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Ideas for lunches to take to work - sandwich alternatives


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Hi,

Does anyone have any good ideas for lunches? I currently am making sandwiches (normally chicken, lean ham or brie and apple) but finding that the bread is a huge amount of my daily calories. I normally eat 3 slices of white, about 210 just for the bread! My total lunch (bread, flora spread, lettuce, ham/chicken, banana) will come to about 400 calories. I want to cut this down to between 200 - 300 calories, but I work long hours so don't really want to eat any less food!

What do other people bring to work for lunch? I have no time in the mornings so needs to be something I can prepare the night before. I was thinking maybe some kind of cous cous salad? I don't want the carbs causing the same calorie problem as bread.

Any ideas?

Edited Jul 11 2009 03:44 by nycgirl
Reason: Moved from WL to Foods forum
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You could easily pack these lunches:

- Whole wheat crackers + cheese + yves veggie pepperoni slices

- Campbell's Soup at hand

- Sticky Rice (assuming you have a microwave) ... aka chinese rice dumplings

- Cha Siu Bao (steamed bbq pork buns)

- Pre-cut vegetables + light dressing

- 1 medium banana + mini packs of peanut butter

- Yogurt + mixed berries + nut/seed mix

- Individual oatmeal packets

- Apples, Oranges, Pears... FRUIT!!!

- Homemade pasta salads w/ low fat mayo + veggies

- Naan + dhal or other indian curries

- Steamed white rice with veggies and low sodium soy sauce

- Grass Jelly + a sprinkling of sugar

- Dry Cereal + milk (I personally love cereal for lunch)

- Sushi

- Couscous-bean salad

- Chicken Fajitas

- Pitas + Hummus

- Canned chili or stews

- Yves meatless ground round (mexican style) + lettuce = lettuce wraps :)

That's all I can think of right now... but hope some of them sound tasty to ya!

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