Work lunches

[Anonymous]

We recently purchased these containers and love them for lunch prep. We have a salad pretty much daily and the morning assembly is quick and easy if I do the food prep on Sundays. Think micro greens, goat cheese, sun-dried tomatoes, carrots, apples, garbanzo beans, etc.

For food prep: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DLP2S81T?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_3&th=1

Purchased a glass version of this at CostCo: https://www.amazon.com/Bentgo®-All-One-Salad-Container/dp/B017LJ70A0/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=3OC84VOLXZKGE&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.JEyh9D9MkmNQDfaFAPJ-DDKbhsq3Z9sKIG5UaJFM3UOXLo--f1qgiSTkqjHOYyB9kNoPWX6X1JcK-P7x-hkxkaqzrZI8n4uHkqv_DLoi_P0NGDvNVgSQxmq0j_YLczEq2nV04wfj8XZFNPvvRkQNRWeYb0DD0E2JAjHnaRmVSnVQ7obveKi519dDcvTqK9fTpHm6E4ALkgyery4bMOC4LIb_PevtDoFpPqmM0QSYB8PhWRqIfPqA4i2wwrFFiK5Irtk3a-d_n_6sT1fsb253YgAUCtvMumeo5KUTgTsHrWo.sfRowxbqxt42NahxZa8tz9utJuU052Jx-5KCd6Nv67Q&dib_tag=se&keywords=salad%2Bcontainer%2Bfor%2Blunch&qid=1742641249&sprefix=salad%2Caps%2C98&sr=8-1-spons&sp_csd=d2lkZ2V0TmFtZT1zcF9hdGY&smid=A2IEDZAWBB03ZE&th=1

[Anonymous]

I bring breakfast and lunch to work 3x/ week. I make a big frittata on Sunday which gets portioned out for the breakfasts (WFH spouse eats it too). Prep 3 containers of salad and dressing for the lunches.
If I don’t have time to do those on Sunday it’s usually leftovers. I have a fridge and microwave at work and often freeze single portions of soup, chili, lasagne etc for this purpose.

[Anonymous]

Since RTO I've doubled down on bento/snacking style lunches. Think "Starbucks protein box" type things. Cheese cubes, boiled egg, crackers, peanut butter, apples, grapes, olives, hummus, cut veggies, edamame etc. It's endlessly changeable.
I also bring breakfast which is either homemade bran muffins or a big pot of apple/nut oatmeal that I make at the beginning of the week and heat up at work.

[Anonymous]

A yogurt and baby carrots.

[Anonymous]

I eat a lot of rice and beans with whatever veggies I have mixed in (often spinach).

[Anonymous]

-dinner leftovers
-adult lunchables (cheese, crackers, nuts, baby carrots or baby bell peppers, dressing to dip etc)
-Greek yogurt with fruit and granola
-salad or bowl with chicken or turkey
-soup (make a pot on the weekend)

[Anonymous]

Can of soup, pyrex bowl with extra vegis (because any canned soup needs more ingredients). Crackers. A few cookies.

[Anonymous]

- fruit, cheese, and crackers or pretzels or a piece of sourdough toast with butter wrapped in foil

- berries or frozen fruits, yogurt, and granola or cereal (I mix these at my desk so it doesn't get soggy and I put a little cinnamon in the cereal)

- big salad (green) or orzo/couscous salad. I add cheese and croutons most days. I have one of those fancy Swell salad containers with a top tray to hold dry ingredients and a separate dressing container. It's great.

- I have a fridge in my office where I keep yogurt, cheese, lots of drinks (tons of la croix, sometimes diet soda, snapple or juice) and I have some peanut butter pretzels or something on hand always. I also have a candy jar. And I almost always have at least a piece of fruit like an apple or clementines that I bring an extra one of at the beginning of the week.

[Anonymous]

Individual lasagna slice, or
Peanut noodles, or
Salad

[Anonymous]

I bring sliced mozzarella, sliced tomato, and basil (caprese, but can add garbanzo beans, cucumbers, avocado, etc) - super easy to pack 5 of these at the beginning of the week — and I keep olive oil and balsamic vinegar at my office. Or I bring leftovers from dinner.

[Anonymous]

I make a big pot of bean, split pea, or lentil soup at the start of the week and have some of this for lunch most days with a salad or some other vegetable and some fruit.

Sometimes I bring leftovers from dinner instead.

[Anonymous]

Make a big pot of lentils on the weekend for 4-5 days. Add various fruits, dinner leftovers, bars, filched kid snacks, etc. for variety.

[Anonymous]

I take either ingredients for a chicken Cesar salad or a sandwich or I’ll make a pasta dish with some type of vegetables and chicken.

For breakfast I make a low fat, sugar free fruit muffin.

Whatever I choose I take the same thing for the week. I’m in the office three days.