Lunchbox ideas help

michdee

So I'm fed up eating from delis, apart from the fact it's bloody expensive every day but I seem to be buying extras as well!! Bar, packet of crisps etc etc and before you know it youre spending 10e + on just sandwiches!
Anyway I'm hoping from Mon as I'm working away this week to bring my own lunch, please help with ideas..... I start great and know by the end of the week I'm sick of the same things every day. Any tips would be great. Will be on a site so wouldn't have facilities to heat up food, if I brought dinner from the eve before so I'm a bit limited

silverharp

my go to is a hearty salad in a plastic container, hard boiled eggs, avocado, peppers or salad items of choice, and some left over cooked meat chicken or pork, sour cream and some curry sauce in lieu of mayo.

michdee

Excellent sounds fab

Blacktie.

Whenever I make dinner I make a few portions so lunch is usually whatever I had for dinner the night before.

michdee

That would be ideal but I've no way to heat things up unfortunately

igCorcaigh

Soup in a flask is handy for winter

paintinglasses

Quiche might be an idea, I eat it cold for lunch. And you can put whatever you want in it so it's different every week.

igCorcaigh

Spanish omelette can be eaten cold too.

Penn

(I had most of this typed out but realised I should just preface this by saying if you're not trying to lose weight, ignore the stuff I say about going for low-calorie options or wholewheat pasta etc)

I think meatloaf can be eaten cold. Could make one at the weekend and it should keep for the week, have a few slices of it each day with some salad.

Every few weeks I buy some salmon darnes and some prawns, cook the salmon (I use an airfryer) and have it and the prawns cold on a bed of salad lettuce with some lighter than light mayonnaise the next day. It takes a bit more preparation and planning than batch cooking (as you wouldn't cook all the salmon for the week at the start of the week, I might do two darnes Sunday night to have Mon/Tues, then two Tuesday for Wed/Thursday, then maybe go with a can of tuna in the salad instead of the salmon on the Friday), but it still doesn't require much effort. Each morning just cut up one of the cooked darnes and throw it, the prawns and the lettuce on a plate. Put the mayonnaise on it just before eating.

Soup might be your best shout as someone else said. A flask and maybe even throw a little bit of boiled water (I presume you have access to a kettle at least) to heat it up if needs be.

You could also have a cold chicken/pasta salad. Wholewheat pasta and cooked chicken pieces eaten cold (just watch the portion size of the pasta as it can rack up the calories fast). A light mayo or tomato-based sauce wouldn't do much damage, and again can be eaten cold.

A wholewheat wrap, again with some chicken pieces, light mayo, lettuce, peppers or other salad items, maybe boiled egg.

michdee

Excellent tips thanks all, yes homemade soup is great idea. Yes just about have a kettle ha. I bring my own
Thanks everyone