Lunch ideas... fed up!

[Pomgirl]

What does everyone have for lunch? I don’t really like salads I feel I need more. Also it’s winter where I am!

Ideas please with recipes .. I have leftovers 1/2 days per week usually but need something for the rest! Fed up and uninspired.

[ilovetrees30]

I enjoy a sweet potato hash type thing regularly. No recipe as such but a fry off some small cubes of sweet potato with onion, garlic, spinach and peppers (or whatever veg I have in) and then fry a couple of eggs in it.

I also enjoy pasta, rice or cous cous salads which are more wholesome than traditional salads. Again though I tend to wing the recipe.

[Jamsangwich]

How about you make a quiche or a fritatta, and eat that over the course of a few days? I make a fritatta with loads of veg and it's really filling and satisfying.

I like a "nibbly" type lunch, so will make up a plate with 6 or 7 different types of items on it, just a few of each. Some crackers, some knobs of cheese, a few slices of cold meat, a scotch egg, hard boiled egg, handful of cherry tomatoes, some gherkins, some olives, grapes, apple slices, half an avocado, a spoon of hummus, some pepper slices, a splodge of pickle, a small handful of cashew nuts. Whatever I fancy. I find that more interesting than a plate of just the one thing. It feels like loads, even if most of it is fruit and veg.

[Jamsangwich]

ps I don't have ALL the items mentioned above on the plate lol. I pick one protein item and make the rest fruit and veg, with a small amount of carbs. Writing it down in one big list like that makes it look like I eat a family sized picnic on my own (not that I couldn't, but I'd be the size of a house).

[Julykthat]

Take a wrap, spread tomato pasta sauce (I use a sun dried tomato one) scatter over spinach or rocket leaves, a torn up slice or two of Parma ham and sprinkle with grated elemental. Pop in the oven for a few mins and roll to eat like a wrap or cut in wedges for a pizza.

[Pomgirl]

@ilovetrees30 mmm that sounds yum! That’s on the shopping list

[Pomgirl]

@Jamsangwich thats a good idea like a little picnic, wouldn’t have thought of that! I miss scotch eggs from the UK. Maybe try and make my own!

@Julykthat mmm pizza! That sounds good to! These are all great ideas