Take Your Lunch to Work- January 2023

IntoTheForest

Can I join you all please? I work 6 days a week and have been buying lunches everyday for around the last year. I spend around £5 a day so that's over £1500! I feel sick just writing that down, especially when I am so frugal in other areas. 

I have made and taken lunches everyday since the new year. Mainly sandwiches, pesto pasta and cous cous with grilled chicken. I do have access to a microwave and kettle, I just need to keep the motivation! 

outoftheviciouscircle

IntoTheForest said:

Can I join you all please? I work 6 days a week and have been buying lunches everyday for around the last year. I spend around £5 a day so that's over £1500! I feel sick just writing that down, especially when I am so frugal in other areas. 

I have made and taken lunches everyday since the new year. Mainly sandwiches, pesto pasta and cous cous with grilled chicken. I do have access to a microwave and kettle, I just need to keep the motivation! 

It really is scary when you add it all up. Of course your more than welcome to join us.

BlueJ94

Back to @Brie breakfast suggestions, I seen someone make a protein cheesecake but with weetabix! Looks amazing! 

You get 2 weetabix add some milk and mash it up, add that to a small round pot, pat the weetabix flat so looks like a base of cheesecake. Get a protein yoghurt or a thick yogurt that can hold its shape and spoon that on top, leave to firm in the fridge over night and then add your fruit or topping of your choice!

BlueJ94

Also, work breakfast and work lunch made! 

funfairprincess

I’ve done so well this week. No coffee, lunches or snacks have been bought. I’ve taken my flask for coffee and had soup or a sandwich at lunchtime. Saved at least £15 on coffee alone. 

outoftheviciouscircle

Well done everyone, we are a week in and its all going so well!! Glad to hear everyone is making financial savings.

CMD79

BlueJ94 said:

Also, work breakfast and work lunch made! 

Looks LUSH!!

CMD79

I had a very weird lunch at home today. 2 eggs going out of date, so made an egg omelette, added some cheese which was going mouldy in the fridge, so trimmed that and threw it in with a very suspicious sping onion and wrinkly tomatoes. I sprinkled a fair layer of chilli flakes on top and couldn't taste a thing, so alllllll good! 

Matron_Midge

Egg making a wholemeal roll today with a banana.
emergency kitkat still tucked away in my work bag for another occasion.

CMD79

Matron_Midge said:

Egg making a wholemeal roll today with a banana.
emergency kitkat still tucked away in my work bag for another occasion.

I love egg mayo in a roll, but found I so rarely used mayo generally, that I'd end up wasting a lot. I have however recently discovered (whilst mystery shopping) that a certain store has very handy sachets , so I took a few for this very purpose; the day I fancy an egg mayo roll (their rolls are also very good!)