Tired of (cafeteria) Lunch...need suggestions

[JDY]

I teach and I'm tired of eating in the school cafeteria - it's also making me fat.

So, does anyone have any suggestions for quick, easy lunches that won't make me fat.

PS...I've thought about those frozen meals (Lean Cuisine, Healthy Choice) but they don't look that good and the microwave in the teacher's lounge is something I'd just as soon avoid (it's old, kind of scary (It stays on when the door is open. I'd rather not have children with extra appendages - like a tail), and people always want to know what you brought for lunch.)

Thanks!

 

[battricia]

Try a wrap or sandwich with fresh veggies and some oil and vinegar. I like peppers/onions/lettuce/tomato/pickles with a slice or two of cheese, and some oil vinegar salt and pepper, maybe some oregano. you can make it before you go to work.

if you like cold pasta you could make a simple pasta salad w/ noodles, tomato, onion, celery, garlic, a tiny bit of mayo and some oil vinegar salt and pepper. or one of my favorite cold pastas is spaghetti with olive oil and garlic. You can cook it up the night before (fry the garlic lightly, cook the pasta, then throw it all in a pan and cook it a tiny bit more), stick it in a tupperware dish and put it in the fridge, then just grab it before you head out the door.

Hope these suggestions help.

tricia.

 

[Judy from Boise]

If you are looking to throw together a lunch in the am, I like to have available :

indivigual bags of baby carrots
Bags of sliced apples ( indivigual carmel dips make this dessert)
string cheese
baby belle round cheese
indivigualy packaged fig newtons
indivigual bags of trail mix(Costco)
indivigual boxes of raisins
indivigual Boxes of dried fruit

So I can throw 3-4 of these into a cooler bag and be off !

I find it is plenty of food....and best of all it is all portable so you can walk to find a nice outside place to eat, or even eat why gently strolling.