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I'm a lazy person when it comes to food at work most of the time....

Just cracked open curry flavoured two minute noodles, not bad so far.

What noodle, soup, noodle/soup products work for you

My personal favourite is Mee Goreng in the white packet with the red writing.

I also used to get on to the Trident Tom Yum soup sachets on a regular basis.....

what else is good?

Hit me up wth some new lunch time snacky snack ideas!

mi goreng ftw tbh

Fruit is the best instant food imo. I keep a bowl of fruit on my desk at work, and it's great, usually have 3 or 4 pieces a day and it only costs me about $15 for the week.

Bananas + Nectarines + Red Delicious + Mandarines. Best for constant snacking.

i used to have fruit and nuts however nuts part is a bit to much like crack and cannot stop eating, to much ruffage for old petey..

huhuhuhuhu

I tried some of those noodle in a box packs lat year - the satay was awesome. Just add hot water to the noodles, drain and add the sauce.

yes to fruit. and lately im taking berries and apricots from my tree outside, which all the bar staff steal.

when it comes to instant food my new favorite thing is rice in a packet, that you microwave and its done in 2 minutes.
i was skeptical at first, but the risotto is AWESOME, ten minutes and awesome risotto!
there are loads of kinda and sizes and are perfect for someone who is lazy and cooks for one often

in winter a nice soup is great and easy, they have some in a clear plastic bag type container in the fridges at the supermarket with delicious flavours like carrot and corriander, pumpkin and cashew tom yum etc.
Fruit is always a win too.

Generally speaking, I can't handle waiting for my turn to use the microwave and putting up meaningless chatter so I go and buy sushi and eat it at my desk like I am right now.

cheese and wheat crackers and fruit here. don't start with nuts becoz i can't stop. could inhale 100g of fat without taking a breath easily

which risotto is it GK? what brand?

i make rolls with ham at work and have a hot crossy for morning tea now that they're in the bakeries again woot

Last year, I bought in some fruit bread to toast, same taste as hot x buns, but all year round.

almax wrote:in winter a nice soup is great and easy, they have some in a clear plastic bag type container in the fridges at the supermarket with delicious flavours like carrot and corriander, pumpkin and cashew tom yum etc.
Fruit is always a win too.

Good call - I have had these one's too, V good and healthy and nice and easy.

Fruit is a spot on call - nature's fast food.

gnat wrote: which risotto is it GK? what brand?

sunrice risotto base - fry your vegies n whatever, zap it, stir it in with some stock and simmer till ready - fucking AWESOME easy risotto in ten minutes. i live on that shit now.

ghetto kitty wrote:

gnat wrote: which risotto is it GK? what brand?

sunrice risotto base - fry your vegies n whatever, zap it, stir it in with some stock and simmer till ready - fucking AWESOME easy risotto in ten minutes. i live on that shit now.

I'd love to see you fry vegies in our work kitchen..... on the toasted sandwich hotplate?

chopped up veg with dip, spicy rice snack thingos or corn thins (addictive as fark) for me.

i thought we were talking about quick meals, but my bad, notice its about WORK food now.

i eat food at work, they cook it for me, it is naice.

The Sumin instant noodles are really tasty.

Chicken and corn is yum.

Dippity bix

dont you mean

bix?

Chicken in a can!!!!

breaksRbest wrote:Chicken in a can!!!!

That shit scares the fuck outa me seriously have you seen the picture on the internet with the WHOLE chicken in a can? That's even scary.

I'm really lazy with work lately constantly buying just crap.

I used to go through massive fazes and cook up a ton of stuff and container it and heat at work, do like a spag bol and apricot chicken with reice and deviled sausages and cheesy mash on like a saturday and freeze it then just bung it in the micro at work.

Another fav for easy work lunches for me is those salads in the tubs, not like the pasta ones but the ones in the vegies section but in the bigger tubs and adding something like ham or smoked chicken to it and TADA instant smoked chicken salad!

beautiful, I do struggle with the not eating of the smoked chicken before its added to the salad though

ghetto kitty wrote:

gnat wrote: which risotto is it GK? what brand?

sunrice risotto base - fry your vegies n whatever, zap it, stir it in with some stock and simmer till ready - fucking AWESOME easy risotto in ten minutes. i live on that shit now.

ah- will try

big winner in filling up pre gym is tinned sweet corn, kidney beans and chickpeas with really good balsalmic. nom nom nom..

any1 else got any cheap ideas for lunches that will fill you up??

i am over my cheese tomato spinach toasties and all-you-can-eat har krishna on swanston street. both are supa cheap and great but i have almost over done both

white carbs mean i am hungey an hour later so i am starting to get stuck for ideas...

any help much appreciated
(vegetarian please though )

I buy some chicken loaf from the deli and every night I prep some jarlesberg cheese, semi dried tomatoes and cucumber and make my sanga at work. Fills me up for at least 3 hours.

lately I've been getting the Sunrise 90sec brown rice with vegetables, then grabbing a quarter roast hot chicken - tear the meat off (sans skin), mix it all together, add some soy and there you go... you can also add those little steam veggie packs, but they smell a little strange....

Like the rice idea Spies Dog....

sounds a bit like old mans food though



I've been busting out the home made bean salad (4 bean mix, baby beets, corn) this week with tins of flavoured tuna.

nice and healthy, cheap and easy.

Mixy - you've prompted me to get back on the sanga wagon... it's been ages and I miss the good old ham, cheese, mustard, lettuce combo that mum used to make!

^ forgot to menton, add a splash of balsamic in the mix for the beans and Bob's your uncle.

Feigan wrote:sounds a bit like old mans food though

You'd know homeboy!

that I would....

Pass me my zimmer frame.

...but I'm using it!

Myst wrote:all-you-can-eat har krishna on swanston street.

haha, I've been eating there at least weekly for about 10 years.... hasn't changed in that time.

Can't stand that place on Swanstopn St.

almax wrote:in winter a nice soup is great and easy, they have some in a clear plastic bag type container in the fridges at the supermarket with delicious flavours like carrot and corriander, pumpkin and cashew tom yum etc.
Fruit is always a win too.

man knows.

Myst wrote:any1 else got any cheap ideas for lunches that will fill you up??

i am over my cheese tomato spinach toasties and all-you-can-eat har krishna on swanston street. both are supa cheap and great but i have almost over done both

white carbs mean i am hungey an hour later so i am starting to get stuck for ideas...

any help much appreciated
(vegetarian please though )

bare saladage, couscous w/ roast veg is always a winner too.

fooishbar wrote:

almax wrote:in winter a nice soup is great and easy, they have some in a clear plastic bag type container in the fridges at the supermarket with delicious flavours like carrot and corriander, pumpkin and cashew tom yum etc.
Fruit is always a win too.

man knows.

Loving these bad boys too at the moment - busting them out for din dins though.

deviant wrote:

Myst wrote:all-you-can-eat har krishna on swanston street.

haha, I've been eating there at least weekly for about 10 years.... hasn't changed in that time.

they put rugs in their food.

dan = addicted to soma.

I'm certainly no conniseur when it comes to Sandwiches.

However - there has been mention of Sandwiches on MB.com which has lead me to another lunch style topic to include.

Sandwiches, Wraps, Foccacia, Bagels.....

I enjoyed a monster roast chicken sandwich on the weekend, tomato, avocado, baby spinach, wholegrain mustard, stuffing out of the chook (highly recommended) with melted tasty cheese on top.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner.

Bread used was some sort of pumpkin seed bread - may have been Helga's - can't be sure. was a big win though.

What are you favourites?