Ambient, long-life snacks/food

[Dilbertian]

Lunch is provided where I work, decent food and decent portions. But I am concerned that I will not be able to avoid carbs or eat enough protein when I start eating HFLC.

There is no facility for cooking, though I may be able to have a small sealed tub in a fridge. We are not allowed to bring meat or nuts onsite.

What can I keep in my locker, to supplement my lunch, if necessary, or have as snack? The only thing I can think of is packs of seeds.

Hard boiled egg?
Chunk of cheese?
Protein yoghurt?
Tub of cottage cheese?
Above could be kept in a small space in the fridge.

Tin of tuna or other fish for ambient.

I know you said no meat- but is that just fresh meat/ham sandwich etc. Would dried pork scratching's or biltong be allowed? Is it a food production facility, hence no meat or nuts? Does that include no fish?

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Low sugar jelly pots? https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/hartleys-jelly-raspberry-flavour-10-cal-175g
Flavoured tuna fish https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/john-west-tuna-light-lunch-french-style-220g
Lower carb, nut free muesli type bar?

Do you have hot water onsite or in a flask?
Cup-a-soup

Could you go offsite and eat elsewhere? 😬

I often take a snack pot filled with cubes of cheese and olives to leave in the fridge. Roasted chickpeas are nice. Carrot and cucumber sticks with hummus too.

Protein Yogurt, pop it in a thermos in the feudge at home the night before to keep it cool at work if no fridge. I stock up on these when they are on offer;
https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/products/biotiful-kefir-protein-original/574278-822497-822498?gad_source=1&gclid=CjwKCAiAhP67BhAVEiwA2E_9g2f2RKnL--biZSejzZq-LUtBAqQxfSQ_8LhF2lkAhDayRJ28e-346hoCp2sQAvD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

Huel black powder, mix with cold water when you are at work, I make mine up quite thin, 1 scoop = 200kcal = 20g protein in about 750ml water and I have two a day as snacks to hit protein and water intake targets.

Can you keep stuff in your car and eat in there?

I live on nuts as they are low volume but highly dense in nutrition

You could take those tuna salad pots, I would have said pepperami or things like that, a hot flask of lentil soup, can you have curry in in a hot flask, would anyone even know there was meat in it

Why no meat anyway?

What's the deal with the provided lunch? I was on a catered site for a few weeks once whilst doing low carb and made a point of getting friendly with the catering manager. He was great at suggesting ways to adapt what was on offer and towards the end I basically got a special plate!

Could you try to have a conversation even if it's just about what's on the menu tomorrow so that you can perhaps bring in extra bits if it's particularly unfriendly (eg pasta bake!)

Generally though the fridge tub will have to be your main option as the ambient options are hard especially without nuts and meat!

I wouldn't mind celery / green beans kept at room temp but that's a bit dull - more bearable if you can add a nice cheese and onion creamy dip.

Nearly all the baking / recipes I used have ground almonds in them which is no use.

You can make a very acceptable low carb bread using some very specialist ingredients that's worth investing in if you're doing it long term

I missed that you have access to a fridge.

-Skyrr type yoghurts, and bring in oats/berries/chia seeds to mix in
-Cheese spread/cream cheese, high fibre crackers/pumpernickel and whatever toppings are lower carb
-Lower carb crackers/rye breads with mackerel pate/cucumber/dill
-Crustless quiche/fritatta- with whatever low carb fillings you like

Tinned fish ? Beans and lentils in a tin or pouch - or are these too high carb ?

This might be the way.

If I can use the fridge, I'll keep a tub of individual cheese portions there. I really don't want things that I have to remember to eat before they go off, or that will pong when I eat them in either the staff room or the office, or that I have to prepare at home before work (already a rush).

I'm hoping that I will be able to eat from the staff canteen, and that these things will just be in case I can't.