What are you packing for work lunches?

[Anonymous]

Mainly leftovers, but I meal prep with the need to have them for lunches in mind.

Today I brought the Skinnytaste skillet lasagna to work, which I made for dinner on Sunday night. Will be bringing it tomorrow as well. I make chili often, and that is always a bring-for-lunch-too meal.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Today was a pretzel roll with good wuality maple ham cold-cuts (i put it together.) Under 400 cal and delicious.

"cold-cuts"? I haven't heard anyone say this since 1975. And I was an infant. And they were old.

[Anonymous]

I make a version of a bowl I had from sweetgreen and enjoyed: flank steak, rice, sweet potato, broccoli, pickled red onion. I put spinach on top after heating it up and put on some pesto or green goddess dressing.

[Anonymous]

I pack leftovers, but also keep a few frozen meals in the work freezer to keep me from buying lunch when I do not have the energy to pack. Souper girl soups also work. Not cheap, but healthier and less expensive than eating out (for me it’s healthier because I too easily over eat with take out )

[Anonymous]

I've been making a soup on Sundays and that gets me through work lunches.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today was a pretzel roll with good wuality maple ham cold-cuts (i put it together.) Under 400 cal and delicious.

"cold-cuts"? I haven't heard anyone say this since 1975. And I was an infant. And they were old.

Well, it's still in the name of a Subway sub, the "coldcut combo". Shrug.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today was a pretzel roll with good wuality maple ham cold-cuts (i put it together.) Under 400 cal and delicious.

"cold-cuts"? I haven't heard anyone say this since 1975. And I was an infant. And they were old.

You remember things from when you were an infant? So cool! You must be in Ripley's Believe It or Not!

[Anonymous]

Soup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Leftovers from dinner. (Have microwave at work)
Fruit
Nuts/trail mix that I mix
Water

If no leftovers, I might make a sandwich but for dinners, I usually double recipes so there are leftovers for lunches.

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Today was a pretzel roll with good wuality maple ham cold-cuts (i put it together.) Under 400 cal and delicious.

"cold-cuts"? I haven't heard anyone say this since 1975. And I was an infant. And they were old.

I suspect this is a regional variation. What do you call it? Deli meat? I don’t really eat the stuff but I admit if someone says sliced turkey it’s hard to know what they mean unless they say deli meat or cold cuts.

[Anonymous]

I’m wondering if all these people who eat leftovers have teen boys. The only leftovers I routinely have last are things like roasted broccoli. Last night he went out with friends and had burritos, then came home and ate all the leftover pasta from the other night.

I did manage to make a salad this week with some leftover seared salmon.

I often do Icelandic yogurt, berries and granola. It’s easy to pack and surprisingly filling and hi protein. I use a full cup of fruit.

[Anonymous]

I started ordering meals from one of the meal prep services (Factor, Cook Unity, etc.) Yes, they are pricey (about $13) but it saves me from going out (where the cheapest thing is $20) and I get variety (I had been doing bagged salads with protein for years.) With the kids in college, this is my main meal (eat cheese/crackers/fruit/snack for dinner) so my grocery bill is very low.

[Anonymous]

I resisted the big canning jar salad trend for as long as I could, and I'm glad I finally gave in. I have a week of 7am to 7pm shifts coming up, and it's big jar-o-salad for the lunch win. I watch my macros and need enough protein so there is plenty of chicken/tofu/chickpeas or whatever in there in addition to the lettuce/veggies.

I'm also big on taking leftovers, and we eat a lot of casseroles around here, so that gets taken a lot as well (today I have a leftover enchilada casserole).

[Anonymous]

Mini guacamole or hummus dips
Bakery made croissants
Cucumber salad
Olives
Baby carrots
Chocolate covered almonds
Pumpkin seeds

Lately I like to convert leftover meat to soups for lunches so it feels like a new meal:
Pot roast to chili (add beans)
Chicken thighs or rotisserie chicken to chicken tomato soup

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dine out about 3 times a week.

Clearly your lack of reading comprehension hasn’t affected your ability to pay for lunch