Whats for lunch?

Emma61210 · July 2016

Sorry if this has been discussed before. I feel like it has but I did a search and couldn't find anything except the cravings thread.

What are your go-to's for lunch? I am not doing deli meat and I'm at a complete loss on what to eat for lunch. So far I've just been eating leftovers, but I would love some different ideas. (I can't really leave work for lunch so whatever it is I need to be able to keep it here in the fridge and warm it up in the microwave, or fix it at home before I come to work).

Smiley-1980 · July 2016

two days ago I had a toasted tomato, cheese, lettuce and mayo sandwich and it was the BEST thing I`ve eaten in a while so I had one last night at 11pm and brought one today for lunch. I think I could eat 10 more of them. SO Goooooooood.

mommywesley · July 2016

Totally thought this was a random like asking what are we all eating for lunch today...lol. I had a lunchable >.< totally bad at sticking with that no lunch meat thing...

For the most part though I've been eating like Frozen burrito...or a pot pie...you know, the terrible for you convenience foods >.<

LoneStar21416 · July 2016

Lately I have been having avocado, tomato, and cheese sandwiches with either a little mayo or a little mustard on whole wheat bread. I eat a piece of fruit and a single serving cottage cheese with it. I'm the type of person that can eat the same thing over and over for a long time, so I'll probably do this for a while!

Vivi20 · July 2016

I've been eating toast with peanut butter and an apple or some cucumber. I'm not usually very hungry for lunch lately; I have a bunch of plain Greek yogurt and fruit in the mornings, and it's incredibly filling.

BAJDesigns · July 2016

My go to's are Amy's frozen burritos or a big batch of cold pasta salad with tomatoes and feta. Yum! Toss some berries and a banana in the bag and I'm good to go. Also I have been all about snacking on sliced cucumbers this week. So refreshing!

TinaBelcher · July 2016

My go-to for meal planning is seasoned quinoa, roasted chicken breast, great northern beans and steamed veggies (carrots/ kale/ spinach/ green beans/ asparagus, broccoli/ etc, whatever's in season and/or looking good that weekend) when I can cook I usually do variations of this 3x per week, mixing up my spice profiles and stuff each week. It's just so easy and like, the perfect balanced lunch. Lots of leftovers too, or salads with hard boiled eggs and/ or chicken or salmon. Most of the time lately I eat fries or mashed potatoes lol! Juuuust starting to be able to cook again

scgirl6113 · July 2016

@TinaBelcher that sounds amazing!...
And makes me cover my eyes in shame for all the totinos pizza rolls and fish sticks I've been eating. Sometimes I heat up some peas or green beans too if I have any. These two things are also my pregnancy craving. I never eat them if I'm not pregnant.

Michellewfhs · July 2016

I wish I had some suggestions, but I just ate an entire spaghetti squash by myself.

canavara · July 2016

Seitan banh mi with jalapeños and avocado cream sauce with a kale salad on the side. First time eating kale in about a month without throwing it up, woo.

lol, also misread this @mommywesley.

Go-tos though: Greek yogurt with some berries on the side, smoothies, we get a bunch of Evol frozen foods--Sriracha chicken and vegetable bowls seem to be the winner lately

AmyKDuffy · July 2016

This is one of my absolute favorite lunches! https://ohmyveggies.com/thai-peanut-empowered-noodle-bowl-from-oh-she-glows/

TinaBelcher · July 2016

@scgirl6113 girl no, I have been eating like a toddler for 2 months! In the last couple of weeks I've had more fast food burgers and tacos than I care to admit, that's like my "perfect restraint, feeling fine and making time to meal plan" go to, none of which I'm feeling at this moment

bp4runner · July 2016

mixed veggies and grilled chicken. Finally eating healthy again

and getting back to my old self. That first trimester was rough!

KRB22 · July 2016

Was home for lunch today so I made a grilled cheese with cheddar and tomato and it was amazing.

Otherwise I've also been having a lot of cheese/avocado/tomato sandwiches. BLTs are another go-to. When I can stomach it I'll do salad with whatever veggies I have on hand, avocado and salmon, low mercury tuna, or hard boiled eggs. There's a Greek restaurant near me that does a salad with arugula, bulgur, a ton of diced veg, some dried fruits, and grilled prawns, and I'm obsessed with it. Haven't had the energy/wherewithal to try to replicate it at home yet.

Been trying to mix it up among these options so as not to have too much of the same thing (especially the bacon and tuna).

I'm a big soup person and am looking forward to making some hearty bean and lentil soups once fall rolls around.

mjschenk · July 2016

Seriously I had potato soup (leftovers) the other day and it was super yummy I also have a one year old so Mac and cheese lol

stumptownmama · July 2016

Yum ladies. Great ideas! A couple times I week I will have a bagel with cream cheese, spinach or kale, fresh basil and tomato. I'll add avocado if I have it.

BrennansMom2012 · July 2016

LoneStar21416 said:

Lately I have been having avocado, tomato, and cheese sandwiches with either a little mayo or a little mustard on whole wheat bread. I eat a piece of fruit and a single serving cottage cheese with it. I'm the type of person that can eat the same thing over and over for a long time, so I'll probably do this for a while!

This sounds good grilled together as a panini! Lol yes, I said panini! Holla 2005 and my college days!

ajmcarroll · July 2016

I brought ziploc bags full of salad mix, tomato slices, shredded carrots, and sliced cucumbers for a salad for this week at work. So far, delicious.

Knottie1443924966 · July 2016

Great thread!

The easiest I find is making soups /chillies and freezing them into portion sizes. Grab and go they thaw in your thermo bag and you reheat in the micro.

You can also do burritos or buy rice paper and make fresh rolls with cucumber, lettuce, cilantro, shredded carrots, bell peppers, tofu really anything you are craving. Then bring a sweet and sour or peanut butter+olive oil dip.

Mostly I'm on the go so I fill my purse with peaches, apples, almonds, bananas (although these are tricky bc they ripped fast in the purse sometimes I'll cut up celery, throw a bread roll in there it's always funny being in a line somewhere and continuously be pulling out another piece of fruit lol that was me today (2hrs getting a copy of my marriage cert)

mrs_perfections · July 2016

I used to live on jimmy john's, but i'm straying from deli meat too. DH usually gets home from work around....3ish and he starts work around 4 am so he is usually hungry for dinner when he's home, so I make a few portions of dinner, 2 for me and 2 for him, I have one for lunch, one for dinner. He has one for dinner and then takes leftovers for lunch. Usually works out pretty well

As far as what I eat? I've been trying to do some paleo type things, so it's usually a meat and a veggie. Today was some steak and asparagus. The day before was chicken and broccoli. Easy things too, because I've been feeling SO tired and under motivated to make any food.

TinaBelcher · July 2016

Today I ate 2 cheese Danishes because we have a new girl doing the snack ordering and she didn't know that I BANNED ALL CHEESE DANISH from entering this building

I have literally 0 self control with cheese Danishes, even when they're not that good vending machine types. DESTROY ALL DANISHES!!! (With my mouth)

loveinak · July 2016

@TinaBelcher I have no self control when it comes to cinnamon rolls and donuts!

ashanne88 · July 2016

I'm just getting back into meal prepping. I eat leftovers straight or re-purpose them into green salads or grain salads. Veggies and proteins from dinner are good chopped up and thrown in with a grain (barley, quinoa, bulgar, etc.). I had leftover fig pizza today and it was heavenly. It's going to go into rotation once our tree is regularly producing. Like @KRB22 I am really looking forward to soup. It reheats so well and is one of my favorite foods because there is so much variety.

hayhay2501 · July 2016

Since I started my job (a year ago ha) I have been incapable of bringing lunch with me. We have an awesome cafeteria that has a salad bar I'm OBSESSED with. So I generally do that and make a mix of bulgar wheat, arugula, roast veggies and grilled chicken.

This week though I'm super into this soup place that opened up across from my office. Eight different rotating soups and you get a garnish to go with them (like rice or bread). It's been in the low 60s all week so soup was been perfect.

And finally like @loveinak anytime a donut is in front of me I cannot resist at all. Especially a cinnamon swirl donut YUM.

KRB22 · July 2016

@ashanne88 um I'm kind of jealous of your fig tree!

and yeah, I could probably eat soup every day. Just not when it's 90 degrees out

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