Winter - Brown Bag Lunches

[buddha_bellies]

My rut breakout involves an avocado. That's where it started. I love fresh avocado.

So I take a whole avocado, a whole tomato, a lime and 1 package of Uncle Ben's prepared rice (already cooked in the bag) to work.

While you are 90 second heating the rice in the microwave, chop the avoacao and tomato in a bowl, drizzle it with squeezed lime juice and add salt. Drizzle the remaining lime juice over the rice, add a dab of butter and enjoy. It's incredibly fresh tasting and filling.

That sounds super yummy! I'm gonna have to try that too, though I'll make brown rice the night before in my rice cooker.

I usually cook enough for left over every night, or at least rice. If I have just rice, I would cut up some broccoli or throw in some peas and corn with it. Add oyster sauce and dice up some marinated tofu/ or can of tuna. Heat it up at work and there's my lunch.

A big of of stew or chili is good for at least a day or two too.

[GraysonKelly]

Since I work night shift (12 hours) I usually don't eat lunch. When I do think I'm going to get hungry, I usually take something like tuna salad and crackers or sometimes beans and rice (I've been on a huge bean kick for the last couple of months because my belly has not been happy with most other protein).
I have seen some intersting bag lunches though.
There's a girl I work with who brings raw, sliced green, red, and yellow peppers. Nothiing on them, just plain. It's a hug bag.
Some of the others bring fruit plates, those campbells microwave soup things, antipasto (sp?) salads, HUGE garden salads (big tupperware bowls of it!) During the summer one lady kept bringing in veggies from her garden including onions (smelly!) and made a salad while she sat at her desk. One time this other lady brought in a tomato, some bread an electric griddle and raw bacon! She made herself BLT's! It was crazy! Of course we had a BLT night not long after that little stunt!
haha
Gray
By the way, I like that avocado idea. I might have to try that.

[Karma007]

soup, vegy chili, (either scratch or canned) pasta with whatever fridge bits I've got.

[bmccasland]

Chili and corn bread + an apple

I prepare frozen lunches - or try to - instead of buying "lunch in a box" from the freezer section of my grocery store.

[alpinerabbit]

spinach quiche? with ham? microwave yummy.... add a few cubes of goat cheese or feta for a change...

[rocknrollgirl]

Soup. I make a pot on the w/e and freeze it in single serving containers. Sometimes I make two. They are all fast and easy and healthy. If you need recipes, let me know. I would be happy to share. At work they call me the soup lady!

[surgtech1956]

rocknrollgirl, oh, I would love some recipes. thank you for sharing.