Do you bring lunch to work or eat out?
I brought lunch when I was raising kids, but later I started to eat out. It cost me about 40$ per week to eat out. I went back to bringing my lunch especially with the invention of the micro wave.
I live close enough to work I can come home. I don't always actually eat lunch but I appreciate the 30 minutes of silence at home.
You are so lucky and so wise.
You are a smart gal
Nice!! Except when I go out to lunch with a friend, I almost always eat in my car for that exact reason -- to be alone. I cannot relate to the people who eat in the lunch room every day -- or ever.
Always bring my own, bit of a wierd eater me - cup of tea when I arrive at work , then between
8 and 12 I'll eat a couple of carrots and a beetroot, at twelve I'll drink lemon and ginger and have a roll, betwwen 1 and 4 probably an apple, banana, pear or orange at 4 I'll have another tea
That sounds like "healthy" rather than "weird"!
Wow!
It does sound healthy -- and I would positively, without a doubt, faint from low blood sugar and die of starvation.
Between 7 and 11 most days, I've had a half slice of peanut butter toast, oatmeal with raisins, 6 almonds, 3 prunes, and a piece of fruit. Today was a Sumo mandarin. (Short season -- get them while you can. You'll be glad for it!)
I usually make a casserole on weekend and take it to work during the week. I like to eat cheap and healty. During the summers I make a salad, lots of fresh tomatoes right out of my garden. I
A casserole for a whole week? That would be tough for me
@Leutrelle I divide the casserole up to single servings and then freeze them. I usually have three or 4 different casseroles going at a time. So I'm never sure which one is going to be lunch which day. Lunch can be an adventure.
@HippieChick58 Now that is using your brain
@HippieChick58 I do that, too. My main goal is to stay away from sandwiches (only because of the calorie density of bread). I have individual servings in the freezer right now of my curry chicken, chili Colorado, 7-bean chili and bbq pork ribs. I try to keep salad stuff at work too. We have a toaster oven, so I can bring a chicken breast and bake it before lunch to add to my salad.
@BlueWave That sounds delish! Yes, I avoid the bread, but I also tend to stay away from meat, at least most of the time. I am not a militant vegetarian, I just choose less, it's cheaper. I also want quick to reheat. I do eat some meat, when my kids come to dinner I cook something with meat. The will be here for dinner on March 15th, and we're having corned beef and cabbage. That will be some yummy leftovers!
@HippieChick58 You are right about that! I picked one up at Costco a couple weeks ago too. In the freezer. Don't know when I'll make it.
I always brought lunch more than I ever ate out. I couldn't justify the expense.
I'd rather have a tuna sandwich, that I made myself, than pay $8-10 to eat out.
I would rather eat my peanut butter and banana sandwich than spend that kind of money:
The major item on my Visa every month is eating out...I am retired, live alone, and meeting for lunch or dinner is a social thing Plus sick of cooking for almost 50 years! . Any time I feel strapped, I just cut back and eat at home.
Don't blame you
I pack lunch because 1) I work downtown & its awfully expensive to eat out & 2) I have some food sensitivity/allergies so it's safer to bring from home.
So smart
I pack lunch, saves a fortune also helps keep me in better shape.
I am pleased with how many pack their own lunch
I usually bring a lunch. If I don't feel like putting something together, I can eat in the cafeteria at the school I work at. It is pretty reasonable. The teachers only have to pay $1.50 for lunch. There's usually a good variety of food to choose from.
I solved that issue! I don’t eat at work at all! Saves that after meal coma state from taking over me.
Go out and grab a sandwich or a pasta salad from a shop. If I'm feeling lazy, a couple of Mayo Chicken Sandwiches off the McDonalds drive-thru saver menu (99p each.)
I typically spend around £2 per day on my lunches when I'm in the office. That doesn't include drinks (I normally have plenty of those in the car.)
What is ?2 $? And how much is that in USA dollars?
About $2.80 (including taxes) at current exchange rates.