What is easy but filling that can be eaten in ten minutes? No cooking or make at home

[bkiy]

New job and have a ten minute break on my shift and would like something as substantial as possible (not a snack) that I can pre-prepare and eat in ten minutes! Any Ideas please? Either low carb, or balanced but less than 500 cals and can be eaten as is!

Do you have access to a kettle? Mugshot?

Aldi 9 pack of falafel with a dip. Less than 500 cals per pack and v filling.

I do have a kettle but tried to do that today with a naked noodle pot and by the time it had boiled and rested it was nearly down to five minutes left haha! I want the whole ten minutes to eat

I fill up one of these lunch boxes with quinoa / other grains / beans / grated carrots / veg and stuff it down. Remember to add a bit of dressing. Otherwise: bag of carrot sticks and some dip / hummus.

Salad? Couscous? Hoummous and flatbread or crudites.
Cold frittata?
Lentil soup

Have you got a microwave? Scrambled eggs?

Frittata?

This is a bought thing obvs but I had an Asda Good & Balanced salad tonight which was 200 calories and pretty filling. You could get in some of those and add in a pitta bread or something.

Pre-made jacket potato with a decent filling ideally inc cheese & a salad. Blast jacket for 2 mins max, add salad, eat.
Or pasta salad (can eat hot or cold, depending on what you put in, of course)

However- 10 mins break is not enough at all, in any circumstances. You need to talk to HR.

Breaks are meant to be 20 mins if you are working 6 hours or more, ie time for a pot noodle.

Hummus definitely. It is filling and quick to eat. I have it with Aldi's pea snacks and a spoon or my fingers!
Also Aldi do a very nice Mediterranean quinoa which I have with chicken breast and a bit of pesto.

Pitta bread fingers and a pot of hummus.

One of my lunchtime favourites is a small tin of lentils mixed with some tinned fish- tuna, mackerel in sweet chilli sauce etc and some chopped peppers, tomatoes, cucumber etc. Eat cold.

I love hummus but would worry about reeking of garlic....the pitta bread fingers sound lovely too.

Have you got a good flask? You can whack all sorts in one of them and it'll be ready to eat!

Food*

2 x hard boiled eggs

Pasta salad, rice salad, potato salad, sandwich with tuna-mayo and salad

Wholemeal pitta dipped in houmous.

If must be low carb then swop pitta for veg and have nuts too. Very easy to fill up on nuts quickly!

Bruschetta.
Pre toast some sour dough bread (or do it at work) and add on pre made topping

Chopped tomatoes, chopped red onions, a pinch of dried oregano and olive oil infused with basil (most supermarkets do it) and basil leaves. You can add frozen chopped garlic but I don't always bother adding it as I don't want to stink of garlic. You can also add pesto on top but taking a jar of that is more faff. I do a few days worth at a time.

I have huel which is a shake! It sounds awful and most people recoil but it's easy, filling, has all the nutrients and works out less than £1.50 per 'meal'. If you've got 10mins it's hard to enjoy a rushed meal. Also it takes the guess work out of planning meals, it's become my routine. It's not for everyone, like I say, lots of people think I'm crazy but it works for me

https://uk.huel.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIwqnotbG12gIVirvtCh3i4wyVEAAYASAAEgLvFfD_BwE