Cheap lunches for work. Ideas please.
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I have recently began an apprenticeship with the accociated wage. But unlike most of my collegues, im now 23 and renting a room, so cash is thin on the ground.
Im struggling for ideas for cheap lunches. I drive past a Tesco every morning so tend to stop to get my lunch in there.
Sandwhiches for any thing tasty cost at least £1.60, and usually arent particularly healthy.
Where i used to work i would buy packets of microwave rice to nibble through, which i used to enjoy, but the microwave at college isnt kept clean enough for my liking.
Ive tried a pot of houmous and a bag of celery, which i love, but isnt all that cheap (£1.10 for celery £1 for houmous)
Tuesday i ate a bag of 6 plums, but it was far too much fruit.
Im tempted by (Walkers Baked Ready Salted multipack) http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id... 3 bags a day so 80p per day.
I thought about getting a pack of samosas but im not sure if they can be eaten without cooking?
Anyone else got any ideas?
My diet is quite ballanced so a reasonable ammount of fat is acceptable. Im not a big fan of sugar.
Ideally id like to be spending less than £1 a day on my lunch, maybe alternating between 4-6 different lunches.
Cheers.
Im struggling for ideas for cheap lunches. I drive past a Tesco every morning so tend to stop to get my lunch in there.
Sandwhiches for any thing tasty cost at least £1.60, and usually arent particularly healthy.
Where i used to work i would buy packets of microwave rice to nibble through, which i used to enjoy, but the microwave at college isnt kept clean enough for my liking.
Ive tried a pot of houmous and a bag of celery, which i love, but isnt all that cheap (£1.10 for celery £1 for houmous)
Tuesday i ate a bag of 6 plums, but it was far too much fruit.
Im tempted by (Walkers Baked Ready Salted multipack) http://www.tesco.com/groceries/product/details/?id... 3 bags a day so 80p per day.
I thought about getting a pack of samosas but im not sure if they can be eaten without cooking?
Anyone else got any ideas?
My diet is quite ballanced so a reasonable ammount of fat is acceptable. Im not a big fan of sugar.
Ideally id like to be spending less than £1 a day on my lunch, maybe alternating between 4-6 different lunches.
Cheers.
Edited by Benbay001 on Thursday 15th October 22:15
Have you tried going to the supermarkets late before they close and picking up some reduced stuff?
Sandwiches normally go for 15p or something if they expire the same day, which im sure will be fine 12hrs or so later for lunch the next day if kept refrigerated.
Or even pick up some reduced bread and make your own?
Sandwiches normally go for 15p or something if they expire the same day, which im sure will be fine 12hrs or so later for lunch the next day if kept refrigerated.
Or even pick up some reduced bread and make your own?
Cook a pot of something at the beginning of the week and parcel it out. Freeze a couple of them so they last the week. If you have an alright spice larder you can knock up a chilli or stew of some sort for about a fiver. 50p bag of tortilla chips or a bit of bread and you'll have something that'll keep you going better than a s
tey sandwich or whatever.
tey sandwich or whatever.
haha that's funnySalads with cheese and some sort of meet, Aldi have small dried sausag that is very cheap and tatses exactlt like peperami. Home made soups, grab the veg from the redyced and make a batch for the week and for a the microwave...grow a pair and clean it! Might even make your minging student colleagues keep it clean!
I remember the days of working an unpaid internship that cost me £17 a day to travel to. It's bloody tough going.
You could easily make 5 days' worth of salads for £2 a day (boiling frozen chicken breasts to put in), which is pretty healthy and reasonably filling. Bulking it out with things like cous cous or buckwheat makes it cheap and filling.
Making your own sandwiches, although dreadfully dull, is a quick and easy way to eat cheaply (can be done for under £1 a day).
On the other side, buy a clipping/sealing lunchbox (a couple of quid in a supermarket) and make up big batches of chili, curry and spag bol. Then you can cook up rice or pasta (daily if you like) to accompany, all of which can be done for buttons (<£2 a day), and eaten cold if you're too much of a wimp to clean a microwave. Cheap, filling and not unhealthy if you get some veg in there.
You could easily make 5 days' worth of salads for £2 a day (boiling frozen chicken breasts to put in), which is pretty healthy and reasonably filling. Bulking it out with things like cous cous or buckwheat makes it cheap and filling.
Making your own sandwiches, although dreadfully dull, is a quick and easy way to eat cheaply (can be done for under £1 a day).
On the other side, buy a clipping/sealing lunchbox (a couple of quid in a supermarket) and make up big batches of chili, curry and spag bol. Then you can cook up rice or pasta (daily if you like) to accompany, all of which can be done for buttons (<£2 a day), and eaten cold if you're too much of a wimp to clean a microwave. Cheap, filling and not unhealthy if you get some veg in there.
Edited by C70R on Friday 16th October 11:35
Packet of own-brand noodles (Asda are 50p) - put in bowl, pour boiling water from a kettle over it and leave for 5-6 minutes. Available in several flavours - curry, chicken, beef, etc.
Add a tin of sardines for about 50p - Asda do curry, spicy, tomato and mustard ones too for a bit of variety.
so £1 ish, and you'll be plenty full for the day
Add a tin of sardines for about 50p - Asda do curry, spicy, tomato and mustard ones too for a bit of variety.
so £1 ish, and you'll be plenty full for the day
jjones said:
Pot Noodle or similar.
These work well and taste so much better
http://www.seriouseats.com/2014/09/diy-instant-noo...
Lidl & do some frozen microwave meals, Chicken and pasta, fish and pasta and chicken noodle and some others.
they range in price from 1.50 - 1.80 but are very tasty and good valve. Worth a look.
Something different, is get some meat, like pork joint, cook it off with a coating, whatever you fancy, and use in sandwich's. Make a simple soup, with a stock cube, some frozen veg and fresh veg chopped up an add meat.
Bulgur wheat is a good soup filler as well as brown rice. Make a batch for a few days freeze some, will work out cheap. to make a stew add some flour to the mix.
they range in price from 1.50 - 1.80 but are very tasty and good valve. Worth a look.
Something different, is get some meat, like pork joint, cook it off with a coating, whatever you fancy, and use in sandwich's. Make a simple soup, with a stock cube, some frozen veg and fresh veg chopped up an add meat.
Bulgur wheat is a good soup filler as well as brown rice. Make a batch for a few days freeze some, will work out cheap. to make a stew add some flour to the mix.
Edited by The Spruce goose on Friday 16th October 11:48
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