What do you pack for lunch?

[FrugalTexan75]

I pretty much eat the same thing for lunch everyday -- a bean, egg and veggie burrito.

I make the beans ahead of time - 2lbs of pinto beans makes 33 1/2 cup servings.

Then each Monday I take 5 servings of beans, an egg white carton, a bag of tortillas, and a bag of frozen veggies. It takes me about six minutes from the time I take the beans of the freezer until I'm sitting down at my desk ready to eat.

I also keep boxed raisins and a bag of almonds in my desk for morning and afternoon snacks.

[Cassandra]

Monday and Wednesdays I take a small snack bag of nuts or crackers to school because I don't actually get to eat lunch those days (in school from 8 - 5:15). The other days I can eat lunch at home because I get out of school at 1. Every couple weeks I'll stop by the student union and grab a Port of Subs sandwich but I try not to do that often.

Cassandra

[nim3]

Cheese and tomato sandwich.... or a
Subway.

[Lori63]

Leftovers, salad, wholewheat pasta with nonfat Italian dressing, Healthy Choice dinners bought for $1.49 at Sharp Sharper,...things along that line.

If I do buy it is the large salad from the cafeteria (I work at an elem. school) for $2

[Saving in So Cal]

For breakfast -- bagel, or yogurt and granola, or trail mix made from 1 cup of cereal, 1/4 cup of dried fruit, and 1/4 cup of nuts.

For lunch/snacks -- leftovers plus two pieces of fruit, a bag of cut-up vegetables, and a vitamin water drink.

[rob62521]

Good idea to have this post!

I see many do the same thing I do -- pack the lunch the night before. Otherwise, I wouldn't have time in the morning.

I do leftovers as much as I can, but I also try to keep cans of chicken or tuna on hand at home so I can make a sandwich if we don't have leftovers. I just pack the bread in one container and the salad in another container and then put it together during lunch so I don't have soggy bread. I have also purchased a lot of small containers or recycled others to put things in for my lunch so I don't use lots of plastic bags. I also bought a drink cup instead of buying or bringing a bottle of water for lunch. Not only does it save money, but less plastic as well as the water bottle scare...

I think the key is to plan when you grocery shop...buy things like string cheese or crackers or chips to keep on hand to put in your lunch as well was fruit so it's available when you pack your lunch.

[pjmama]

Usually a turkey sandwich on wheat bread (no cheese), with string cheese, some sort of snack (pretzels, crackers, something of the like), either a piece of fruit or applesauce, and lately these cottage cheese single things with pineapple chunks in them. I also bring a coffee mug and tea bags with me, to hold off temptations of buying fruity drinks or teas in environmentally offending plastic or aluminum containers

[ThriftoRama]

I either packed leftovers of some variation of a meal using leftovers. For instance, cook a chicken on Sunday, shave some off and make a chicken salad for lunch the next day.

I usually made a large bin of fruit salad at the start of the week, too, and take a little bit of that every day.

And I usually took a yogurt with me to eat at my desk when I first got to work or for mid-morning snack.

[CreditExpert]

Ham sandwich

Crisps,

Banana

Apple

Chocolate !

Bottle of water

[stressedmama]

Breakfast - pkg of oatmeal, yogurt & fruit, or waffles (work has a microwave).

Morning & Afternoon Snack - fresh fruit, baked goodie, or popcorn

Lunch - Leftovers or PBJ sandwich

[sagegirl]

Work food for today:
Breakfast: Oatmeal
Snack: canned pears
Lunch: veggie burger (brought my own Morning Star veggie burger and bun)
PM Snack: micro pop-corn

$0 spent on lunch today--everything from home