Seriously dislikes lunchtime....

btcruiserlove · July 2012

only because I suck at coming up with creative, healthy ideas that satisfy my appetitie. Today I went to the grocery store before lunch in hopes of filling my cart full of ideas.....all I came up with was:

an verything bagel with cream cheese and humus, an apple, and a pickle....wth!

SEND IDEAS PLEASE!!!

jessalared · July 2012

cheese and crackers, yogurt? hummus is excellent!!

brianabrad · July 2012

Fresh fruit

Yogurt

Apple sauce

Raisins

Cheese sticks

I also enjoy some peanut butter and bread from time to time. Helps keep me full.

zonagirlie · July 2012

I'm no help. I had left over beef and broccoli. I suck at figuring out what the baby will want ahead of time. Nothing sounds good and then WHAM! I must have it!!! It's insane and driving my husband insane. I feel so badly, but I seriously have no control over it.

letitbe3 · July 2012

I'm not much help in that department unfortunately...generally everytime I try to plan ahead, I end up being pretty disgusted with my choice and going to get something out. Which, is driving me crazy, as well as my bank account...

But peanut butter toast almost always sounds good (it's also really good w/ a banana sliced on top, or with almond butter instead).

sbevmc09 · July 2012

I usually have leftovers from the night before for lunch.

How about making a pot of soup and eating that throughout the week? I used to love to do that when I was still working and didn't cook at home as much.

Other ideas:

Creative salads (using fun toppings like nuts and dried fruit and cheese), fun wraps? I think I've seen a lot of good wrap ideas on Rachel Ray's website. I think that's what I'm thinking of anyway...

Good luck, I know the food thing can be frustrating. I'm finally getting to the point where I can force myself to cook and eat what I have planned most days because I'm just so over the not knowing thing.

letitbe3 · July 2012

Oh! Also a cut up avocado and tomatoes in olive oil and balsalmic.

KatieM558 · July 2012

I second the creative salads. Once MS is over and you can stomach lettuce again that is. I stock up on my favorite veggies (sometimes I buy precut/bagged if I'm really lazy) Lettuce, peppers, cherry tomatoes, black olives, carrot, cucumber. Wash and put everything into tupperwares at the beginning of the week. Then I hit the trail mix bar. I usually get raisins, dried cranberries, some almonds, sometimes I treat myself to those sesame stick things. You can mix it all up or store separately. I get a couple of different dressings. (Whole foods has great ones with no oil-very healthy) Lastly a cheese for the week, and then some canned skipjack tuna or chicken I can cook and cut up. If you have everything in separate containers you just have to pull out the things you want and mix and match them up. I try to make my salad a little different every day. I would have that with half of that everything bagel!

Also for an awesome and refreshing salad you can make a carrot salad:

Grated carrots, oregano, lemon juice, a little salt and pepper, olive oil

It's a good arm workout too!

bearkatjen · July 2012

Sigh, I have no access to a water cooler, a microwave, or a fridge (or anything kitchen oriented really) at the moment, so I'm limited in what I can bring for lunch. I have a pb&j, pretzels, and a frozen juice box most of the time. I have raisins, almonds, and popcorn for snacks.

Brummy14 · July 2012

I've been doing cottage cheese mixed with fruits (raspberries, blueberries, etc) for between meal snacks...I've been making my own egg & cheese mcmuffins with whole wheat english muffins and egg beaters.

I've been trying to cook as much as I can at home (versus getting Panera every 3.2 seconds, which would love to do!) but I've been partial to chili (I need to eat TONS of protein, so I make a large batch of homemade chili and freeze most of it and have that on hand as well).

Beyond that, I've liked making mixed salads....with black beans, peas, croutons, chicken (I usually cave here and throw in a little fried chicken!), etc.

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