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Lunch ideas for work

tripletoetripletoe member
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I'm having a hard time being creative with my lunches. Food has me feeling blah so I am having difficulties planning my lunches for work, and I'm often eating out. I used to love a nice green salad for my lunch and now it just doesn't appeal to me. What is everyone else doing for their lunches?
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  • caraleebcaraleeb member
    This week im having kale lentil blackbean soup i made with lots of veggies. Im finding i dont want a big meal at lunch i'd rather snack so today i have that for lunch, greek yogurt, strawberries, grapes, almonds for snacks.


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  • alibc123alibc123 member
    I'm bringing a huge grab-bag type of lunch everyday. Some fruit, a frozen lunch, a yogurt. Basically just a little of this and a little of that so if something doesnt sound good, I have lots of options.
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  • WillCMyInkWillCMyInk member

    I usually either make a little extra food the night before so I have leftovers or I'll take one evening and bake several chicken breasts and make a big batch of rice and divide it among Tupperware containers. I buy a bunch of avocados and add those to the lunch bag and just kind of live off of different versions of spiced chicken, rice, and avocado. It's not exactly exciting but it's healthy, filling, and fairly easy to make.

    As an idea for the leftover thing. Make casseroles. I find that it's easy to make an extra serving or two of casserole without a lot of extra effort or ingredients and it goes a long way. This one was really quick, easy, and kept well for a few days in the refrigerator. 

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  • tarynlphillipstarynlphillips member

    Like @alibc123I tend to bring a variety of things.  I have really tried on Sundays to peel & cut carrots (I like whole carrots much better than baby carrots), celery, pineapple, broccoli, and clean/cut some lettuce.  I keep the carrots in ice water in the fridge and then just grab handfuls of each in the morning when I make my lunch.  I literally spend maybe an hour on Sunday prepping fruits and veggies, because I'm way more likely to grab them when I'm in a rush.   This way I also have stuff for salads if that's what I want. I also do it for fruit for smoothies...I cut up mangoes, strawberries, etc and pop them in the freezer to make smoothies in the morning.

    Other than that, I typically grab some yogurt, trail mix/granola bar, crackers (our house has been gluten free since my husband has celiac...but I  have bought some cheezits for my cravings), a PB and J sandwich, etc so I have a variety depending on my mood...and all the items are easily used the following day when I don't eat it.

    Prepping can be difficult when time is an issue, but I've found finding 20-60 minutes on a Sunday to prep fruits/veggies is far less time consuming than prepping entire meals...and easy to grab and go during the week.

    I'm all about what @WillCMyInk suggested with chicken breasts, casseroles, etc...but for many of my "non-prepping" friends, they would do it for a week and then stop.  Since it's just the two of us at home, I typically make full recipes of most things and freeze half (like chicken enchiladas, lasagna, casseroles, etc).  Then we have a meal, 1-2 days/nights of leftovers and dinner ready for next month...something I will definitely start doing more off when the nesting bug comes around November-December.

    Having a good combo of sweet/salty/savory/light things in my lunch bag helps fight any craving or the temptation to order take out for lunch when I really don't want carrots & yogurt and would rather call in panang curry down the street...or a tuna sandwich  Haha.


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  • tripletoetripletoe member
    Thanks for the ideas ladies! My mom just called and she made me healthy blueberry muffins and lentil salad for my lunch, I guess its mother's intuition, lol, I never even mentioned anything to her about my lunch struggles! And food always tastes better when someone else makes it!
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  • rodiesmumrodiesmum member
    I bring left overs for lunch but come lunch time i dot feel like eatng it bec sad as it may seem im liking greasy food. Yuck

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  • letsgoxletsgox member
    That's so sweet of her @tripletoe‌! I tend to prepare a bunch of fruit several days in a row and bring those containers to work for snacks. Also, if I can't fit in a sandwich I find that an apple with PB2 hits the spot along with some veggies and hummus. (Btw, hummus, cucumbers, chopped chicken and lettuce inside of a pita is a great "sandwich")

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  • VolMommaVolMomma member
    So far it's been lots of fresh fruits, and I'm hooked on toasted cheese sandwich with tomatoes, if I'm super nauseated chocolate graham crackers and peanut butter.
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