February 2014- 'Take Your Lunch To Work' Thread

WantToBeSE · 27 January 2014 at 5:07PM

Save your £'s by taking your Lunch To Work (LTW)!

A new thread for February2014!!

The point of this thread is simple- buying lunch (or breakfast, or both if you were silly like me!!) and snacks/drinks from the works canteen/the newsagents/the coffee shop etc, is EXPENSIVE!

Save that money to put towards your debt/to save/for a holiday (or whatever you want).

Declare at the start of the month how many days you are aiming for. Please do this in BIG and colourful letters, so that i can easily see it and add you to the list.

***When updating your LTW days, PLEASE make sureyou make it clear that you took your lunch to work on that day! Just put 'LTW DAY TODAY' if you are unsure of your total so far, and I 'll know to update and keep track!***

Don't forget if you have a yummy lunch idea then tell us all about it!

Here's the lovely lunch ideas - enjoy!

43 different lunches, a great blog! http://adventuresintheballpark.blogspot.co.uk/p/whats-for-lunch.html

Recipe ideas for sandwich fillings and lunches

*Cold foods*
Sandwich combos:
Stuffing
Tuna mayo/salad cream
Tuna andsweetcorn
Tuna and onion
Tuna and cucumber
Egg Salad(hard boiled eggs, S&P, mayo. Mash together and voila!)
Cheese & carmelised onion chutney
Cheese and chilli jam
Grated cheese, mushed up egg, diced onion and mixed in with mayo
Peanut butter & marmite
Greek salad:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...3&postcount=38
Russian salad sandwich:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...3&postcount=38
Cheese & pickle/piccalilli/tomato
Corned beef & lettuce
Ham & apple sauce
Coronation chicken (shredded cooked chicken, mayo,curry powder. Mix together)
Fried egg baguette
Sausage &mustard / ketchup / mayo / pickle / onion relish
BLT
Brie & grape
Ham and coleslaw
Onion Baji & coleslaw wrap
Peanut butter, cream cheese & banana
Turkey/chicken &stuffing
Crisp butti
Chicken with pesto and mayo
Brie,crushed walnuts, feta &rocket wrap
Chorizo & goats cheese
Vegetarian (red lentil) pate http://fatfreevegan.com/blog/2010/02...d-lentil-pate/
Sliced turkey, mayo, pineapple and tinned sweetcorn
Falafel and salad sandwich http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...&postcount=150
Chickpea burger (thanks to Shortie for this one!)http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/nov/20/jack-monroe-chickpea-chorizo-burger-recipe
B17c'srice dish http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=64206224&postcount=59
Soworried'sGammon and Mushroom Quiche-
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showpost.php?p=64387265&postcount=511
Crustless quiche (good for GFdiets):
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...3&postcount=38
Spanish potato frittata

Add the following to salads:
Hard boiled egg
Croutons
Red onion
Mackerel
Prawns
Carrot salad: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...&postcount=110
Cold duck and spinnach, raddish, pepper & carrot
Cheese, ham & whatever salad is in the fridge
Chicken and cold bacon bits
Spice sensation cous cous with raisins, pumpkin seeds. little cubes of cheese (feta or cheddar) cheery toms halved,cuc, spring onions and a couple of dried apricots chopped up.

Salad in a jar:
http://blog.babygizmo.com/2013/01/salad-in-a-jar/

*Warm foods*

-FrugalQueens lunchsize Sausage rolls (can be eaten hot-2mins inmicrowave-or cold):http://www.frugalqueen.co.uk/2013/10...-38p-each.html
-PizzaWheels (Can be eaten hot-2mins in microwave-or cold):
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...&postcount=239
-Calzones(fill with whatever you want, yummy hot or cold)http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...4&postcount=42
Soups(with some bread?):
-Jamie Oliver's carrot soup:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...5&postcount=50
-Mushroomrisotto soup:http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...1&postcount=64
-Pasta(also can be eaten cold as pasta salad)
-Macaroni cheese

*Snacks*

Rice cakes & hummus
Crackers / carrot sticks / pitta bread & taramaslata (or dip of choice)
Cake
Fruit
Crisps(multibags can be better value)
Hot choc
Sausage rolls
Juicecartons
Cereal bars
Fruit salads (mix with a spoon or two ofjuice from tinned fruit to keep it from turning brown)
Biscuits
MincePies (especially for Betty Crumble)
Nuts and seeds
Dried fruit

*Emergency stocks for adrawer*
Cereal
Porridge oats
Tinned macaroni cheese
MugShot pasta packs
Cup-a-Soup

*Other suggestions*
-Thermos flask of tea or coffee
-Either a flask or food flask for soups.
-Freeze sandwiches for the week or buy/make pasties,sausage rolls, and take them out in the morning.
-Wraps, bagels,baguettes, fruit bread and pitta bread can all be used instead of sliced bread.

*Breakfasts*
-Makeyour own instant porridge on the go http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...5&postcount=18
-Buya pack of 5 cereal bars and leave them in the car glove box. Eat onea day on the way to work

-AGIRLCALLEDJACK'sreplica of Starbucks Berry Bircher:http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/11/1...t-at-home-37p/

Goodluck!

WantToBeSE · 27 January 2014 at 5:19PM

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LESLAMP · 27 January 2014 at 5:40PM

I'm gonna go for 20 TLW days. :beer:

Giggles86 · 27 January 2014 at 8:19PM

With half term the last week of February I'm going to go for every day...15 LTW days yikes!

WantToBeSE · 27 January 2014 at 10:34PM

Added to here

Welcome back Les and Giggles!

Maryland_Cookie · 27 January 2014 at 10:43PM

Can I join you please - I've been following for a while but never posted.

I'm working 18 days in February, I'll go for an ambitious 15

thanks x

Can't work out how to do colours, sorry!

shinner · 27 January 2014 at 10:58PM

Hi can i join please half term so going for15 LTW That is everyday I have lunch at work

stitchintime · 27 January 2014 at 11:05PM

Hi there, can I join please? I am off work all next week (going to a bootcamp! What possessed me?!) so I'll say 13 days to give myself a couple of days lee-way. Thanks!