Lunchtime Food

[Deleted member 18477]

what do people eat at lunchtime?

i'm bored of trying to think of cheap, easy to make, convenient & reasonably healthy foods to eat at lunchtime.

im in an office most days of the week and i've tried everything.

homemade sandwiches
pasta + a protein
rice + a protein
jacket potato + a filling
salad + a protein

etc etc etc... i've come to the conclusion that for price & convenience a shop made sandwich is actually not a bad deal. most are around £2. thats £40 a month. i've struggled to make lunches myself for much less. maybe you save £5-£10 a month if you try hard or eat minimal food but this just isnt possible for a normal man!

so what the hell do you eat? any new ideas? or shall i just stick to my shop made sandwich...?

 

[banjo]

Find a cafe and go for the full English, it works for Me.

 

[Kaiser_Soze]

Cup a Soup and a roll for me. Chuck in a bit of fruit or veg and its not a bad little option.

 

[cloud]

Soup
Leftovers from the night before

 

[banjo]

View attachment 30575 Find a cafe and go for the full English, it works for Me.

3 of Your 5 a day, mushrooms, tomatoes and chips.

 

[brakespear]

salad composed of: baby spinach, cherry tomatoes, cubed cheese, Rochelle Mediterranean herb croutons and a healthy dollop of Tesco Caesar salad dressing

Costs around £8 a week.

 

[8ace]

Liquid lunch for me

 

[The Large One]

Leftovers from the night before

This.

And yes, there are some, usually.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

so what the hell do you eat? any new ideas? or shall i just stick to my shop made sandwich...?

Current lunchtime favourites:

- Baxters Scotch Broth, a tasty highland treat
- Innocent Veg Pots, 3 of your 5 a day currently very reasonably half-priced £1.80 at Sainsburys

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I have got some plum tomato soup lined up for today.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

I changed at the start of this year. I alwasy used to buy my breakfast every morning when I got neat the office in London (a Tea and a bit of cake from Pret) and a sandwich or two a lunchtime from one of the places round here (Pret, Eat, Marks etc.). I realised at xmas that this was costing me not far short of £10 a day, and while money isn't a problem, that was a lot, so I decided to make my own for a while and am still doing it.

So, each day I have a piece of fruit and a svoury bite (small sausage roll or something similar) for breakfast and for lunch a sandwich, a savoury bite or two and another piece of fruit.

I actually like my own lunches just as much, if not more than the bought stuff and I reckon I'm saving £200 a month or thereabouts.

 

[Tom Hark Preston Park]

I actually like my own lunches just as much, if not more than the bought stuff and I reckon I'm saving £200 a month or thereabouts.

That's a fair old saving.

 

[Tricky Dicky]

That's a fair old saving.

Indeed - it's probably a little short of that once I've bought the sandwich makings, but not far off.

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

I changed at the start of this year. I alwasy used to buy my breakfast every morning when I got neat the office in London (a Tea and a bit of cake from Pret) and a sandwich or two a lunchtime from one of the places round here (Pret, Eat, Marks etc.). I realised at xmas that this was costing me not far short of £10 a day, and while money isn't a problem, that was a lot, so I decided to make my own for a while and am still doing it.

So, each day I have a piece of fruit and a svoury bite (small sausage roll or something similar) for breakfast and for lunch a sandwich, a savoury bite or two and another piece of fruit.

I actually like my own lunches just as much, if not more than the bought stuff and I reckon I'm saving £200 a month or thereabouts.

Have the Mid Sussex Times been in touch?

 

[upthealbion1970]

3 of Your 5 a day, mushrooms, tomatoes and chips.

Beans makes 4

 

[Tricky Dicky]

Have the Mid Sussex Times been in touch?

It's the lead story next week I think, they currently have me door-stepped - I'm thinking of complaining to the Leveson Enquiry.

 

[Mendoza]

I'm also one that cooks extra for dinner to have for lunch the next day.

Today I have chicken pad thai noodles left over, tonight cooking thai red curry for dinner and lunch tomorrow

 

[fruitnveg]

Cup a Soup and a roll for me. Chuck in a bit of fruit or veg and its not a bad little option.

You leave me out of this!

 

[Razi]

Cat.

 

[seagullondon]

Have the Mid Sussex Times been in touch?