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What's your favourite wfh lunch

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IliveonCoffee · 19/02/2021 11:54

I'm after new ideas. I've never been good at bringing lunch to work (absolute fortune since wfh)

Working from home however, I get bored easily and either end up with a cooked something, normally egg, or bacon sandwiches or I pick pick pick all day.

My favourite days are when my meetings are timed just right around lunch, to pop down early enough to put jacket potatoes in, but not at risk of not being able to check on them. Served with tuna mayo or beans and cheese.

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DaphneBridgerton · 19/02/2021 13:56

Ham, cheese and pickle sandwich on nice bread
Spinach, avocado, cucumber, tomato and hot smoked salmon
Cheese and bean toasties
Warm chicken salad with feta
Sausage and caramelised onion chutney in a baguette

MidnightHangingTree · 19/02/2021 13:57

Dippy eggs and soldiers! I feel 5 again.

DaphneBridgerton · 19/02/2021 13:57

@Pizzaandgarlicdip Agreed - once I realised how much better the gyoza are when you pan fry them, as opposed to boiling them. Also they're very low calorie so I don't feel too bad when I eat them!

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Workyticket · 19/02/2021 13:58

Are the gyoza from normal supermarkets??

Pizzaandgarlicdip · 19/02/2021 14:01

@Workyticket yes these ones - www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/itsu-chicken-gyoza-12-dinner-dumplings-240g

emmathedilemma · 19/02/2021 14:02

I have pretty much the same at home as I would take to the office.....soup, bagels with smoked salmon & scrambled egg, the other half of last night's dinner, occasionally sandwiches or wraps....mmm you've got me thinking about jacket potatoes now though!

Woodlandbelle · 19/02/2021 14:04

Today it was a bacon sandwich. Currently making a curry for tomorrow (I like to have a day off from cooking at the weekend)
Other than that I have Scrambled egg on toast or beans on toast. Jacket spud. Crusty bread and ham.

floofycroissant · 19/02/2021 14:06

Orzo Greek pasta salad, homemade frittata, soups. My favourite is premade gyoza, I buy them frozen and just make the dipping sauce

Trying2611 · 19/02/2021 14:22

I've been having a tortilla wrap, tomato puree, mozzarella & chorizo slices = oven 5 mins mini pizza Grin

AnneWeber · 19/02/2021 14:44

Leftover dinner from the night before is my favourite lunch

oreo2020 · 19/02/2021 15:12

Scrambled egg with tinned mackerel in different sauces. Quick and cheap.

LunarSea · 19/02/2021 15:16

It's usually soup - with the bread crusts nobody else in the family will eat.

grassisjeweled · 19/02/2021 15:21

I often do a quiche, that's nice with soup.

PastMyBestBeforeDate · 19/02/2021 15:25

Currently
Sushi
Mozzarella and tomato salad
Noodles in miso soup
Cheese on toast
Leftover dinner

It was sandwiches for a while but I'm off them now.

AnotherOne4 · 19/02/2021 15:31

We've been enjoying wraps (the tictok wrap hack thing)

  1. Veggie slice ham
  2. Coleslaw and spring onions
  3. Cheese
  4. Cucumber slices

Really tasty!

RubysArms · 19/02/2021 15:45

I've just googled the tik tok wrap trick. Must try that immediately! Grin

AnotherOne4 · 19/02/2021 15:53

RubysArms - they make a nice change from our usual sandwichs or rolls.
Is you have something wet, like coleslaw, make sure you put it in a section where both sides have a fold - that way it doesn't leak out Grin

UnshakenNeedsStirring · 19/02/2021 16:01

Falafel wraps
Vegetable fried rice with left over rice
Soups
Pitta pizza
Cheese toastie
Veggie salad sandwiches
chutney salad wraps
omelette with avocado
avo on sourdough

MinesAPintOfTea · 19/02/2021 16:05

Bread and salad bits
Pasta, veg, marmite and cheese
Jacket potatoes (thrown in the oven when I make my 10:30 brew)
Stir fry
Soup put in the slow cooker at breakfast time
Fish finger sandwich with roast tomatoes
Omelette (often with smoked fish)
Beans on toast

I like warm meals!

HelloDulling · 19/02/2021 16:09

Love beans on toast with 2rashers of bacon.

Thoughtcontagion · 19/02/2021 16:13

I like to toast crumpets cut them in half and make a bacon and egg roll type thing

Pasta dishes

Boiled egg and soldiers

pastapestoparmesan · 19/02/2021 16:30

I have fishfinger wraps a lot. Spread the wrap with anything spreadable - cream cheese/pesto/hummus/ creme fraiche etc, chop up any salad veg lying around, it’s delicious every time.

KindergartenKop · 19/02/2021 18:53

Linda McCartney sausage rolls and beans.

Fascinationends · 19/02/2021 18:55

@Pizzaandgarlicdip

The frozen Itsu gyozas and bao buns. I have to stop myself from buying them too often or I can eat a whole bag to myself Blush
I so want to say salad, but we actually have this exact thing at least 3 times a week.
Chunkymenrock · 19/02/2021 19:04

Marmite spaghetti. (A Nigella creation!)

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