MooseRacer

This'll probably head to muppet land, or spark a race riot, BUT

Any ideas what I can take to work for lunch instead of sandwiches (of which I'm soo bored)?

Should ideally be healthy + quick to throw together.

Cheers

TheScooby

Flag taking lunch to work, go to subway!!

As they say:
Or some noodles would do??

TheScooby

SWRTWannabe

How about a bagel instead of sandwiches? I'm sure they're quite healthy (depending on what you put in them, of course ) and IMHO Onion Bagels are really tasty!

scoob_dood

how about cooking some pasta/sauce/vegetables/meat the night before, and taking it in cold the next day ? Same works for rice salads too.

Never actually managed to to do it myself, as I'm far too lazy, but know a few people that take this route as sandwiches=boring

- Jon

BOB.T

I'm on sarnies too (having toast as I type

I had tinned spaghetti n stuff last week in the new microwave, found it a bit labour intensive n prolly not very healthy!

beemerboy

pot noodle...

mj

or as we call 'em at work - a chemistry set

Nick VR4

Go buy a large bucket of KFC
Each day take some into work for lunch YUMMY

druddle

It has to be a Bombay Bad Boy Hot Noodle.

red_dog104

Pot Noodles are sooooooooooo fattening! (and taste disgusting, although they are quite adictive)!!!

Amen Corner

You have to marvel at whatever crazed deviant scientist dreamed up the Pot Noodle back in the gastronomic mists of the mid-Seventies. What a wag! Imagine working for the same company as him. It's your first week at Golden Wonder (yes, we name the guilty crisp conglomerate) and he catches you in the kitchenette making coffee and wonders if you've got a minute. Big smile on his face. He gives you the unmarked plastic pot and asks what you think. You shake it; it rattles. You peel back the foil lid, half expecting something to spring out, because you've been warned about this guy. You look inside. OK, obviously it's a container half-full of sand with bits of rubbish poking out - it's probably been scooped up at random from one of the scuzzier beaches at low tide. Blackpool? Margate? No, no, laughs the scientist, you're supposed to eat it, not make sandcastles. You look at him. He's kidding, right? You peer into the pot again. Admittedly, on closer inspection, the bits of rubbish on the top could pass for squashed nibs of sweetcorn and carrot shreds with the odd dried pea thrown in but if you dug a bit further down you still wouldn't be surprised to find a couple of *** ends and a used condom.

Still smiling, our scientist brings the kettle back to the boil and pours. The mixture bubbles and morphs into something more sludgy. You take a sniff, recoiling slightly. You laugh out loud. There's no way this is food. Come on, what is it... grouting paste? Or that stuff you use to keep carpet tiles in place? At last, he sticks a fork into the slime, stirs and brings out a fat bolus of slithery noodles. Ta-raaa! You try a bit. That is quite vile. You taste again. OK, actually it's not that bad. Before you know it, you've eaten the lot and saved 35p on lunch. The scientist asks what department you're in.

'I'm a student,' you say. 'Summer vacs.'

His eyes light up. A student...

The rest is history, with a bit of chemistry thrown in (specifically, E621 and E635, humorously described as flavour enhancers). Studies have shown that if you X-ray a university town from space, the most dominant pattern is tens of thousands of tiny dots, representing stocks of Pot Noodles crammed into halls of residence, refectories, communal hovels and vending machines, littering tables and floors, empties growing fur under beds and sofas, binbags overflowing with them in every backyard. The fact is, literally millions of tomorrow's captains of industry, commerce and the arts fell into an inebriate stupor last night with a warming King Pot Noodle inside them.

Superficially, it's not difficult to see how Pot Noodle might appeal to students - idle, poor, clueless at anything that might keep them alive, tastebud receptors already attuned to precooked, presauced, premasticated, predigested foods (if you are a student, open the curtains and try to imagine yourself as head of a marketing department instead). You can go out to Tesco and bring back a whole month's lunches, teas and suppers in a single black rubbish bag without breaking into a sweat, and still have money left over for some drugs. And there's no washing-up - you just keep a fork by the kettle, remembering to give it a good lick after use. Beans on toast may be cheaper and have the slight advantage of looking and tasting like food, but once you've taken into account labour and the greater capacity for human error there's no contest. The same goes for making your own pot noodles - yes, you can buy noodles and Oxo cubes but where are you going to find somewhere open after the pubs are shut that will sell you three peas and half a mushroom? Pot Noodle rules. And beware of imitations. They're horrible too.

Brendan Hughes

When cooking dinner the night before, cook for one extra person. Take it in and microwave it. Not advisable for some foods, but generally good.

Shark

Lunch is for wimps

David

BOB.T

I like pot noodles

P1Fanatic

Sandwiches do get boring if you keep having the same ones all the time. Try different fillings, different bread e.g. rolls, wraps, baguettes, bagels, focchia etc.

A small baguette with pate or cheese, with some fruit etc.

Pasta salad is also good. You can make your own healthy versions with minimal effort.

What about microwave meals? Places like Asda do loads of em for as little as 79p and they can taste really nice. Whack it in the microwave for 5 mins and voila. They do low fat & low calorie ones if your trying to cut down. Obviously this assumes you have a microwave at work

Simon.

Tiggs

"Places like Asda do loads of em for as little as 79p"

if it cost less than a quid but is more filling than an apple dont eat it....it is cheap shi7e

fatherpierre

Full of salt and fat for that price.

P1Fanatic

Bit of a generalist sweeping statement there. Probably less fat and salt than a big of crisps that u chunks munch on every day

fatherpierre

I personaly don't eat crisps - worse than chocolate; don't eat chocolate either

If it's a meat based product, 79p and a full meal then it's not going to be of any quality other than low. This usually means high in fat and salt.

Unless Asda have started making loss-leading frozen food, that is

P1Fanatic

Example chicken pasta I had at work tonight (under a buy 5 for £4 deal which is around 79p):

0.8g fat per 100g
0.7g salt per 100g

Seems ok to me.

Simon.

TheScooby

cough Subway cough

C'mon, how could you resist it???



TheScooby

super_si

Pasta + tuna + Mayonaisse.

hmmmmmmmmm

perpare it night before

Si

Andy Tang

iTrader: (3)

Inspired by this thread today, instead of sandwiches I have a lovely pasta salad!!!

Cheers!!!

damian666

...and I a Pot Noodle!!

NotoriousREV

I had a tin of Heinz Beef Broth. Nice.

brickboy

Patak's frozen chicken tikka masala chapati wrap. 69p from Tescos. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!

Dave P

tomato and buffalo mozerella... a little olive oil on top...

or chicken caeser salad...

DJ Dunk

iTrader: (5)

Wraps are niiiiiice How about a nice tuna nicoise wrap or salsa chicken . . . . Mmmmmm

[Edited by DJ Dunk - 2/3/2003 9:25:58 AM]