When you go into the office do you bring lunch?

[MDC 7,407]

If so, what? 

I used to mostly buy, but a sandwich chips and drink runs around $15 now so f that. I don’t like making a sandwich at home because it gets soggy. I’ll do leftovers or make something that keeps, like chicken salad. Looking for new ideas. 

Thanks amen.  

[supermike80 1,907]

Everyday.   A small breakfast as well.   Like a yogurt, some fruit.

Mix it up where I can.   Try to keep it different.

BLT's are good.  I do that a few times.  Sometimes hotdogs, or I will grill up some brats and take those.

Today it was cucumbers and tomatoes cut up with some awesome raspberry poppyseed dressing.   I have a leftover container of beef stew my wife made, but not sure I want it.

Chicken salad on pita is definitely a go to as well.

[TheNewGirl 1,489]

No, but I work from home. 

If I return to office, then I will likely bring my lunch majority of the days. 

Usually something like a salad, I don't really bring sandwiches either. Microwaveable meals are always good; like the frozen ones but you have to find ones that are generally healthy and don't have a lot of sodium. 

[jbycho 754]

7 minutes ago, MDC said:

If so, what? 

I used to mostly buy, but a sandwich chips and drink runs around $15 now so f that. I don’t like making a sandwich at home because it gets soggy. I’ll do leftovers or make something that keeps, like chicken salad. Looking for new ideas. 

Thanks amen.  

Ghey. 

[Fnord 2,264]

I make a big salad to take to work. Lettuce, carrots, cukes, tomatoes, shrooms, a couple different kinds of olives, avocado if I have any, and use tzatziki instead of a traditional salad dressing. If I have leftover bacon, grilled chicken, bratwurst, steak, etc. I cut it up and put some in. Full daily serving of veggies in one meal.

[Ron_Artest 1,506]

What is this office you speak?

When I used to work for big corps they had big subsidized dining halls and it was under $5 for anything you wanted.  Most recent job, small company, sometimes go out but usually brought either leftovers the night before or a turkey or ham sammich.  They also stocked the kitchen with snacks.

[supermike80 1,907]

19 minutes ago, Fnord said:

I make a big salad to take to work. Lettuce, carrots, cukes, tomatoes, shrooms, a couple different kinds of olives, avocado if I have any, and use tzatziki instead of a traditional salad dressing. If I have leftover bacon, grilled chicken, bratwurst, steak, etc. I cut it up and put some in. Full daily serving of veggies in one meal.

Ok Costanza

BIG SALAD!  

[jerryskids 6,790]

28 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Everyday.   A small breakfast as well.   Like a yogurt, some fruit.

Mix it up where I can.   Try to keep it different.

BLT's are good.  I do that a few times.  Sometimes hotdogs, or I will grill up some brats and take those.

Today it was cucumbers and tomatoes cut up with some awesome raspberry poppyseed dressing.   I have a leftover container of beef stew my wife made, but not sure I want it.

Chicken salad on pita is definitely a go to as well.

I last worked in an office about 10 years ago, and I generally brought both.  I was doing low carb so breakfast was usually two pieces of bacon and a hard boiled egg.  Lunch was generally leftovers from dinner the night before.  If we didn't have leftovers, I'd eat the cafe food which was actually quite good with lots of options -- they usually had a Messican station, pizza and maybe calzone station, roast meat and veggie station, as well as sammiches, salads, and a grill stations.

[supermike80 1,907]

5 minutes ago, jerryskids said:

I last worked in an office about 10 years ago, and I generally brought both.  I was doing low carb so breakfast was usually two pieces of bacon and a hard boiled egg.  Lunch was generally leftovers from dinner the night before.  If we didn't have leftovers, I'd eat the cafe food which was actually quite good with lots of options -- they usually had a Messican station, pizza and maybe calzone station, roast meat and veggie station, as well as sammiches, salads, and a grill stations.

Jeez. LOOK AT MEEEEE

I got a kitchen with appliances I have access to.  You damn rich kids.

[Fumbleweed 547]

A can of Progresso or Chunky soup, an apple, a bag of chips...then summer sausage and cheese to snack on mid-afternoon. This is my routine. 

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

Healthy Choice microwavable meals.  Just Crack an Egg, and of course eggs to crack into the Just Crack an Egg.  Baby carrots.  Oranges.

[jbycho 754]

Just now, Engorgeous George said:

Healthy Choice microwavable meals.  Just Crack an Egg, and of course eggs to crack into the Just Crack an Egg  Baby carrots.  Oranges.

Liberals can't afford eggs. 

[Gepetto 1,367]

I take a sandwich (ham, turkey, or salami, or peanut butter) and chips. I wrap the sandwich in wax paper and put it in a zip lock bag.. I grab an ice pack out of the fridge to keep it cold. I don't notice any sogginess. I use Rotella Italian bread.

[purdygood 352]

I usually order extra when we go to dinner. Then bring the leftovers to work the next day.

[Engorgeous George 2,331]

I went with frozen and easy office prep supplies, that way if I was asked out, a not uncommon occurance, my meal would keep until tomorrow or beyond.  Our building also had a pretty good cafe so when the mood struck that was always an option.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,436]

 Whatever yer mom packs sometimes 

[supermike80 1,907]

13 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

I take a sandwich (ham, turkey, or salami, or peanut butter) and chips. I wrap the sandwich in wax paper and put it in a zip lock bag.. I grab an ice pack out of the fridge to keep it cold. I don't notice any sogginess. I use Rotella Italian bread.

Guess I should add...For my BLT's for instance.  I build them in my office.  Toast the bread, heat up the already cooked bacon, and build the rest.. So no sogginess to deal with

[Fnord 2,264]

Just now, supermike80 said:

Guess I should add...For my BLT's for instance.  I build them in my office.  Toast the bread, heat up the already cooked bacon, and build the rest.. So no sogginess to deal with

Shark move. When I used to pack sammiches I always left the tomato off until lunch time. Nothing soggies a sammy faster.

[Cdub100 3,903]

I need to bring in my lunch more

[Mike Honcho 5,269]

Everyday - Sandwich or tuna wraps, soups, yogurt, couple of beef jerky sticks.  Gets me through the day. 

[supermike80 1,907]

1 hour ago, Mike Honcho said:

Everyday - Sandwich or tuna wraps, soups, yogurt, couple of beef jerky sticks.  Gets me through the day. 

Yup.  Gotta have snacks too man.  I have that big azz can of peanuts from costco...which by the way are the best damn peanuts there are.  So if I get a little hungry, a few handfuls of those and I'm good till dinner

[HellToupee 1,773]

2 hours ago, Fnord said:

I make a big salad to take to work. Lettuce, carrots, cukes, tomatoes, shrooms, a couple different kinds of olives, avocado if I have any, and use tzatziki instead of a traditional salad dressing. If I have leftover bacon, grilled chicken, bratwurst, steak, etc. I cut it up and put some in. Full daily serving of veggies in one meal.

Sounds good but it’s lacking a proper cheese to tie it together…..goat , feta or even a blue cheese

[supermike80 1,907]

5 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

Sounds good but it’s lacking a proper cheese to tie it together…..goat , feta or even a blue cheese

Gag

[Fnord 2,264]

6 minutes ago, HellToupee said:

Sounds good but it’s lacking a proper cheese to tie it together…..goat , feta or even a blue cheese

You sir are a cuisine connoisseur, and correct. I used to put feta in it, then went on a kick where I was avoiding cheese, which was dumb. The feta just never made it back in. Blue cheese could be good... I'm going to buy some this weekend.

[Gepetto 1,367]

So to be clear, it's just turkey, salami, or ham sandwich with mayo sometimes mayo combined with spicy mustard, sometime a slice of cheese. No lettuce and no tomato - probably helps avoid sogginess.

[Gepetto 1,367]

41 minutes ago, supermike80 said:

Yup.  Gotta have snacks too man.  I have that big azz can of peanuts from costco...which by the way are the best damn peanuts there are.  So if I get a little hungry, a few handfuls of those and I'm good till dinner

My uncle won't by pistachios at Costco anymore because the price is super high, regardless he's a multi-millionaire. He said he saw the price last time he was in there and just kept walking.

[listen2me 23 1,873]

I get up early.   I generally dont like packing some lunch unless its a realistic leftover I can throw in a container to warm up.  Not by any sort of plan or fasting but I dont eat all morning on weekdays.  At best may bring a muffin to have with coffee if I have some in the house.   Then I usually order for a noon lunch if I didnt bring anything which is 3 or 4 days out of 5.  

I like breakfast and may cook it on a weekend.  But I just dont get hungry all morning.  I drink my coffee black from a drip maker.  Im not picky.   I dont get hangry or whatever people say.  The no eating all AM does well for me.  

[HellToupee 1,773]

20 minutes ago, Gepetto said:

My uncle won't by pistachios at Costco anymore because the price is super high, regardless he's a multi-millionaire. He said he saw the price last time he was in there and just kept walking.

That’s part of why he’s a multimillionaire 

[MDC 7,407]

Just now, HellToupee said:

That’s part of why he’s a multimillionaire 

I don’t buy pistachios and I’m still poor!  

[jbycho 754]

Just now, MDC said:

I don’t buy pistachios and I’m still poor!  

Everyone in fishtown is poor. 

[jerryskids 6,790]

4 hours ago, supermike80 said:

Jeez. LOOK AT MEEEEE

I got a kitchen with appliances I have access to.  You damn rich kids.

It was a big campus for a major aerospace company. It also had a great gym with large areas for free weights, machines, cardio, and yoga classes.  The company was very good to its employees.  Even though they had downsized some, they kept these things running.

Actually, now that I think about it, the corporate HQ was a few miles down the road, and I heard the president used the gym in the morning (I went in afternoons), so that's probably why they kept it open.   

[Maximum Overkill 1,988]

5 hours ago, MDC said:

If so, what? 

I used to mostly buy, but a sandwich chips and drink runs around $15 now so f that. I don’t like making a sandwich at home because it gets soggy. I’ll do leftovers or make something that keeps, like chicken salad. Looking for new ideas. 

Thanks amen.  

Door Dash it, the greatest thing ever. 

Indeed Amen Thanks 

[5-Points 3,523]

I bring fish and heat it up in the microwave. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Strike 5,536]

Not a habit I ever got in to and seems a little late now.  Where I work now has a pretty good cafe so that works most of the time.

[seafoam1 3,017]

When I went in to the office, which was always in other states than where I lived, we simply went out to decent restaurants to eat. Unless it was stupid busy days and we didn't have time to eat anyway. 

[josh wiley 58]

Quesadilla either breakfast style or chicken, peppers and onion, and cheese. Heats up well too

[josh wiley 58]

Or real healthy one would be homemade veg soup. Couple of cans of diced tomatoes maybe 1 of them blended up, along with couple cans mixed veg and one onion sliced and diced for soup. Just sure the onion, add the tomatoes and veg and slowly bring up to heat for a little while. Pack u up a bowl along with a pack of crackers

[josh wiley 58]

Oh and add in some broth the soup either vegetable or chicken

[josh wiley 58]

7 hours ago, listen2me 23 said:

I get up early.   I generally dont like packing some lunch unless its a realistic leftover I can throw in a container to warm up.  Not by any sort of plan or fasting but I dont eat all morning on weekdays.  At best may bring a muffin to have with coffee if I have some in the house.   Then I usually order for a noon lunch if I didnt bring anything which is 3 or 4 days out of 5.  

I like breakfast and may cook it on a weekend.  But I just dont get hungry all morning.  I drink my coffee black from a drip maker.  Im not picky.   I dont get hangry or whatever people say.  The no eating all AM does well for me.  

Completely understand. Same for me. If I got up and worked in the fields or on the farm would make more sense to have a substantial breakfast everyday. That’s just not the case for most people anymore. U take in what u might burn

[listen2me 23 1,873]

8 hours ago, josh wiley said:

Completely understand. Same for me. If I got up and worked in the fields or on the farm would make more sense to have a substantial breakfast everyday. That’s just not the case for most people anymore. U take in what u might burn

I eat good sized dinners each night.  Its probably not the way to do it but it works for me.  

I honestly like to feel a bit hungry.  We were never made to just eat because of the time on the clock.