Packed Lunches

If your children, partner or even yourself are bored with the same old things in your packed lunch every day then this could just be your answer. The variations are endless and they are quick, easy and cheap to make. Not only can these be made for packed lunches but you can also make larger one's in cake tins and pie dishes for the entire family as snacks or part of a meal. What is great about these also is that they are designed to be eaten hot or cold. I have made many variations of this but here I will review the Egg and bacon pies. I say pies, but this is the cheaters way of making them :o) For the egg and bacon pies ...  Read the complete review

As far as packed lunches go for my brother he is very fussy and confused what to eat at work on a daily basis. Usually his packed lunches involve chicken salad wraps or cheese sandwiches and on the odd occasion a tub of pasta. So he was on at me to think of something veggie that he could eat for a few days this week, as he thought he was just consuming too much meat lately with packed lunches and meals at home. My family's term of vegetarian is without egg and fish too. My dad has this rule that we go vegetarian on two day in the week. So my brother is a bit limited on what to eat and ends up eating a cheese sandwich, which he was begun to hate with a passion and let's ...  Read the complete review

I have often cooked this to pack to work because it taste good cold (plus i cook it for dinner and pack the leftovers for work the next day) 1) Cook 250 g packet of egg noodles according to the instruction on the packet and then drain. 2) Heat 1 table spoon of sunflower Oil (or any type of oil) and add 2 table spoon of peanut butter. 3) Add a splash of cold water and a dash of soy sauce or replace with a dash of salt. 4) Stir the mixture over gentle heat until throughly combined. 5) Add noodles to the pan and toss to cover it with the peanut mixture. 6) Sprinkle chopped up spring onion over. Put the mixture into the ...  Read the complete review

Packed lunches are good for both you and your wallet. Let's take a look at my typical spends for the week with both packed lunches and lunches bought from local shops at work - it proves my point! I should preface this by saying that I eat a lot - not particularly heavy, just got a very active stomach :-) Packed lunch: 2 rolls with meat and salad (~£0.8/400 cals) yoghurt (~£0.20/100 cals) apple (~£0.20/70 cals) banana (~£0.20/70 cals) cereal bar (~£0.25/110 cals) cuppa soup (~£0.15/70 cals) bag of baked crisps (~£0.25/100 cals) So, roughly £2.05 a day/910 calories a day/2.5 portions of fruit and veg (this ...  Read the complete review

I try to take a packed lunch or at least a few food items from home for my lunch each day at work, otherwise i'd spend a fortune. Lunches can get very boring eating the same thing day in day out and sandwiches in particular can be a bit unappealling. Here are some of my ideas for lunches at work - though I am lucky that we have a microwave, fridge, toaster and panini maker at work! Toasted pitta bread and hummous. This is so quick and easy but filling and delicious too. It is cheap as well and i can make this last 3 days if necessary. Buy a 26p pack of basics or value pitta bread and a large pot of hummous (usually about £1 or so). Toast the pitta either ...  Read the complete review