Lunch ideas?

Hi everyone,

It seems as if most suggestions for lo-cal lunches require cooking.  Does anyone have any suggestions for lunches that do not involve cooking?  For instance, is there a good 300 cal. sandwich out there?  Something else?  I'm a little tired of salads at this point.  Love to hear from you

Bigmompom

It seems as if most suggestions for lo-cal lunches require cooking.  Does anyone have any suggestions for lunches that do not involve cooking?  For instance, is there a good 300 cal. sandwich out there?  Something else?  I'm a little tired of salads at this point.  Love to hear from you

Umm.. two reasonably sized pieces of whole wheat bread and a couple of pieces of ham or turkey, plus mustard and all the vegetables you'd like should be NEAR 300 cals.

I don' t know if you like the idea of a vegetarian sandwich or not but one of my favorites is a cucumber sandwich and they are yummy.  Even my non-vegetarian friends enjoy them.

Toast two pieces of low cal whole grain bread (should come to 100 cal or less) On one side of one of them spread a bit of light cream cheese this is the bottom piece on top of that place sliced cucumbers then lettuce, pepperoncini peppers, tomato, and any other veggies you like drizzle with light vinagerette dressing on the other piece of toast spread a bit of guacamole.  This sandwich is very tasty with different flavors blending together and it's around 300 calories or less.  The guacamole provides healthy fats :) use in moderation.

or you could grab a cup of yogurt and throw some granola in it

you can make low fat tuna salad - just prepare it with mustard and ff or light mayo.  not sure of the proportions since I don't eat it though.

A piece of fruit, piece of string cheese and perhaps some veggies with healthy dip like low fat or ff ranch for a little variety.

Hard boiled eggs can be made in advance and you can eat the whites for added protein and they are low cal.

Hi

I love to have a snadwich for lunch, too. I use either the lower calories higher fiber bread at 35 calories per slice OR an oat bran flax pita at 60 calories for the 6 inch size.

I make the following types of fillings:


1. sliced avocado with bacon bits and lettuce and tomato

2. hummus lettuce red onion and tomato

3. lean turkey with lettuce and light mayo

4. leftover sliced chicken breast with Lettuce & tomato

5. Tuna salad made with light mayo, celery and onions

6. peanut butter with lettuce (YUP it's good)

7. leftover turkey meatball with sauce and melted low fat motzarella

I eat this sandwich 2-3 times a week for lunch:

2 slices Arnold's Whole Grain Classics 100% Whole Wheat Double Fiber bread

1 oz. Boar's Head Lemon Pepper Chicken Breast

1/2 oz. Boar's Head Lower Fat/Lower Sodium Yellow American Cheese

1.5 oz. lettuce (romaine or green leaf)

1 TBS light mayo

1 TSP spicy brown mustard

This can be made ahead and 2 servings makes a filling and balanced lunch

Four Bean Salad  or  Corn & Bean Salad

Sometimes I'll go with a frozen meal that has no more than 3 grams of fat per 100 calories (some Michelina, Smart Ones, Lean Cuisine, even South Beach) but I'll balance it with some pre-cut veggies and a piece of fruit, or some yogurt.  and because they're high in sodium, I'll have a lite-salt dinner.

Here in Aus, 2 slices of bread is easily 160. But apparently you have bread which can get down to 90 cal for two slices! Thinner, but still. So going by our bread, 140 cals to spend on innards. Skip the mayo unless you REALLY need it - find a susbtitute. I dont like to waste my cals on too much sauce. I use ingredients like canned beetroot, which moisten it anyway.

Have a big salad sandwich and add sliced meat o pre-cooked egg (can omit egg yellow if you want) I have the lefover salad on the side and eat that first.

But my fav is using other,weirder ingredients, like leftover cooked mashed pumpkin, corn kernals, leftover chicken, beans, salsa, anything really. Like a normal meal surrounded by bread. I;ve done mashed potato before, but ppl here might freak out at the carb level.

How about a pita or wrap? Use salsa (low cal and yummo) salads and whatever leftover meat you have.

Well, my favorite sandwich that I eat pretty much every day is Turkey (Healthy Choice, usually), lettuce, red pepper, and tomato. Quite good and fairly low-cal, depending on the bread. Takes less then 5 minutes to make. : )

Thank you everyone, for all your fabulous ideas!!  I appreciate it!

I like mini whole wheat pitas for sandwiches.  Less bread, more filling.

I get a whole wheat super high fiber (7 grams) bagel, put some FF honey mustard or regular mayo if I am feeling weak, then pile on the cucumbers, sprouts, tomatoes (good for moistness) and depending on how brave I feel, peppercinis.  This is a flavor blast, it's big and filling and I have to wrap it in a papertowel  to hold it together.

Hot dog & bun - both 98% fat free - 120 calories (mustard no calories)

Turkey burger on a bun - bun 98% fat free - 160 calories

WHY NOT TRY A SUB WAY 6 INCH SANDWICH SOME ARE LESS THAN 300 CALORIES :)

oh one of my favorite low cal meals, which is Very filling if eaten properly.

1 lite english muffin( i get the weis 90 cal ones)
1 slice of that 35 cal high fiber bread
1 apple (somewhere between a 70-95cal apple)
1 yogurt (i use the lowfat weis ones. 80 cals, but they have those damon ones i think that are 60. but they are to creamy.)

Toast breads.
cover breads with a nice thick layer of yogurt.
slice apple into slices.
Cover everything in cinnamin(i have no cal cinnamin)
to eat your apple dip it in the yogurt.
Enjoy. :)

the idea of cucumber vegetarian sandwich by christins73 makes my mouth watery.... i have to make that very soon!!

My new fav.. and it requires a light prep... but I do so while I'm getting ready for work in the morning...

I buy the bags of frozen, skinless/boneless chicken tenders.

I boil about two of them (while getting dressed) and scoop out the foamy fat that comes to the surface of the water.  After the tenders are boiled through, I place them in a tupperware dish. 

Add a couple large spoonfuls of canned, petite diced tomatoes and sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.  Close the lid.

By lunch time I pop the entire thing in the microwave for 1 min, add a little salt and pepper and lunch is served : )

Provides a great amount of protein!

a light lunch.. i like to mash up some canned garbanzo beans (drained, of course) and add in some vegetables time grape tomatoes and microwaved (those that are microwavable) peas and corn.

s&w garbanzo beans are 80 calories for half a cup and they are high in protein and fiber, and the veggies should be too much.. take a granola bar with you perhaps. im simple, sorry :x the beans taste like fish, too (sorry, im vegan).

shannelkenny! I tried a somewhat modified version of what you suggested for lunch today.

I cut up a chicken breast into strips...cooked in a pan with some olive oil spray and garlic...then topped it with canned crushed tomatoes that were pre-seasoned with basil, garlic, etc (15 cals for a 4th of a cup)...and then topped it off with mozzarella.

It was so tasty and I am nice and full!  Thanks for the suggestion!

Also, bologna, turkey, pickle, and salami actually taste quite good together. Though I'm not a huge fan of bologna, I usually skip it. :P