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What do you have for quick and easy lunches?

38 replies

alittleteapot · 10/01/2009 11:09

I'm good at evening meals but always seem to flounder when it comes to throwing a quick but healthy lunch together. in summer it's salad and cheese I suppose, but what in winter?

What have you had for lunch this week? (I'm a SAHM by the way, so catering for me and dd during the week and then for dp too at weekends.)

OP posts:
pscc · 10/01/2009 11:30

hiya,
We have a lot of pasta- pesto pasta with sweetcorn, scrambled egg and baked beans, my ds loves toasted sandwiches (18 months), egg fried rice with veg.
Try not to do frozen fish fingers much- but if i get really stuck or boared i cant lie i do!
My dd(3 next week!) loves to help make fresh pizza- we use pitta bread and grill it (just like cheee on toast really!).

ComeOVeneer · 10/01/2009 11:32

Soup, french toast, hummus with veg and pitta, falafels, boiled egg and soldiers mixed bean salad with tuna

pscc · 10/01/2009 11:32

sorry for my ignorance but what's SAHM?

ComeOVeneer · 10/01/2009 11:32

Stay At Home Mum

pscc · 10/01/2009 11:33

mine dont eat soup- they say it's a drink not lunch!!
Cheeky or what!

CatMandu · 10/01/2009 11:34

Jacket potatoes/wedges
Wraps often with humous, chicken, tomato & leaves whatever's in the fridge
Soup
I don't like sandwiches, so I also struggle with lunch.

pscc · 10/01/2009 11:35

oh- same as me SAHM- only really started on nm recently and still trying to get the abreviations (used dd and ds for the first time in this thread- after it took me about a month to realise what it meant!)
I have great fun with myself trying to figure out what they all stand for!

katiepotatie · 10/01/2009 11:35

In winter I make soup a lot, with lots of chucky veg.

Hulababy · 10/01/2009 11:39

Soup
Anything with eggs - eggy breat, poached egg, boiled egg, omlette, et.
Pasta and pesto

FeelingLucky · 10/01/2009 11:46

Soup or leftovers during the week when DD not at nursery
On Saturdays I throw together a stirfry (quick and easy) ... trying to change my habits though and today am making couscous and med veg for lunch
If we're around on Sundays DH always makes a roast

Looking for lunch inspiration too as DH complains about my predictability

ComeOVeneer · 10/01/2009 12:34

Pscc if you look up at the top at "acronym list" it will give you a list of all of these abbreviations commonly used on mn.

twoluvlykids · 10/01/2009 12:36

crisps

ScottishMummy · 10/01/2009 12:41

home made soup from freezer

pscc · 10/01/2009 12:41

oh my god!!! What an idiot I am!!!
Thanks ComeOVeneer you'r a life saver!

ThornyRose · 10/01/2009 12:56

What are Falafels? Are they suitable for a 14 month old? How do you cook them? What do you serve them with?

Doodle2U · 10/01/2009 12:58

Soup.

rebelmum72 · 10/01/2009 13:03

Will be watching this with interest as I'm often a bit stuck for lunches. We end up having cream cheese sandwiches rather a lot

Don't do soup, and don't want to offer eggs too often. Pasta and rice are more evening meal things with us.

One of ds's favourite lunches is grated carrot and cheese tortillas (folded up closed and then dry-fried), which take about 5mins to make and despite the bizarre-sounding filling are actually v. tasty.

Original poster
alittleteapot · 10/01/2009 17:07

wow, thanks for lots of replies. keep them coming! glad to hear it's not just me who gets stuck on lunch...

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treedelivery · 10/01/2009 17:16

Jackets, scrambled or poached egg, toasties, pancakes with cream, garlic and mushrooms [drooling now], avocado and cottage cheese mashed on pitta with sprouts [if feeling rich] frozen fish fillet poached in milk for 5 mins then pesto and cheese in milk for sauce [if feeling poor], pesto pasta.

Also frozen mash with cheese and beans.

Starving now.

Might have to write these down as never seem to be able to come up with this list when I'm stood looking at the fridge!

Mercy · 10/01/2009 17:21

Thornyrose, falafel are chickpea patties/balls which are originally from the Middle East. They are usually on the spicy side, served in pitta bread with salad.

I haven't had them for ages so thanks to COV for reminding me.

Mercy · 10/01/2009 17:29

Instant noodles
Cheese and crackers
Bagels with salmon and cream cheese (parma ham works well too)

Winter weekends we sometimes have a brunch, eg

Smoked mackerel (grilled) and scrambled eggs (or just poached with brown bread and butter)

Egg and bacon (variations include mushrooms, halloumi, tomatoes)

Mercy · 10/01/2009 17:49

beans on toast

deanychip · 10/01/2009 17:53

butties
cheese on toast with tomatoe
beans on toast
tomatoes on toast
wraps
toasties

BUT then i am lazy so would never cook as such...dont class toasting as cooking

pscc · 10/01/2009 20:13

treedelivery- like the sound of avocado mashed with cottage cheese on pitts bread with sprouts (mine dont eat sproputs) but will try it tommorrow with sweetcorn!

costababe · 10/01/2009 21:24

loads of great ideas here...
we have eggy bread, wraps, scrambled egg and soups really but getting v bored.
does anyone make their own hummous?...is it easy? I love it but its not readily available where i am. any recipes or tips would be fab