Lunch at work: bring or buy?

max&lucy

Hi ladies

Do you bring your lunch to work or pick something up? For those who bring, what are your faves? I am looking for some new easy and healthy ideas.

TIA!

cpm1223

Every monday during my scheduled "lunch break" I head to the grocery store and buy all the things I'll need for food while I'm at work for the week (lunches, snacks etc.) I never order out or get something from a restaurant during the week.

My "go to's" are:

Trader Joe's grilled chicken strips with rice, salsa, and cheese

Cold cuts, pita bread, special K chips, and a pickle

Healthy choice meal/Smart Ones

We have a small toaster oven here at work so sometime's I'll buy soy chicken fingers and bake them at work.

Mona8

I try to bring a lunch everyday so I don't spend money buying lunch. But at least once a week, I'll forget and end up buying lunch at the cafeteria.

I usually bring leftovers from dinner the night before, or a PB&J, banana, and Kashi Honey Almond bar.

careydes

I could definitely use some ideas, too!  I usually go to Subway. It's quick, easy, and really close to work.  I only get a half hour for lunch.  I would love to bring lunch, and sometimes I get in a pattern where I do, but it's been a while.  I have to get back to that!

MsAmeera25

I'm terrible because I buy lunch everyday its such a bad habit but even when I pack lunch I won;t eat it.

MrsSheeler518

I bring a lunch, except for on Thursdays when the boss takes us out to eat!

I bring chips, a sandwich, fruit snacks, some fruit, and sometimes something sweet for dessert. 

bpphoto785

I bring lunch most days and order out once or twice a week. Most of the times it's leftovers from dinners, especially any "one pot" meals (pasta w/ sauce, taco chicken rice bowls, etc.) as they're easy to heat up. Today it's a tossed salad with a few slices of bread and some cheese.

spalko

I typically bring my lunch to work and like PP it's usually leftovers from the night before. Today my lunch consists of chicken strips, cheezits and yogurt. Other times I'll make a sandwich with pita bread then stuff it with whatever I have at the house. I almost always bring chobani yogurt to work because it's more filling and I usually have a stash of granola bars in my purse. The times I forget a lunch or don't have anything at the house, I just run to Subway for something to eat that isn't too terrible for me.

comeongetdown

i try to bring my lunch everyday, except fridays i treat myself to my favorite restaurant downtown.

usually it's leftovers and a salad.  or leftovers on the salad.  today i'm having pork green chili and a mini quesadilla to go with it.  yesterday i took in my leftover lemon chicken, cut it up and put it on my spinach salad.  it was yummy

Melissa51212

I TRY to bring my lunch as much as I can...some weeks are better then others. My H is a chef as mention a million times so a lot of times he bring left overs from work and I bring them for lunch or even just have cereal or pb crackers. anything I can find haah.

vineyard12

I bring my lunch to work most days. Once in awhile I might get a sandwhich delivered from D'Angelo's. But I do buy coffee every morning. I tried to break out of that habit, but it didn't work.

I usually have leftovers. Today it's chicken with Annie's Mac and cheese, chobani yogurt, some pepper jack cheese, and fruit. Sometimes I have cereal with fruit and yogurt, or a sandwhich if we have bread. When I make dinner at night I put leftovers (usually enough for just one) in a container. I don't want to think about lunch at 6:30 in the morning when I'm leaving the house.

littleshrink

I live in a small town, so most days I actually go home for lunch.  Those are the sandwich on ww with some fruit and/or chips days.  Or whatever leftovers are in the fridge.

We have a wonderful restaurant close by that makes the most devine burritos you can imagine.  I love anything mexican, so this restaurant gets our office business pretty regularly. 

adventureisoutthere

I'm lucky enough to be able to go home. But it's usually still nothing special. Leftovers or sandwhiches typically. Soup of some sort in the winter Maybe once a week, or once every couple weeks i meet a girlfriend or hubby for lunch.

GustieRx

I bring a lunch- it gets so expensive to eat out everyday!  I'm pretty boring and usually bring a PB and J, fruit snacks, a granola bar, and sometimes some crackers or something.  Nothing too exciting

AurorasEnvy

Bring it!  Healthier, cheaper, and a lot of times I don't have time for a regular lunch break.  A lot of times "lunch" = "snacking through the day/morning".  We don't even take lunch breaks at the office I work at on Thursdays/Fridays, we just work straight through and hope we get 5 minutes to eat a handful of something!  So I probably won't be much help, as my lunch consists of a variety of granola bars, fruit strips, whole fruit, pretzels, and/or crackers =]

mandi921vh

I bring lunch to work. I usually have a sandwich and some chips in a little bag. 

leopardgurl831

I bring lunch and normally treat myself to Jimmy Johns on Friday.  If we have leftovers from going out on the weekend I sometimes bring them.  Otherwise I normally make a salad consisting of romaine lettuce/spinach, strawberries, apples, or raspberries, then pecans or walnuts, and oil and vinegar.  I normally bring raisins and sunflower seeds as well as a whole fruit and veggie for snacks during the day.  I am currently bored with salads, so I started making sandwiches last week.  I also sometimes make a quinoa and veggie salad, with oil and vinegar.