Those of you that brown-bag - I'm looking for suggestions for new things to take to work.
My normal routine is salad and soy brats, or chicken breast strips, and occasionally, a chunk of pork tenderloin.

I want make ahead stuff that's good for me.

I also usually take breakfast - which is grapenuts with wheatgerm and fruit.
Snacks thru the day - a small cup of Dannons Lite and creamy yogurt ( 50 cals) and a piece of fruit - banana, apple, plum, peach, whatever's in season.

All suggestions most welcome!
Thanks in advance. :D
Gren

Salad w/kidney beans topped with salsa & fat free sour cream. Brown rice and beans. Fuji apple. Orange. Prunes. Lowfat cottage cheese & 1/2 cup Fruit Naturals.

If I think of more, I'll post it. :DD

I take either PB+J or tunafish, dried apricots, an apple and some walnuts. Unless we have leftovers or beans and rice (yes, my sexy recipe :D ).

And that's it. I usually eat while I read, so I barely even notice what I put into my mouth.

At lunch time I'm more concerned about cheap than gourmet. I'm afraid I'm not much help, since your original lunch is more fun than mine... :(

Oh. Ok I'll reply with my original answer before I had read the string. I had two pieces of white bread with butter and Presidents CHoice dark chocolate spread and a cup of coffee with half and half cream laced with Bailey's Irish Cream....

Salads, fruit yogurt, sandwiches, leftovers mainly. Nothing creative.

I'm no help.

Sorry...

Speedqueen

I had two pieces of white bread with butter and Presidents CHoice dark chocolate spread and a cup of coffee with half and half cream laced with Bailey's Irish Cream....


Ooh.. sounds good to me! Bailey's in *anything* has to be good!

LOL - as much as I LOVE Baileys - my supervisor would probably be pretty upset if I start drinking at lunch!

Gren

Try salade, made of eggplants, baked with some olive oil, mixed with chickpeas, any white beans,onions, bit of vinegar - and some oil/spices to taste. Goes well with chicken breast, and high on protein.

z

No no no. I thought she wanted to know what I had for lunch that day. Not what I ususally have at work


I used to have Baileys at lunch while in High school. :shock: .... and some days now a good stiff one at lunch would help the afternoon run smoothly........ I'm a telephone technician and have to deal with clients face to face at work. Sure would make for some interesting days if I drank Baileys at work.

Regards.

Heather

Most of the time my luch is leftovers from the night befores dinner. We have a microwave in our break room and it works well for me.

I also take a lot of large salids to work. Sometimes I will put chick peas in it for protien other times I will take imitation crab meat or some grilled salmon.

If no leftovers are around I will often take a boca burger and a small salid, or a baked sweet potato and a small salid.

I eat out once a week at work and then I usually go to a local mid eastern restrant and get some grape leaves or a falafal to go.

Ok, now I am hungry :D

Try salade, made of eggplants, baked with some olive oil, mixed with chickpeas, any white beans,onions, bit of vinegar - and some oil/spices to taste. Goes well with chicken breast, and high on protein.

z

Zoya, This sounds interesting. Can you please post the complete recipe (with quantity and instructions) i love all the ingredients that went into this recipe. :D

thanks!

1/2 cup chicken or tuna salad, a small bag of baked chips and a diet soda usually.

Last couple of days it's been ham and cheese on whole
wheat, 2 pieces of fruit (apple and banana), and a small cup of pistachios.

Usually I pack some sort of sandwich like that for me and bf,
2 pieces of fruit and nuts if we have them, a cookie or
two if we have them. Other times it's leftovers with one
or two pieces of fruit.

What works best for me is a formula of sandwich, veggie, fruit, and yogurt. I'll usually do an avocado/sliced egg/PB sandwich, carrots or broccoli, and a peach or strawberries. The yogurt I usually eat in the afternoon to avoid the 4 o'clock "it's somebody's birthday" cake my office inevitably offers. If I want a treat I'll bring some chocolate chip teddy grahams -- a serving of 24 has only 4 grams and around 200 calories, and fills you up way more than a regular cookie.

Oh, and an extra special tip -- Old Navy has the cutest lunch boxes made of insulative fabric on sale right now... they're pink or purple, keep things cold/hot really well, and are SOOO CUTE!! :love:

For me, lunch is totally the "whatever the hell I've got left over from last night's dinner" meal. If there's nothing left over, I'll raid the fridge and put together a meal out of odds and ends.

curly fries :oops: