what do you have for lunch??

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 02:11 PM

ok, I hate to start another food thread, but well I am getting fed up... today is the 2nd day I threw my lunch in the bin, and well I am just absolutely lost for ideas of what I can have for lunch

I am over the usual sandwiches (ie. any meat + salad) I am over rice cakes, cruskits, suimins (noodles) etc etc

oh, and I don't really want to buy lunch, I am saving money

any interesting and different ideas??

**geisha** · 06-06-2002, 02:13 PM

my boss hahaha

**RandomLogik** · 06-06-2002, 02:14 PM

i usually don't eat anything for lunch, if i do it's usually a salad sandwich

bonnie, try fruit salads
pastas, rice

a great idea is leftover meals from the night before (ie: if you make a stir fry, make a little extra than you usually would for lunch the next day)
soup is always good

**osiris** · 06-06-2002, 02:15 PM

thats the reason why i buy my lunch and dont bring stuff i make from home

a) i cant prepare any sort of food to save my life
b) variety! mmmm food is good.

**tpy** · 06-06-2002, 02:22 PM

Leftover lentil curry.
oh yeahhhh with no rice either

**richw** · 06-06-2002, 02:25 PM

I had leftover spicey roast pumpkin with mascapone cheese and thyme risotto

A delicious vegetarian treat!

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 02:25 PM

Originally posted by RandomLogik
i usually don't eat anything for lunch, if i do it's usually a salad sandwich

bonnie, try fruit salads
pastas, rice

a great idea is leftover meals from the night before (ie: if you make a stir fry, make a little extra than you usually would for lunch the next day)
soup is always good

whenever I have leftovers I always have them, which is great, but we don't always have them

and I don't really want to eat pasta or similar foods everyday, as well that can get a bit heavy (ie.I don't want to get a bit heavy

)

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 02:26 PM

Originally posted by richw
I had leftover spicey roast pumpkin with mascapone cheese and thyme risotto

A delicious vegetarian treat!

you're always having something fancy aren't you??

but did you make that? or buy it?

**misc.** · 06-06-2002, 02:29 PM

i'm about to eat chees on toast

mmmmmmmmmm

**musika** · 06-06-2002, 02:31 PM

today, tuna sushi rolls and fruit salad

**richw** · 06-06-2002, 02:31 PM

Originally posted by bonnie0908

you're always having something fancy aren't you??

but did you make that? or buy it?

Made it last night. Got some for tomorrow as well

**RandomLogik** · 06-06-2002, 02:34 PM

Originally posted by bonnie0908

whenever I have leftovers I always have them, which is great, but we don't always have them

and I don't really want to eat pasta or similar foods everyday, as well that can get a bit heavy (ie.I don't want to get a bit heavy

)

hmm, maybe make something in your spare time to take for lunches (potato cakes, anything that is multiple really)

also scan your supermarket aisles, there's always something there low in fat and convenient, muesli bars maybe ? breakfast bars,

this is really yummy AND very filling
yoghurt (brownes whatever you can get them in the 6 packs) and buy a packet of mixed fruits and nuts and tip them into the yoghurt, it's delicious honestly !

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 02:35 PM

Originally posted by richw

Made it last night. Got some for tomorrow as well

did you want to come around my place tonight and cook dinner??

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 02:41 PM

Originally posted by RandomLogik

hmm, maybe make something in your spare time to take for lunches (potato cakes, anything that is multiple really)

also scan your supermarket aisles, there's always something there low in fat and convenient, muesli bars maybe ? breakfast bars,

this is really yummy AND very filling
yoghurt (brownes whatever you can get them in the 6 packs) and buy a packet of mixed fruits and nuts and tip them into the yoghurt, it's delicious honestly !

mmm, we do usually grab the muesli bars, I don't like the breakfast bars, and fruit... I think I need to start making meals specifically for lunch...

back to the kitchen

**Fatty Arbuckle** · 06-06-2002, 02:43 PM

well i take my lunch to work most days, not everyday tho.
i keep a heap of those pasta snack tubs (you know who really loves them)in my drawer. i always buy a few when i do my food shopping on a weekend. i also buy the instant soups that are flavoured with red curry, or green curry, something like that then i buy a serve of steamed rice from the local asian eatery for $1.20, make the soup up and combine the 2 in a big bowl. very tastey and budget minded.
i might eat this sort of stuff 3 times a week and the other 2 times i would go out and buy something like a footlong from subway, or some jap or jesters, sumthin like that. hope this gives you an idea or 2.

how's the treadmill going bonnie? are you getting much use out of it?

**Nepheline** · 06-06-2002, 02:47 PM

i had a ceasar salad with yummi dressing today

apple juice for a drink... simple and not too expensive.

**RandomLogik** · 06-06-2002, 02:52 PM

the new heinz soup to go (tomato and basil) are real good

keep scanning the aisles, theres always something new popping up

also instead of sandwiches, use toasted bread on occasions.
for instance toast in a sandwich maker tomato and advocado, or something similar, or even just toast bread and use it as sandwiches with the usual ingredients
it isn't much different but still makes it a bit more 'exciting' if you know what i mean

boiled eggs
carrot sticks (okay i'm getting pathetic now)

hitmonlee · 06-06-2002, 03:01 PM

bonnie there is nothing else

lunch is boring and always will be

what you should do is take your regular roll, and then go and buy some chips.
(i know you said you don't want to buy lunch but chips are cheap - so the saying goes anyway)

put your chips in your roll. it makes everything new and exciting.

**Trinity** · 06-06-2002, 03:01 PM

BEER ( not really but it would have been nice)

**mareeeka** · 06-06-2002, 03:26 PM

I always bring my lunch but then i end up goin for a walk during my lunch break and end up buying something and chuckin my brought from home lunch in the bin huhuhu.

To me brought food seems soo much better than home food.

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 03:32 PM

Originally posted by Fatty Arbuckle
well i take my lunch to work most days, not everyday tho.
i keep a heap of those pasta snack tubs (you know who really loves them)in my drawer. i always buy a few when i do my food shopping on a weekend. i also buy the instant soups that are flavoured with red curry, or green curry, something like that then i buy a serve of steamed rice from the local asian eatery for $1.20, make the soup up and combine the 2 in a big bowl. very tastey and budget minded.
i might eat this sort of stuff 3 times a week and the other 2 times i would go out and buy something like a footlong from subway, or some jap or jesters, sumthin like that. hope this gives you an idea or 2.

how's the treadmill going bonnie? are you getting much use out of it?

If there was a subway close to my work I would eat it every day

umm, treadmill?? well, here's the thing... I was using it every day, twice a day, but then I got sick, and I didn't use it for the week and a half I was sick, and now I just can't start again...

bonnie0908 · 06-06-2002, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by RandomLogik
the new heinz soup to go (tomato and basil) are real good

keep scanning the aisles, theres always something new popping up

also instead of sandwiches, use toasted bread on occasions.
for instance toast in a sandwich maker tomato and advocado, or something similar, or even just toast bread and use it as sandwiches with the usual ingredients
it isn't much different but still makes it a bit more 'exciting' if you know what i mean

boiled eggs
carrot sticks (okay i'm getting pathetic now)

I think I will start bringing a toasted sandwich maker and a toaster to work... just to spice things up a bit...

thanks anna

**D4Kaktus** · 06-06-2002, 03:35 PM

Originally posted by lexi
today, tuna sushi rolls and fruit salad

**ABCD2** · 06-06-2002, 04:51 PM

beer

hitmonlee · 06-06-2002, 04:58 PM

Originally posted by justin-sane
beer

WoW you are sooo original.

**Xtreem** · 06-06-2002, 05:04 PM

I don't take notice of what I eat for lunch.. I just throw it back up again afterwards....
So it doesn't really matter what I eat for lunch, it just comes back up again, hell, it doesn't even matter what I eat at all!

as the Bulimia handbook motto quotes: "what goes down, must come up".

**OSC** · 06-06-2002, 05:12 PM

LOL... you're a sick and twisted individual...

**Xtreem** · 06-06-2002, 05:16 PM

Originally posted by OSC
LOL... you're a sick and twisted individual...

funny you should say that... thats how my lunch looks when it comes back up!

**PKING** · 06-06-2002, 08:11 PM

ha ha!!

when I did my swimming, wore a suit to work, and actually gave a shit about my appearance, which was up to about a year ago, I made four tuna or ham or chicken and lettuce, tomato, olives, capsicum, onion and fat free Kraft thousand island dressing in addition to five golden delicious apples, and 5/6 mandarins.

now- I dont give a fuck about my appearance, have been voted the office clown and tramp for 12 months running, and eat 98% fat free noodles and tins of beans and spaggers on toast for lunch! Im on the cheap!!!

the first one cost me about a fiver per day for lunch, now on the cheap it cost me about a squid!

**inter-phazer** · 06-06-2002, 08:24 PM

egg & bacon

maccas

HJ's

mrs mac's !

**musika** · 08-06-2002, 11:30 PM

Originally posted by inter-phazer

mrs mac's !

potato top pie!

**RandomLogik** · 09-06-2002, 09:56 AM

Originally posted by PKING
ha ha!!

when I did my swimming, wore a suit to work, and actually gave a shit about my appearance, which was up to about a year ago, I made four tuna or ham or chicken and lettuce, tomato, olives, capsicum, onion and fat free Kraft thousand island dressing in addition to five golden delicious apples, and 5/6 mandarins.

now- I dont give a fuck about my appearance, have been voted the office clown and tramp for 12 months running, and eat 98% fat free noodles and tins of beans and spaggers on toast for lunch! Im on the cheap!!!

the first one cost me about a fiver per day for lunch, now on the cheap it cost me about a squid!

see what drugs do to you ..

**nVs** · 10-06-2002, 08:50 AM

i have food..
its good..
sumtimes i have a drink aswell!

**PKING** · 10-06-2002, 08:53 AM

Originally posted by RandomLogik

see what drugs do to you ..

who said anything about DRUGS??!!!

**GoOsH** · 10-06-2002, 09:42 AM

learn how to make sushi rolls - not hard and they are awesome for lunch. The secret is in how you cook the rice

**Mr Bradley Mr Martin** · 13-01-2004, 08:07 AM

reviving this thread because i am so excited about my lunch
i've been eating it for the last half hour

it was a crunchy thai beef salad but a friend magically appeared last night at dinner time, helped me cook it and helped herself to all the beef, so now its just a crunchy thai salad but its still SO DAMN YUMMY

**Hoojurmoom** · 13-01-2004, 08:11 AM

i was supposed to have a wood fired pizza with chorizo, gorgonzola and olives, down the local pub, but they left with out me.

**Aurien** · 13-01-2004, 08:13 AM

im thinking either MYO or a kebab yum

hitmonlee · 13-01-2004, 08:15 AM

Originally posted by Mr Bradley Mr Martin
reviving this thread because i am so excited about my lunch
i've been eating it for the last half hour

it was a crunchy thai beef salad but a friend magically appeared last night at dinner time, helped me cook it and helped herself to all the beef, so now its just a crunchy thai salad but its still SO DAMN YUMMY

what makes it crunchy?

**serrin** · 13-01-2004, 08:31 AM

Mushrooms with Marinated Feta

tomatoes
fresh asparagus
marinated feta
olive oil
garlic
lemon juice
muchrooms (pref. large field mushrooms)
eggs
oregano

Basically you throw the mushies and toms in a bowl with the olive oil, feta oil (from the marinated cheese), lemon juice, garlic and some cracked pepper. Let them sit for a while, then grill them.

Chuck a poached egg on top of the mushies with the toms and asparagus and feta. Drizzle the left over marinade/oil mixture over the top. Just as good cold as warm.

I have a cook book called "Home Food" that I got from Store in Freo. It has some great stuff in it (not all of he lunch meals are very 'portable' tho.)

**hArDcOrE rAvEsS** · 13-01-2004, 08:33 AM

I had a tuna & cheese sandwich.. and a nectarine.

**thebeautifulsound** · 13-01-2004, 08:39 AM

Originally posted by lexi
potato top pie!

I love everything about Perth (I only just moved here 4 weeks ago from London) except the pies! They taste like dogshit.

**beatbox bunny** · 13-01-2004, 08:44 AM

Originally posted by thebeautifulsound
I love everything about Perth (I only just moved here 4 weeks ago from London) except the pies! They taste like dogshit.

BLASPHEMY!

**GoOsH** · 13-01-2004, 08:47 AM

Originally posted by thebeautifulsound
I love everything about Perth (I only just moved here 4 weeks ago from London) except the pies! They taste like dogshit.

go to jesters, dear god, go to jesters.

Umm I had a footlong chicken pieces with honey mustard from subway today. Yum.

**nasty-gurl** · 13-01-2004, 08:49 AM

mmm lunch...

It varies sometimes we all go for indian or asian.. but generally i eat ham salad and beetroot no butter.. HOW HEALTHY

**skittle** · 13-01-2004, 08:50 AM

sushi handroll with one fish shaped thingy full of soy sauce. $2.70 can't be wrong

goosh man, ur gonna give birth to jesters pie

**independent-sound** · 13-01-2004, 08:50 AM

chicken salad roll and a bottle of cool ridge......... the water tastes better then the roll

**DeeLee** · 13-01-2004, 08:51 AM

I have turkish bread, avocado, ham, cheese, tomato and cracked peper. I will toast it in the sandwich toaster we have at work. I usually bring my lunch to work and I always wrap my tomato in cling-film cause I hate soggy sandwiches.

**medwin** · 13-01-2004, 08:55 AM

im having my nations favourite today...nachos.

**GoOsH** · 13-01-2004, 08:55 AM

Originally posted by skittle
sushi handroll with one fish shaped thingy full of soy sauce. $2.70 can't be wrong

goosh man, ur gonna give birth to jesters pie

hehehe every saturday and sunday morning
"what are you having for breakfast?"
"JJJJJJJEEEEEEEESSSSSTTTTEEEEEEERRRRRSSSSSSSSS"

having on so close is a trap, A TRAP I TELL YOU!!!!

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