Food for lunches at work

viktorvaughn

Well-known member
Who does nice things beyond sandwiches?

I hate spending money on lunches at work (unless its 4 quid for a 1/2 price pizza at Strada or Pizza Express etc).

A nice green veg risotto with lots of leeks, peas, celery and cabbage went down well for me for a couple of days (microwave needed of course).

Any more?:)
 

Pestario

tell your friends
When not doing sandwiches I usually have one of these two:

1. leftover pasta with salad veggies (olives, tomato, cucumber etc) all covered in pesto

2. cous cous with houmus with salad veggies as above

If there's any leftover chicken or anything I throw it into the mix.

My lunches are really just elaborate ways of eating pesto and houmus.
 

DannyL

Wild Horses
I normally have salads - big combo of whatever vegs (those big jars of grilled peppers, chillis, tomatos etc that you get in the Turkish shops of North London are pretty handy) and a big hunk of protein - either cheese (feta from the same shops) or eggs, but more often than not fish or meat. Sometimes tinned tuna, but ofterwise chicken drumsticks or whatever leftovers are going.

Lots of ideas here: http://www.marksdailyapple.com/ultimate-salad-recipe/
 

DannyL

Wild Horses
Oh, and I keep a jar of olive oil in the fridge to dress it. I suppose I should be posh and get some balsamic in as well.
 

Pulchritude

Active member
I sometimes just make double portions of whatever I'm making for dinner, the night before. Vegetarian chilli, made with kidney beans and some mushrooms and runners beans, is fairly quick to make and good with some boiled rice, a potato or most forms of bread.

I only have sandwiches for lunch if I'm really desperate. I'm pretty lazy, so any form of exertion at work causes my appetite to increase massively and I find that sandwiches don't satiate it. I only work a few days a week and my colleagues are usually envious that a skint student eats better than they do. I like to rub it in by commenting on how tasty it is at any given opportunity.
 

baboon2004

Darned cockwombles.
Lentils are a great idea - you WILL make more than you need (always happens, they're deceptively fillinig), and tastes way better the day after. Lentil and mushroom soup/stew with lots of garlic and shallots.
 

Slothrop

Tight but Polite
Cold pasta with broccoli, olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, red onion, maybe pine kernels or feta or something if you want.

Hungry now...
 

swears

preppy-kei
Go into my local Morrison's on a Sunday and get a bag of five New York bagels and five packets of whatever is the cheapest sliced turkey/chicken. So I just have one bagel with meat every day at work and just drink tap water. Usually comes to about six quid for the whole week.
 

elgato

I just dont know
When not doing sandwiches I usually have one of these two:

1. leftover pasta with salad veggies (olives, tomato, cucumber etc) all covered in pesto

2. cous cous with houmus with salad veggies as above

If there's any leftover chicken or anything I throw it into the mix.

My lunches are really just elaborate ways of eating pesto and houmus.

big ones - i am going to be getting involved with some variations on these themes

i have been dealing with soup through the winter but nowadays its all about the cold munches
 

viktorvaughn

Well-known member
Swears that sounds a bit hardcore for me!

I like the idea of pasta salads with loads of fresh veg in. Thick slices of courgette fried with garlic and chilli and chucked in with feta and sun dried tomato is nice.
 

viktorvaughn

Well-known member
When not doing sandwiches I usually have one of these two:

1. leftover pasta with salad veggies (olives, tomato, cucumber etc) all covered in pesto

2. cous cous with houmus with salad veggies as above

If there's any leftover chicken or anything I throw it into the mix.

My lunches are really just elaborate ways of eating pesto and houmus.

Is the name inspired by your love of the stuff Pestostario?
 

luka

Well-known member
im not on cold pasta. cold vermecilli noodle things are more palatable. bit less heavy on the cold starchy stodge. how about knocking up a noodle salad with thai basil mint and coriander, chilli etc etc. make a nice little faux asian dressing with soy sauce and rice vinegar or lime or something. those sort of things allways taste better after stewing in the fridge overnight anyway.
 

viktorvaughn

Well-known member
im not on cold pasta. cold vermecilli noodle things are more palatable. bit less heavy on the cold starchy stodge. how about knocking up a noodle salad with thai basil mint and coriander, chilli etc etc. make a nice little faux asian dressing with soy sauce and rice vinegar or lime or something. those sort of things allways taste better after stewing in the fridge overnight anyway.

Yeah this would be nice, could chuck in thins strips of cucumber, spring onion etc.
 

scottdisco

rip this joint please
neither of these suggestions may be popular w' colleagues (!) but they are not too expensive.

you can get about, ooh, say three days' worth of sandwich lunches from one of those small, cheap cans of tuna and about, a third or a quarter or so of a bell pepper, if you flake up the tuna, season it, mix in mayo and the diced peppers and eat that as your filling.

or dust out your cheapest veg curry recipe (a basic lentil or chickpea, whatever), and carry a second Tupperware to work of some yoghurt and diced cucumbers mixed in.

the protein in a cheap bagel that Swears suggests and Craner's pie are both winners.

i note (UK readers) Morrisons' has cheap wholemeal rolls/cobs/baps/barms (delete as) atm.

edit: i only just noticed VV started this thread specifying no sandwiches.
apologies!
 
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