xmas splurge. Still got a few kilos left to lose.

Sedge123

I've managed day 1 today. However, hubby decided to cook bacon for his sandwich tomorrow and although I should embrace it in a mse type of way it doesn't help the fact that the whole house stinks!

TakingControlNow

Sandwich made ready for tomorrow, corned beef, my favourite

Shortie

Morning. I have a really oaty day today :-S

I went to bed early and in a mood so didn't sort my food for today. Coupled with getting up late as my alarm was somehow not set for this morning, didn't bode well..

I grabbed my bircher breakfast from the fridge and went to grab a portion of butternut soup that I grabbed out of the freezer on Sunday, to find it waa pea and ham (whoops and urgh). Desperate not to buy my lunch in, I grabbed the remainder of the bircher stuff from the fridge and a banana for lunch. Not very exciting eh...?

Will see how I go in work - I was ill yesterday in work (actually, I passed out at one point for a few seconds). I woke up today with a funny headache and have atartes to feel light headed on the train again now I'll munch a Go Ahead that I grabbed from my desk last night before I left but am hoping eating will help (? I don't feel hungry, haven't been skipping meals... I don't think this is food related?)

BlueDaisy

Oh Shortie - be careful. Make sure you stay hydrated aswell as eating properly and I think I'd recommend a trip to the doctors to get checked out. Take care x

WantToBeSE

Good Morning Everyone

BlueDaisy wrote: »

Yay! Managed to make a BIG pot of spicy butternut squash soup! That's me sorted for the rest of the week
Well done everyone, your lunches all sound way better than mine but I am determined to have a lean 3 weeks before the Xmas splurge. Still got a few kilos left to lose.

I have 13lbs to lose, BD. I hate trying to lose weight, but slow and steady works for me. I have lost 1st so far, and have 13lbs to go until i reach my target of 10st.
Your soup sounds lovely!

Sedge123 wrote: »

I've managed day 1 today. However, hubby decided to cook bacon for his sandwich tomorrow and although I should embrace it in a mse type of way it doesn't help the fact that the whole house stinks!

Well done Sedge, i'll update you Mmmm..bacon sarnies are my favourite!

TakingControlNow wrote: »

Sandwich made ready for tomorrow, corned beef, my favourite

Well done TCN, i'll update you I havent had corned beef in years!

WantToBeSE

Shortie wrote: »

Morning. I have a really oaty day today :-S

I went to bed early and in a mood so didn't sort my food for today. Coupled with getting up late as my alarm was somehow not set for this morning, didn't bode well..

I grabbed my bircher breakfast from the fridge and went to grab a portion of butternut soup that I grabbed out of the freezer on Sunday, to find it waa pea and ham (whoops and urgh). Desperate not to buy my lunch in, I grabbed the remainder of the bircher stuff from the fridge and a banana for lunch. Not very exciting eh...?

Will see how I go in work - I was ill yesterday in work (actually, I passed out at one point for a few seconds). I woke up today with a funny headache and have atartes to feel light headed on the train again now I'll munch a Go Ahead that I grabbed from my desk last night before I left but am hoping eating will help (? I don't feel hungry, haven't been skipping meals... I don't think this is food related?)

Please take care of yourself, Shortie. There are so many bugs going around. Hope you are better soon.

Soworried

cathybird wrote: »

hi Soworried, it's incredibly easy - basically you soften some onion and garlic in a frying pan and then throw in one or two cut up good-quality cooking chorizo sausages (some recipes advise you to cook the chorizo in oil first and then the onion and garlic, as the chorizo releases the paprika along with its oils and that flavours the onion and garlic, but they take on the flavours anyway really). Then you throw in some cut-up potatoes - I had four potatoes left so chucked them all in - and fry those for a minute or so. Then you put in chicken stock (I used about 500ml, maybe a bit more? .... enough to cover the potatoes and chorizo). Then you simmer it for about 20 minutes, till the potatoes are softened, then throw in the cabbage, sliced reasonably finely, and cook that for another 15 minutes or so. That's it - you don't blend or anything - it's a rustic, chunky soup. I used a recipe that suggested mixing up a paste of smoked paprika and olive oil and swirling that in at the end, which I did.

Here are two "official" recipes:
http://www.theskintfoodie.com/caldo-verde.html
http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/caldoverdeportuguese_73565

It's yum, but you do need good chorizo.

Thankyou, it sounds lovely :T

I'm just having soup tomorrow and I'm not even sure what type:o I froze lentil soup and spicy chicken soup and I can't work out which jars are which :cool: