Thread: Nut's economical and nutritional lunchtime thread

Originally Posted by girler

I just work part-time, 5-6 hours a day and don't generally take a lunch. I keep some peanuts or something around for if I need to eat something while I'm there. Otherwise I just eat before I get there and then when I go home.

I like your plan for making soups ahead of time. Go to any website with homemade crockpot soup and get the recipes. Maybe after you freeze them, you can get a tiny one-person crockpot to keep at work, and heat them up in your office/cube for an hour or two before lunch, then you could skip the microwave completely.

I would eat the peanuts out of your poop.

I haven't had an office for a couple of years. But, when I did, the general rule was your food shouldn't infringe on others sniffers.

Mainly, we had a shitload of Indian engineers, and their effing puke smelling curry would stink the entire building up.

And their wives were effing hairy.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

I would eat the peanuts out of your poop.

Well, I do try to chew them before I pass them along to my stomach...

Originally Posted by girler

Well, I do try to chew them before I pass them along to my stomach...

Oh I suppose you are the only human on earth that digests peanuts.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

I would eat the peanuts out of your poop.

Gross.

Originally Posted by gnomeflinger

Gross.

I wouldn't say something like to you Gnome.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

Oh I suppose you are the only human on earth that digests peanuts.

I have no idea. I don't study poop. So if humans don't digest poop, and you want the peanuts out of mine, then let me know when you'll be in town and I'll eat some whole-- just for you.

OMG No wonder Gnome is beating your ass.

Dairy queen has pretty good, big cheap salads.
Fred Meyers has decent California rolls and other sushi for a quick, somewhat nutritional lunch.

I am at work for 10-12 hours a day..and I eat every 3 hours so I always pack myself 3 meals, or 2 meals and a snack.

The crock pot stuff is the best. A roast slow cooked all day could last you several days and you can even shredd some of the meat and add some bbq sauce for a sandwich as a variation to the meat.

I also love to make a huge batch of homemade soups. That way you cut out all of the processed junk and sodium and know exactly what is going into them. You can usually make a huge batch of 15 bean soup with some meat in it for under $5. I let it cool and then individually bag it up into the sandwich size ziplocks and freeze them individually. Take one out, let it thaw for a few and re-heat it.

IMO, the best, healthiest, and most econimical food out there is chili. Loaded with protein and filling. Just make a huge pot of that, let it cool and individually bag portions of it.

Make your own sandwiches. The pre-made ones you buy everyday at the store probably has minimal meats (heavily processed meats) minimal veggies, and a ton of bread. You can buy an entire loaf of 100% whole wheat bread, a lb of fresh cut deli meats, and veggies for about $10. Out of that $10, you could make 7-8 sandwiches. Add an apple to it, tall glass of iced tea or water and that is a great healthy cheap easy to make lunch.

Originally Posted by BeefStew25

OMG No wonder Gnome is beating your ass.

Wow, I didn't even know it.

You mean how I'm a pushover? Ya, I am. That is the base of a lot of my anger issues. I was never allowed boundaries as a child, blah blah blah.

So you don't really eat peanuts out of poop? Why didn't you say so?

Originally Posted by Watchthemiddle

I am at work for 10-12 hours a day..and I eat every 3 hours so I always pack myself 3 meals, or 2 meals and a snack.

The crock pot stuff is the best. A roast slow cooked all day could last you several days and you can even shredd some of the meat and add some bbq sauce for a sandwich as a variation to the meat.

I also love to make a huge batch of homemade soups. That way you cut out all of the processed junk and sodium and know exactly what is going into them. You can usually make a huge batch of 15 bean soup with some meat in it for under $5. I let it cool and then individually bag it up into the sandwich size ziplocks and freeze them individually. Take one out, let it thaw for a few and re-heat it.

IMO, the best, healthiest, and most econimical food out there is chili. Loaded with protein and filling. Just make a huge pot of that, let it cool and individually bag portions of it.

Make your own sandwiches. The pre-made ones you buy everyday at the store probably has minimal meats (heavily processed meats) minimal veggies, and a ton of bread. You can buy an entire loaf of 100% whole wheat bread, a lb of fresh cut deli meats, and veggies for about $10. Out of that $10, you could make 7-8 sandwiches. Add an apple to it, tall glass of iced tea or water and that is a great healthy cheap easy to make lunch.

Don't you work nights?

nut, you're not going to get any sort of real nutrition from canned foods-- enzymes are a big part of what you want from plant foods, and they simply don't survive the canning (let alone microwave!) process. . .

you're FAR better off bringing your own food, particularly if there aren't good restaurant options. . . the crockpot is a good way to go, and WTM is right about chili. . . you also want to eat vegetables that aren't heavily cooked, which typically means raw or lightly steamed-- you get the most nutritional value that way, as it hasn't been heated or otherwise processed out of the food. . . steam stuff like broccoli, greens, asparagus, green beans, etc, with fresh lemon juice and black pepper. . . salad is obviously a good way to consume raw greens-- you can make them more edible with good dressings, and stuff like feta, nuts or beans for protein (or chicken), dried fruit or whatever. . . try to alternate soup and salad with sandwiches, something like that. . .

getting quality produce is also important-- if you don't have access or don't want to spend the money for organics, local farmers markets are generally cheaper options where you can still get good food. . .

I love feta. I put that on pitas instead of other cheese. I also use spinach instead of lettuce.

this is all great advice . thank you