What can I take round for lunch? Help!

[IHeartKingThistle]

Morning!

My colleague and I will be having a very long Saturday moderating GCSE grades today. I said I'd pick up some bits for lunch but she's pregnant with low iron levels so can't have too much dairy, and previous diabetes so watching her sugar. What can I take that will still feel like a nice lunch? Drawing a blank!

Vegetarian? And then fresh berries and unsweetened digestives for afters

Keep it simple with salad and roast chicken breasts - you could take a Caesar salad kit.

A nice salad with some salmon, veggies and hummus with some pittas and roasted tomatoes/peppers, quiche. Just some things I can think of that you can pick up from the store!

Text her and ask what she fancies for lunch?

Deli Meze stuff you can pick up from sainsburys etc - chargrilled artichokes/aubergines, olives, sundried tomatoes, lovely bread, hummus, baba ganoush, falafel, salad leaves and mini tomatoes. I'd also get some cheese for me...

And some berries and coconut yoghurt.

Why does being pregnant with low iron levels mean avoiding dairy?

Apparently dairy hinders iron absorption?

Steak, spinach and a pint of Guinness

Anything with vitamin C in it helps iron absorption, so you could also take some fresh orange juice as a drink.

Also avoid drinking tea within an hour after eating as that hinders iron absorption.

I was told that when I was anaemic and pregnant @IHeartKingThistle. Chicken salad, some crisps and dips? Panini's?

Ok now I want to eat alllll of that!

Apparently dairy hinders iron absorption

Yeah it does, when I had low iron in pregnancy I was told to avoid dairy at meal times and when I had my supplement. Orange juice helps with iron absorption though.

I agree with a salad with chicken. You could get those mini bites of cakes for after, that way she could just have a couple and it’s not much sugar.

I'd be starving if you just brought a bloody salad! Bring some bread!

I had no idea, explains a lot, thanks!

Soup and bread

If you're near a Morrisons they do amazing Indian picnic stuff, mini samosa, peckoras, mini tikka chicken. They are not too spicy. they also on the same counter have cheese crackers and quiche. One stop area.

A nice big wrap.

sorry realised you can't give dairy..

Fresh cooked rotisserie chicken, salad, french bread, fruit and some bits sized brownies with orange juice. Or those lovely M&S sandwiches!

The Waitrose Levantine range
M&S tapas dishes
Or similar.

Dolmades
Felafel
Houmous
Great bread

Pork pie
Pickle
Salad

Apparently dairy hinders iron absorption?

Slightly off topic but this isn't quite right.

It's at the time of taking the iron that calcium-rich foods eg milk should be avoided.

Not that you should follow a low-dairy diet overall. That's likely to be much more problematic for a pregnant woman.

Re lunch, ask her. 'Anything you particularly fancy for lunch?' Done.

I would ask her, both my Dd's are pregnant atm and both are having weird food cravings and pet hates.

I did ask her - she said anything apart from the stuff she isn't alllowed!

@IHeartKingThistle

I did ask her - she said anything apart from the stuff she isn't alllowed!

Well you got great ideas up thread.

Re the dairy, maybe let her know it's not a thing re iron absorption (only at the time of taking it).