Any lunch ideas ?

[Andreastar]

[DulcieLorna]

Girls at work eat 0% fat snack pots. Like cup a soup but noodles. I prefer my own home made soup or a salad with lots of variety, grated carrot with a few currants and a squeeze of lemon is tasty I was surprised to find. I think variety is the key to salad, not just lettuce and tomato. I also add fruit pieces especially melon.

Boil a couple of eggs and write the date on, keep in the fridge on standby in case of no low calorie protein. I also like cottage cheese but sometimes I forget it's there and it's blue, green and crawling out the fridge! I've been told a wrap is better than 2 slices of bread but haven't checked calories out yet- plus you don't normally butter a wrap..

Hope this helps

[Andreastar in reply to DulcieLorna]

Thank you I had not thought of fruit in salad.

[Windswept1]

I have home made soup, salad stuff like feta cheese with olives & salad perhaps on pitta bread, hoummous. with carrots, celery etc. One of the few processed things I have is Baxter's bean pots. No real nasties in them, microwaveable pots full of filling beans and stuff. About 240 calories)

[Andreastar in reply to Windswept1]

Will look out for Baxter bean pots have not seen them .. Ta

[OlsBean]

I'm having smoked mackerel fillets with poached eggs and a green side salad.

[Andreastar in reply to OlsBean]

Thank you

[DWhite]

Try a lovely quinoa salad. Keep it low cal by skipping the avocado but put plenty of vegetables raw or cooked. e. roasted peppers, aubergine, courgettes, mushrooms, chopped cucumber, a few olives but not too many, coriander leaves, a squeeze of lemon and a teaspoon of olive oil. Season ..... deliciously healthy!

[Andreastar in reply to DWhite]

Sounds great thank you

[nimzv]

I am loving Dwhite's suggestion...making me hungry just reading it!

I tend to rotate between quinoa salad, couscous salad, and chicken salad through out the week.

Then my afternoon snack is a yoghurt pot and a very precise measured amount of brazil nuts / walnuts / almonds to keep my healthy fat intake up and my hunger at bay until dinner.

[Andreastar in reply to nimzv]

I love fruit for snacks, I would love to eat nuts but can not get out of my head that they are very high in calories ... Maybe when I get use to this I will start introducing them.. Thanks for your suggestions

[nimzv in reply to Andreastar]

I tend to have 7 almonds / 2 Brazil nuts / 3.5 walnuts

So it doesn't take up too many calories and isn't too much fat. Hope it helps

[Andreastar in reply to nimzv]

Going to do this nimzv as I love all types of nuts

[Andreastar]

Thanks to all who replied ... Have always had bread at lunch time so these suggestions were great

[Jlmitch]

I make a big batch of roasted veg - peppers, courgettes, butter nut squash, red onion, aubergine and herbs from the garden in some olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Make up a batch of wholemeal couscous or quinoa and mix together when cooled. Then take a portion each day for lunch and add other items such as toms, cucumber, lettuce, grated carrots and add some chicken/hummus/beans for a quick packed lunch each day.

[Andreastar in reply to Jlmitch]

Sounds great

[DWhite]

One more . A tin of crab in pieces tossed in lemon juice on a bed of young spinach leaves with cucumber , tomatoes, avocado and olives. Drizzle with olive oil but very little .

[Andreastar]

Thank you Dwhite could you tell me what quinoa is ?

[nimzv in reply to Andreastar]

Quinoa is a grain high in protein, you can use it in the same sort of dishes as you would cous cous have a look out for it in most supermarkets you can get some pre-flavoured packs from food doctor and a few other brands

[Andreastar in reply to nimzv]

Thank you definitely going to try quinoa ..