Low carb packed lunches

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Is anyone willing to share their low carb packed lunch recipes? I work long shifts (13 hours) so need something I can make the night before or in the morning. I generally don't eat breakfast and am trying to stick to under 1000 cals too.

My fail point is always when I don't prepare food in advance and end up buying a sandwich . I'm also just starting out so am a bit clueless.

I have the BSD book and Fast800 but wanted to see if there was anything else you would recommend?

Can you do wraps in iceberg leaves?

Greek salad wrap with feta, olives, cucumber tomatoes and onion
Nicoise wrap with tuna, boiled egg, olives, cucumber and tomato
grilled halloumi and salad wrap
jerk-spiced chicken and salad wrap
soy glazed chicken and cashew wrap with baby corn and spring onions
avocado and walnut wrap with lime and parsley

Ham and cheese roll-ups with salad on the side

Get a wide necked thermos from Wilkos (£5) and put in ragout sauce or chicken soup or beef goulash with sour cream. Just make it the night before for dinner and save a portion

For the protein component, you could make enough hard boiled eggs for the week in one go.
Avocado is easy to transport whole and chop into your lunch. Leave the stone in the half you don’t use. Do you have a fridge at work?
Nut mixes in tiny packs for sprinkling over salads.
Individual Greek yogurts.
Then just add loads of mixed salad.

This summer I discovered feta with mixed salad and watermelon. Very tasty.

Ooh! I like the idea of iceberg lettuce wraps; thank you!

Soups are a good idea; hadn't thought of using a wide neck flask though for other things.

We do have a fridge and a microwave so not limited to cold things.

I like hard boiled eggs so doing a weeks worth in one go would be a great time saver.

Is there a limit to how many eggs you should eat in a week? I love egg salad so could try variations on that.

I often have leftover roast chicken and salad. E.g. chicken, tomatoes, baby spinach, olives, cucumber. Macadamia nuts or cheese as a snack. Maybe a piece of fruit or some berries. I think the trick is to take enough food that I'm not tempted by other things as there's always a lot of sweet treats in my office.

Have taken ideas from Michael Mosley's Blood Sugar book. I've bought a Sistema lunch box with 5 different compartments so I put a mixture of some of these items in, varying it each day: chopped red pepper, 2 celery sticks, cucumber ham, tinned tuna or chicken, blob of hummus or blob of soft cream cheese; nuts, boiled egg, avocado, feta, cheddar. Quick to prep.
Sometimes I make a big lentil salad or coleslaw on weekends, and I'll bring a box of that in.

There's a really good group on Facebook called Easy Keto UK. Lots of ideas (and support!)

Today I had roasted cauliflower and red peppers with chicken casserole. Casserole contained a ton of veg: leeks, celery, carrot. There was also a handful of red lentils in the whole pot, which if you're seriously low carbing you could omit.

The key to low carbing is bulk and fat, I always cook soups, casseroles etc with a good amount of butter. Very filling.

www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5939/tomato-and-thyme-cod

This is good too

I pretty much have salad every day. Base is spinach, tomatoes, avocado, jalapenos, pine nuts. Protein is salmon, smoked mackerel, chicken or eggs. Dressing is olive oil (put in a little container and added just before I eat).

Look at the lowcarb boot camp threads here on MN. There is a wealth of resources and guidelines, recipe threads, lots of information on the science behind it and how and why it’s so good for you.

I usually just make enough for my dinner meals that there is plenty left for lunch the next day. Most dinners are very palatable cold for lunch, or you could heat them up if you have a kitchenette.

You need to be eating low carb, high fat or it is much, much harder to stick to (and also doesn’t work very well), and if you broadly follow the boot camp method there actually isn’t any need to count calories at all.

I love lettuce wraps. Works with loads of fillings - Mexican, Thai, coronation chicken, beans and avocado, etc.

I also make salads with lots and lots of veg thrown in, plenty of protein (egg and ham, egg and tuna, chicken, whatever I fancy really) and a good slug of olive oil. Keeps me nicely satiated all day. I keep nuts and seeds and peanut or other nut butter in my drawer so there’s something to eat if I really need a top up.

Once in a while I’ll just bring in a tub of what i term fancy nibbles - (not sure on spelling) or similar cured sausage, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, Serrano ham and cheese roll ups, a boiled egg or two, olives, other antipasti, whatever I can find that broadly goes with the theme.

Grrr this irritating predictive text deleted kabanosz! That’s the word I’m not sure of how to spell.

Yes, soups also factor a lot!

Also greek salads, veg crudités and houmous.

I've got a bento type lunchbox. Today I had spinach, cucumber, chorizo and a chunk of brie for lunch.