Author Topic: What did you pack for lunch today? (Read 31013 times)

dycker1978 · « **Reply #50 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:03:43 AM »

Quote from: GuitarStv on February 27, 2015, 09:32:06 AM

A knife, several large plastic garbage bags, duct tape, and a spare change of clothing. I'm going free range paleo today. AND solving our homeless problem.

You win the Thread LMAO

bzzzt · « **Reply #51 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:16:21 AM »

Made a batch of brats and sour kraut for "lunches" for this week. Snacks are homemade trail mix (cashews, almonds, crazins, pecans, banana chips) and bananas.

I'm usually out the door between 5-5:30am, so I usually have a couple cups of coffee between wake up and the commute, then I eat my lunch before start time @ 7am.

We've been doing a half hearted Paleo diet, but it's more like low carb.

RunningWithScissors · « **Reply #52 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:30:34 AM »

A frozen container of my famous 'trash' soup (chicken + veggies), leftover rice and butter chicken, leftover kale salad, an apple and a small bag of raw nuts. Still have half a small loaf of homemade banana bread (made with coconut flour and shredded coconut, homemade applesauce, walnuts and dark chocolate) - yum!

Philociraptor · « **Reply #53 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:36:42 AM »

4 giant meatballs in sauce, 2 cups of steamed broccoli, and a sweet potato.

horsepoor · « **Reply #54 on:** March 02, 2015, 09:55:57 AM »

Banana-apple-cinnamon chia pudding for breakfast + thermos of coffee.

Tuna salad with avocado and lots of veggies for lunch. Have some pistachios on hand if I'm still hungry.

FoodieCycles · « **Reply #55 on:** March 02, 2015, 11:16:49 AM »

Quote from: GuitarStv on February 27, 2015, 09:32:06 AM

A knife, several large plastic garbage bags, duct tape, and a spare change of clothing. I'm going free range paleo today. AND solving our homeless problem.

I legit just laughed out loud.. thank you for that.

Today I brought a cup of cooked quinoa, topped with a homemade veggie red sauce with beans. cheap and filling! I just make a big batch of something on the weekend and separate into single servings for the week, last week was home made cobb salads!

Allen · « **Reply #56 on:** March 02, 2015, 11:19:06 AM »

Salmon cooked in expired teriyaki sauce, spinach salad, kroger lemon lime seltzer water, and a cut up red pepper.

Jessa · « **Reply #57 on:** March 02, 2015, 11:59:54 AM »

Meatloaf "muffin" & sliced cucumber.

Fodder · « **Reply #58 on:** March 02, 2015, 12:02:32 PM »

I brought a roasted tomato and fennel soup (I made it on the weekend) and a kale/romaine salad with toasted pecans and some greek dressing.

I also have an orange and some chopped up cucumber and green pepper for a snack.

dunhamjr · « **Reply #59 on:** March 02, 2015, 12:07:58 PM »

my standard work lunch is 4oz grilled chicken thighs, 4 oz baked sweet potato, ~1 cup carrot, ~1 sliced sweet pepper.
i also bring two 1oz bags of nuts in case i find i am unusually hungry, but i hardly ever eat these.

have some sardines and crackers stashed at work as well

actually need to get my oatmeal stash replenished at work since that is a much cheaper meal/snack.

cashstasherat23 · « **Reply #60 on:** March 02, 2015, 12:13:32 PM »

Nothing! Work had a catered lunch for some visitors last Friday, and there was a mozzarella and roasted red pepper sandwich left after, which I promptly swooped up and popped in the fridge for lunch today. Easy, delicious, and free!

Pooperman · « **Reply #61 on:** March 02, 2015, 04:12:32 PM »

Pretty sure I've ~~made~~seen this thread before ;). Today was rice n beans. Tomorrow will be better (pulled pork!).

fartface · « **Reply #62 on:** March 02, 2015, 05:14:44 PM »

2 PB&J's made from four crusts of bread (ate one for breakfast @ work and then one for lunch)
20 Sunsweet prunes
1 orange
6oz carton of chocolate milk

Then....a giant FREE bowl of chocolate animal crackers appeared in workroom...so I gobbled up two giant handfuls of those!

Score.

Most days my mainstays are:
Turkey or PB&J sandwich
Yogurt
Hardboiled eggs (love the stuff that makes me fart so I can silently crap my pants around annoying people then quickly excuse myself from the conversation)
Sting cheese
Apples
Oranges
Bananas
White or chocolate milk

Keep a big bag of almonds at work too!

forkneedlepen · « **Reply #63 on:** March 02, 2015, 05:18:03 PM »

Today is my husband's early gym morning, so he took both breakfast and lunch.

Yogurt
Grapes
Orange
String Cheese
Peanuts with Chocolate Chips
Leftover homemade pizza

Nickyd£g · « **Reply #64 on:** March 03, 2015, 04:08:06 AM »

I love reading about what other people eat! (Is that odd?!)

I have gluten free "spaghetti" i.e. spiralized courgette beef Bolognese with a sprinkle of parmesan cheese - in a separate mini container. I had this yesterday too, and will have it again tomorrow and Thursday. Friday will be catered at work. All in, costs around £2 a portion.

Snack wise I have a home made fruit, yoghurt, chia seed and coconut water smoothie.

Davids · « **Reply #65 on:** March 03, 2015, 08:12:03 AM »

Same as yesterday, ham and cheese sandwich, 1 banana and 1 apple.

windawake · « **Reply #66 on:** March 03, 2015, 08:20:08 AM »

I forgot to prep anything last night, so this morning I whipped together a salad with fresh greens, avocado, feta, and sesame seeds. I have a basic olive oil/basalmic dressing to go along with it. Not bad for not planning ahead!

mm1970 · « **Reply #67 on:** March 03, 2015, 04:58:57 PM »

Salad. Lettuce, steamed beets, radishes from the CSA.
Homemade salad dressing with lemon and orange from the CSA.
2 hard boiled eggs, 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds, a little bit of leftover shredded cheddar

For some reason I've been starving all day though. Even after eating all my other snacks, like cottage cheese, apple, spinach balls. I had to raid someone's chocolate drawer (I had approval).

I eat salad every day.

MsPeacock · « **Reply #68 on:** March 03, 2015, 05:41:51 PM »

Leftover potato soup (from Bugetbytes.com - delicious!), 2 oranges, ginger ale, handful of corn chips that I ate for breakfast.

gmacmilla · « **Reply #69 on:** March 03, 2015, 06:15:06 PM »

You all eat too much meat, kindly.

Salad- today was kale, red cabbage, roma tomato, red pepper, clover sprouts, chia and flax seed w/ a balsamic vinegar and avocado oil dressing

Breakfast was a smoothie with strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, vega pre-workout energizer, agave nectar, coconut water and acai juice. Then, mid-morning was a sweet earth curry tiger burrito. Mid-afternoon snack was an orange. Tonight I will make some roasted red potatoes and zuchini with cilantro and maybe some fried tofu. The lady will probs want chicken on hers.

That sound too expensive for the common mustachian?

swimgriff06 · « **Reply #70 on:** March 03, 2015, 06:28:43 PM »

Steel cut oats....33 cents

Orange....free! MIL dropped off a bunch before going out of town.

1.5 oz raw almonds in bulk...62 cents

$0.95 for lunch and snacks!

Rural · « **Reply #71 on:** March 03, 2015, 07:07:13 PM »

Can of store brand bean and bacon soup. Cost too much and way too much sodium, but it sure was yummy.

MrsCoolCat · « **Reply #72 on:** March 03, 2015, 08:51:47 PM »

My awesome crockpot jambalaya and a lot of fruit! Banana, grapes, strawberries and blueberries, though I did not eat everything. Also I eat my oatmeal at stop lights while driving to work... bc my boss is an inefficient micro-managing freak that believes 9am meetings are actually efficient... who the hell has a meeting everyday the very minute you step in?

horsepoor · « **Reply #73 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:02:49 PM »

Leftover chicken/veggie stirfry with mushroom-ginger bean thread noodles. Wish there was more for tomorrow's lunch, but it's back to tuna salad instead.

Static Void · « **Reply #74 on:** March 03, 2015, 09:28:18 PM »

Me and WP (wonderful partner) are both enjoying post-employment. (I can't quite bring myself to believe the R-word yet.) But I've agreed to make myself scarce about once a week, usually Wednesdays. I think she likes me away to watch bad tv, or maybe she has a boyfriend, who knows. Anyway, I go out to libraries or cafes and work on my laptop projects. Picture of tomorrow's lunch attached.

(Also happy to report that we've normalized our grocery shopping to about $90/week for two. Not amazing by Mustachian standards... but we feel good about this progress. And we do eat well.)

I'll probably still buy a coffee or two though.

cashstasherat23 · « **Reply #75 on:** March 04, 2015, 06:36:48 AM »

Another lunch taken from the office catering leftovers! I decided this was a buy nothing week, although my food stores at home are looking pretty low, and the slew of meetings in our office this week is saving me from too much oatmeal and eating down too much of my freezer meal supply.

Today for lunch its pesto pasta and half a chicken sandwich. Also brought white rice and some leftover spiral ham given to me by my mother for breakfast, and a homemade flat bread and an avocado that has been hanging around my fridge for over a week now for a snack. Going to be a good eating day!

pachnik · « **Reply #76 on:** March 04, 2015, 08:03:02 AM »

Soup and a muffin, a mandarin and an apple. Usually I take left overs but I needed to change that up a bit.

otter · « **Reply #77 on:** March 04, 2015, 09:10:01 AM »

Breakfast (I wait til I get to work to eat) - oatmeal with banana, cardamom and maple syrup.

Snacks - two bananas, an apple, some tangerines and some chocolate

Lunch - black beans and rice with sausage, and some leftover tequeños from my favorite Venezuelan restaurant in New York.

SuperSaver · « **Reply #78 on:** March 04, 2015, 10:16:02 AM »

Today's is fantastic!

*I had half of a chicken,spinach, grilled hamouli sandwich with perinaise on it (I went out with coworkers Monday to Nando Peri Peri and only ate half my sandwich)
* A serving or so of White Cheddar Cheezits. We tend to keep 1-2 snack items on hand at all times.
*Pepsi
*A Beech Nut Fruities on the Go (banana, apple & strawberry puree) I bought a few of these for my goddaughter. She hasn't been over in ages so I am using it up before it expires. I have had them a few times when sick- they rock!

Snack: Banana at 3pm with a Swiss Miss Hot Chocolate ($0.12 a drink compared to my coworkers $2.50 starbucks small hot chocolate)

MandalayVA · « **Reply #79 on:** March 04, 2015, 11:23:49 AM »

Two egg salad roll-ups (breakfast)

Salad with ham, lettuce and tomatoes with avocado mayo dressing and a pear (lunch)

Everything was delicious.

lisahi · « **Reply #80 on:** March 04, 2015, 12:04:22 PM »

Two ham, egg & cheese "cups" (bake scrambled eggs/cheese in muffin tins with ham slices wrapped around it), yogurt, and two mandarin oranges. Not that exciting, but it's cheap and healthy.

For breakfast I had waffles I pre-made over the weekend and froze. For dinner I'll probably make some bolognaise with leftover ground beef.

trailrated · « **Reply #81 on:** March 04, 2015, 12:27:40 PM »

Quote from: Pooperman on March 02, 2015, 04:12:32 PM

Pretty sure I've ~~made~~seen this thread before ;). Today was rice n beans. Tomorrow will be better (pulled pork!).

I hate when I see duplicates... OP here... my bad :( pulled pork sounds awesome though!

coin comments · « **Reply #82 on:** March 04, 2015, 12:29:21 PM »

BBQ chicken and steamed potatoes / broccoli (leftovers)

Stachetastic · « **Reply #83 on:** March 05, 2015, 08:37:02 AM »

Leftover homemade burrito bowl with rice, peppers and onions. Topped with lettuce, sour cream, and salsa. Breakfast was a banana and a granola bar. Counting down til lunch already....

mrsggrowsveg · « **Reply #84 on:** March 05, 2015, 09:01:37 AM »

Homemade squash and bean quesadilla with sauerkraut and pickled jalapenos for toppings.

netskyblue · « **Reply #85 on:** March 05, 2015, 09:11:58 AM »

Stir-fry over basmati rice, with zucchini, carrots, mushrooms, fresh tomatoes, and sliced-thin rump roast.

SingleMomDebt · « **Reply #86 on:** March 05, 2015, 09:16:40 AM »

Packed:
Breakfast: oatmeal with cranberries & walnuts and almond mylk
Snack: mandarin orange & banana
Lunch: chicken potpie & kale salad with strawberries & walnuts

Lunch is a definite savings for me by packing a lunch. However, not sure packing my own oatmeal is saving me money. We have it quite cheap at work. I think I may buy oatmeal for breakfast but bring my own fabulous toppings from home.

Quote from: otter on March 04, 2015, 09:10:01 AM

Breakfast (I wait til I get to work to eat) - oatmeal with banana, cardamom and maple syrup.

cardamom & maple syrup sounds delish otter!

Serve&Volley88 · « **Reply #87 on:** March 05, 2015, 11:02:58 AM »

I brought two burritos today filled with rice, black beans, some spices, spinach, and salsa. Forgot to add cilantro and corn. I'm planning to put that in the remaining rice and beans and get at least one more lunch out of it.

The best way to ensure you bring lunch to work during the week is to make one or two meals on the weekend. I find that soups, burritos, stews, and one-pot meals are the best for bringing in and reheating.

lunahsol · « **Reply #88 on:** March 05, 2015, 11:13:29 AM »

Leftover carrot/apple soup that I made back in January and put into the freezer; a package of potato rolls purchased on special for 79 cents and frozen last month; a can of store-brand peanuts and an orange.

Meggslynn · « **Reply #89 on:** March 05, 2015, 12:09:46 PM »

Pulled pork
Salad (for pulled pork to go on top of)
Cheese String
Apple
Two turkey sticks
Yogurt

** These are my morning and afternoon snacks included **

Pooplips · « **Reply #90 on:** March 05, 2015, 12:48:50 PM »

Meatloaf. Yum.

sky_northern · « **Reply #91 on:** March 05, 2015, 01:03:57 PM »

Today it's chili and a banana.

I am single so usually on the weekend I make a big pot of soup/chili/stew and then divide in to containers and freeze. They are good for a few months and doing it once a week makes it easy but I try to mix up what I have on hand so I'm not eating the same thing every day. I probably have enough in the freeze right now to last me almost three weeks if I stopped replenishing it.

Minimali · « **Reply #92 on:** March 05, 2015, 01:09:18 PM »

Quote from: sky_northern on March 05, 2015, 01:03:57 PM

I am single so usually on the weekend I make a big pot of soup/chili/stew and then divide in to containers and freeze. They are good for a few months and doing it once a week makes it easy but I try to mix up what I have on hand so I'm not eating the same thing every day. I probably have enough in the freeze right now to last me almost three weeks if I stopped replenishing it.

I do this also. I have around 6 dishes that are cheap and healthy and just keep rotating them. Luckily, I rarely get food fatigue.

This week's lunches have been spinach salads and blood oranges. Not the most frugal of meals but my body is craving them. And they're still around £1/meal.

malligator · « **Reply #93 on:** March 05, 2015, 01:17:38 PM »

Same thing I pack most days. Rotisserie chicken hindquarter and frozen stir fry veggies from Costco. Total cost is around $0.80.

retireatbirth · « **Reply #94 on:** March 05, 2015, 04:20:48 PM »

I made a chicken salad last night, but then this morning I thought we were having the office lunch today so I left it at home. Unfortunately, my memory was wrong and the office lunch is actually tomorrow so I had no lunch. I ended up paying $91 (age 65 dollars, 7% growth) to Chipotle.

Rural · « **Reply #95 on:** March 05, 2015, 05:18:21 PM »

Leftover yellow curry noodle bowl today (note to self: buy more coconut milk).

Leftover General Tso's turkey tomorrow (note to self: cook another holiday sale turkey from the deep freezer this weekend because that was the last package of turkey in the freezer)

ijingle · « **Reply #96 on:** March 05, 2015, 05:22:20 PM »

I brought a salad of mixed greens, red onions, and marinated grilled chicken. Sounds pretty good, but I forgot to pack the damn dressing!

#facepalm

Pooperman · « **Reply #97 on:** March 06, 2015, 04:02:34 AM »

Free lunch Friday, so nothing :D.

SingleMomDebt · « **Reply #98 on:** March 06, 2015, 09:05:02 AM »

Same here, free lunch! Employee Appreciation day. The big wigs literally serve us lunch on this day.

Fodder · « **Reply #99 on:** March 06, 2015, 09:39:23 AM »

Breakfast: boiled egg
Lunch: red rice burrito bowl (has red rice, black beans, corn, spices, shredded chicken, topped with cheese, salsa, cilantro and sour cream
Snack: chopped mango and strawberries, raw almonds

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Author Topic: What did you pack for lunch today? (Read 31013 times)

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