December 2013- Take Your Lunch To Work Thread

BlueDaisy

That's number 4 for me :-) After a strict day of yoghurt and soup I am looking forward to a feast tomorrow of yoghurt, clementine, soup and 2 (maybe 3 woohoo) oatcakes and an apple :-)
Well done everyone :-) The first week is nearly done, egt organised with the batch cooking at the weekend and the office microwave comes in very handy :-)

WantToBeSE

BD and DC, i have updated you both You are all doing really well!

I went food shopping this evening. I have got LO pizza for LTW tomorrow, and then i am going to do some cooking/baking over the weekend in preparation for next weeks LTW ideas.

seanavfc92

My two pence for this week:

Monday - Ham & lettuce wraps
Tuesday - Microwave spinach & ricotta canneloni
Wednesday - Super Noodles
Thurdsay - Jacket potatoes, cheese and beans
Friday - LO beef stir fry from tonight's dinner!

Better than a £4 meal deal every day this week!

WantToBeSE

Sounds lovely sean Wish i could have access to a microwave/kettle. I am thinking of investing in one of those food flasks so that i can at least take soup in the car

grrmich

There's some good inspiration on this thread - wish I had discovered it sooner. I've managed 2 out of 2 days this week. Totally disorganised for today but found a tin of soup and old bread in the cupboard that got me through today. Need to get off my bum and into the kitchen to make sandwiches for tomorrow!

Shortie

Urgh, I have slept sooooo much this week and I've not adjusted my routine to be orgainsed with it. I didn't think about lunch before bed last night and I got up incredibly late this morning.

I'm going to try and plan next week's lunches in advance and limit today's damage toa max of £5. I'm working late again tonight so might try and get a tesco meal deal in plus some treats in for the money

So, still only at day 3 so far

WantToBeSE

Shortie, are you feeling better? I like the idea of planning your lunches in advance. I meal plan for evening meals, so have just extended this to include lunches as well.

grrrmich, i find it hard to bother making stuff in the evenings for the next day. In fact, last night was a prime example of that. I was so pooped by the time i finished work and went food shopping that i didnt make anything. So i have cold LO pizza for lunch today Oh bliss! That'll be a lovely lunch..not!

Jellybaby

Hi everyone, well day 3 yesterday was tuna salad and today is cup a soup, crackers and humous and an apple (cos the fridge thief has returned and not only did he eat my ham but also my salad!! Not saying too much as he ate salad, first time for everything ).

Doing fine as this is all new to me but think I'm going to start planning a little just in case there's more fridge 'losses'. Love reading what everyone is having. I do have a microwave at work but there's no way I'd put ANYTHING in it! I've never seen it being wiped out, never mind cleaned in the three years I've been in this office.

Anyway have a good weekend folks x

Shortie

Jellybaby, you need someone like me in your office then - yesterday's porridge for breakfast errupted all over the place so I spent a good while cleaning my breakfast off the work mircowave. I don't doubt it ended up cleaner than it started :rotfl::rotfl:

Thanks WantToBeSE, I felt much better by Wednesday. I suspect I must have been fighting something though, just not the usual cough/cold as I had no other real symptoms other that light headedness, and now tiredness. I think left over pizza is yummy if it can be warmed

Right, I'm kicking my own butt - gonna grab a cuppa and knuckle down to a lunch menu plan, and then do food shop list off the back of this and the dinner nemu plan (we menu plan dinners anyway, but this is the first time I'll try and get my lunches organised!)

Dozey_crow

Jellybaby wrote: »

Hi everyone, well day 3 yesterday was tuna salad and today is cup a soup, crackers and humous and an apple (cos the fridge thief has returned and not only did he eat my ham but also my salad!! Not saying too much as he ate salad, first time for everything ).

Doing fine as this is all new to me but think I'm going to start planning a little just in case there's more fridge 'losses'. Love reading what everyone is having. I do have a microwave at work but there's no way I'd put ANYTHING in it! I've never seen it being wiped out, never mind cleaned in the three years I've been in this office.

Anyway have a good weekend folks x

Do you mean there is a fridge thief at work?! How rude. I have never come across this before myself but my friend has. Once her sandwiches were in the fridge but has gone when she went to get them... they were in the bin with a bite missing :eek:.. I would fill some with chili or mustard then you may find out who or is:rotfl:

Our microwave is okish but I keep my food well covered when I microwave it and Take my own spoons which do not touch the work surface. :rotfl:

Shortie wrote: »

Urgh, I have slept sooooo much this week and I've not adjusted my routine to be orgainsed with it. I didn't think about lunch before bed last night and I got up incredibly late this morning.

I'm going to try and plan next week's lunches in advance and limit today's damage toa max of £5. I'm working late again tonight so might try and get a tesco meal deal in plus some treats in for the money

So, still only at day 3 so far

It is hard to get organized, I cook or make sandwiches the night before.. It's the only way. Maybe get some cupa soups or crisps for next week.

WantToBeSE wrote: »

Sounds lovely sean Wish i could have access to a microwave/kettle. I am thinking of investing in one of those food flasks so that i can at least take soup in the car

It does make a huge difference having a hot meal at lunchtime. I would dedicatedly invest in a foods flask...

Day 5 for me. Been lucky with treats though my colleague bought a massive box of m&s chocolate biscuits and I had quite a few of then today

Have a butternut squash to make soup with for next week's lunches..