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July 'Take Your Lunch To Work' challenge.

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

A new thread for July 2015!!

Although the title is 'Take Your Lunch to WORK', ANYONE can join in You can be a stay-at-home-parent, unemployed, work part time or work full time.
The point is, buying lunch (or breakfast, or both if you were silly like me!!) 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. I will NOT be updating you all (I don't have time), so its up to you to keep track of yourself. I'll add you to the challenge list, along with how many days you are aiming for.

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

Here's the lovely lunch ideas - enjoy!

Recipe ideas for sandwich fillings and lunches

*Cold foods*
Sandwich combos:
Stuffing
Tuna mayo/salad cream
Tuna and sweetcorn
Tuna and onion
Tuna and cucumber
Egg Salad (hardboiled 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
Chicken & bacon
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/lifeandst...-burger-recipe


B17c's rice dish http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...4&postcount=59

Soworried's Gammon and Mushroom Quiche-
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...&postcount=511



Adding the following to salads:
-Hard boiled egg in salad
-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/
-Rice cakes & hummus
-Crackers / carrot sticks / pitta bread & taramaslata (or dip of choice)
-Crustless quiche (good for GF diets):
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...3&postcount=38
-Spanish potato fritata
-Cous cous

*Warm foods*

-Frugal Queens lunchsize Sausage rolls (can be eaten hot-2mins in microwave-or cold): http://www.frugalqueen.co.uk/2013/10...-38p-each.html
-Pizza Wheels (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
-Mushroom risotto soup: http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...1&postcount=64
-Pasta (also can be eaten cold as pasta salad)
-Macaroni cheese
-Leftovers... pasta bakes, curry, spag bol, chilli..
-Falafel Onion bhajis, Samosas as side dishes to left overs (or lovely on their own.
-Jacket potatoes with various fillings (cheese, beans, leftovers)

*Snacks*
Cake
Fruit
Crisps (multibags can be better value)
Hot choc
Sausage rolls
Juice cartons
Cereal bars
Fruit salads (mix with a spoon or two of juice from tinned fruit to keep it from turning brown)
Biscuits
Mince Pies (not just for Christmas you know!)
Twinks hobnobs http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...70&postcount=4


*Emergency stocks for a drawer*
-Cereal bars
-Porridge oats ( just add boiling water and stir for 5 mins)
-Tinned macaroni cheese
-Mug Shot 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*
-Make your own instant porridge on the go http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/...5&postcount=18
-Buy a pack of 5 cereal bars and leave them in the car glove box. Eat one a day on the way to work
-AGIRLCALLEDJACK's replica of Starbucks Berry Bircher: http://agirlcalledjack.com/2013/11/1...t-at-home-37p/


Good luck!
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Comments

  • Hi. Can I join please? First time I've done it but I'm going for 20 days :)
  • Knit_Witch
    Knit_Witch Posts: 4,436 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Away for a week during July - so trying for 14 this month!
    Must use my stash up!
  • SandieB_2
    SandieB_2 Posts: 69 Forumite
    I'm in.....:o
    July is my last month at work before I retire, I've got some holidays to take and a couple of meetings where lunch is provided, maybe the odd lunch out with people I've got to know over the years, so I think I will only aim for about 10 and see how it goes
  • The_Only_Girl
    The_Only_Girl Posts: 873 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Please can I join in? According to my off/duty rota I will be in work 23/31 days in July so I would like to set my target as 23 LTW's. Thanks.
    "There is Life AFTER DEBT."LBM 2009 Total Debt £49046.24 Debt Free as of 27/08/2015
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Thanks WTBSE for running this fab thread. :money:

    I'm back for 31 please. :)
  • The_Only_Girl
    The_Only_Girl Posts: 873 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 500 Posts Combo Breaker Debt-free and Proud!
    Hi I was on night shift last night and LTW no. 1 was bagged! Packed "lunch" was tortellini stuffed with 5 cheeses in tomato sauce ( left over from Tuesday night's extended family meal. Tonight will be another LTW. Chicken salad sandwich and clementines.
    "There is Life AFTER DEBT."LBM 2009 Total Debt £49046.24 Debt Free as of 27/08/2015
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Oops,I can't remember what I had yesterday,except that it wasn't bought.
    Today was the last of the veggie stew,bread and two apples.
  • marmiterulesok
    marmiterulesok Posts: 7,812 Forumite
    Tenth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker Photogenic
    Egg mayonnaise sarnie today.
  • Cream_Tea
    Cream_Tea Posts: 427 Forumite
    Wedding Day Wonder
    Can I join? I'm away for a week so I will aim to take LTW 11 out of 11 shifts left this month.

    Thanks
    Mortgage [STRIKE]£269,000[/STRIKE] £258,987 / MF date [STRIKE]June'49[/STRIKE] June'49
    Debt £24,990 / Debt Free Est. May'21

    Updated 06/05/18
  • Please could I join - a few days late but taken lunch every day so far.

    Think I will include my weekends as well because sometimes I'm naughty and grab a sandwich out whilst shopping so 31 days for me with 4/31 done so far. :money:

    As can be seen from my signature I've got the 'clear my debt bug' and then I want to clear my mortgage debt, so anything that encourages me not to spend is a really good idea.:)
    Blitz that mortgage
    Jun 2016 £152,000
    April 2021 £85,000
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