what do you do for lunch?

[kiggles]

Got a job recently and been thinking about budget. I am very privileged compared to some people (not trying to brag) but I have a sainsburys within 10 minute walk from where I work.

What do most people have for their lunch and what is their average daily/weekly spend?

I been trying to stay around daily spend of £3, but being sainsburys allows me to buy for more then one day i can achieve this. Although microwave meals are starting to kill me. I also sit in front of a desk which enables me to snack which is great when your trying to put on weight.

- so what do you eat?
- how do you keep food interesting?
- what is your budget?
- what would you ideally do for lunch?
- is it healthy? (i go through about 5 doughnuts a week at this rate, and i weight 7 and 1/2 stone!!!!)

[Biker Biggles]

You get a lunch break?Luxury.

[missyburd]

The previous night's tea usually sorts us both out for lunch. Or a sandwich/bagel, or a jacket spud. A big vat of soup lasts a bit and you can freeze portions to take out the night before you need them. Same applies to chilli, casserole etc, all nice with a bit of bread. It's easily done and shouldn't take much time, particularly if you make a bit more for tea and eat it the next day too with a bit of something else.

[barwel1992]

sandwich of some kind from the shop, crisps various,drink usually fizzy(so so bad i know)
mix and match what i have
about £5 a day ish on food/drink
ideally i'd do what i used to and have various soups, bread of different type,yogurt various types and a drink (usuall fizzy again :S)

no its not healthy and i weigh 16.7st but thats from college days not work food

[Bluepete]

The meal deals are pretty good.

£3 for a sandwich, crisps and a drink.

Pete ;)

[andrewsmith]

Pete thought you went to...

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_zbpZ56XEVBs/TJVq2yJpZdI/AAAAAAAABGo/S_2E95OIRv8/s1600/2010-08-2010+301.jpg



*runs away*

[BasketballPAT]

about 6pounds for lunch a day,
Huge salad, protein bar, chicken, bottle of water and sometimes some juice.
weigh 15st, 6foot 7 tall

healthy :)

[daveyrach]

Really?! Spend about a fiver on salad and ham/tuna. Lasts all week. We have a hot/cold drinks machine on free vend so no probs for drinks.

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[a_monkey_hint]

I used to spend about £4 a day on food. For the last couple of years I now take a lunch box. Sandwiches, crisps, chocolate bar, fruit etc. Drinks usually involve a brew or cordial. Saves me a fortune buying food in bulk and preparing at home.

[Littlepeahead]

We have a staff canteen so for £2 I get a main which could be lasagne, garlic bread and veg or chicken pie with potatoes and veg or steak or salmon or curry plus cold meats and salads. Choice of 3 puddings a day such as trifle, crumble, cheesecake, profiteroles or lemon tart. All the food is made on site each day by the chefs.

But if I ate there more than twice a month I'd be the size of a whale so instead I grab a low fat home made sandwich or a bowl of Special K at my desk and work through lunch.

We have a free gym too but I never use that either.

[Littlepeahead]

Does anyone else's wife get up at 5.30am to make them a packed lunch? Wrap filled with home made jerk chicken, grated cheddar, cherry tomatoes and spinach with some crisps and a home made cookie. Or home made rolls with ham and salad and a slice of home made Victoria sponge. Plus fruit from the local farm. That's what Mr LPH gets even if I've got home from work after midnight.

[missyburd]

Does anyone else's wife get up at 5.30am to make them a packed lunch? Wrap filled with home made jerk chicken, grated cheddar, cherry tomatoes and spinach with some crisps and a home made cookie. Or home made rolls with ham and salad and a slice of home made Victoria sponge. Plus fruit from the local farm. That's what Mr LPH gets even if I've got home from work after midnight.
I've been known to make a sandwich for YC on occasion but only if pushed for time and I'm feeling generous, the rest of the time he knows exactly where the sandwich making materials are and has perfectly capable limbs with which to assist the operation. And there's usually cake in the tin which again he knows the location of and as far as I'm aware he's yet to need me to open it for him for fear of him breaking a nail.

[thulfi]

Tuna, low fat mayo or cottage cheese, 1 whole lemon, handful of jalapenos, olives, cayenne pepper, touch of olive oil = awesome spicy tuna. Store in fridge overnight, take to work with some wraps/lettuce, salad, pasta whatever really. I eat loads of this, tastes so good it can't be healthy, but it is!

[matt_rehm_hext]

I managed to get my lunch down to 82p a day for a few months, Lidl own brand soup and a rye bread roll.

I'm currently losing weight which is great, and saving money.

[dirtydog]

I've been known to make a sandwich for YC on occasion but only if pushed for time and I'm feeling generous, the rest of the time he knows exactly where the sandwich making materials are and has perfectly capable limbs with which to assist the operation. And there's usually cake in the tin which again he knows the location of and as far as I'm aware he's yet to need me to open it for him for fear of him breaking a nail.

That made me laugh, the vision of YC struggling to get a cake tin open ;)

As for my lunch, I normally skip lunch. Job I was on last week there was a tesco petrol station just down the road so was getting the £3 meal deal some days. Or if I can be bothered I'll just make a sandwich to take with me.

Yesterday I was at home for lunch so it was pasta salad

[ClunkintheUK]

Occasionally I'll bring in leftovers, but usually go to one of the places near work. Thai red curry, Burrito or rice and chicken. Its quite expensive about 5-6 a day, but at least now I have free vend drinks. In my last job i could easily spend up to £10 in a day keeping myself fed and watered. This was also when I was cycling to work every day and putting in a 10k run every other day.

I loose about 14-16 hours of my day to work, I don't really want to spend the hour or two i get to myself making a sandwich.

[granty92]

i go to tesco first thing every morning, buy a relentless for start of work to get some energy in my system as im not a morning person, then usually spend £4, get a sandwich, crisps and chocolate :) also buy a pack of lollies for everyone :)

[Griff-SV]

Sandwiches, cereal bar, sauage roll, cake, apple, kiwi/grapes/orange and a bit of cake.

Very boring but it costs probably £1.50 a day all in all.

[L3nny]

I go home at lunch, 3 course meal every day :)

[SvNewbie]

I've been trying to get my lunch spend down to £2 / day, mostly because spending £100 a month on lunch just seems ridiculous and I'd rather spend it on something more interesting. We get free soft drinks, coffee and tea at work which helps. My coffee habit alone used to set me back £4-5 a day!

[Sir Trev]

Eat at my desk on the three days a week I'm in the office. Do a supermarket run on first day to stock up on at least two fruit varieties for snacking and a multipack of small choccie biccies like Twix fingers or Club as a daily treat. Sarnie from the canteen (they now have a good simple selection with no fatty dressings), aforementioned fruit and choccie, lots of water in the drinking fountain (get through 2 litres a day) and the odd tea if I feel like it (10p to the tea club kitty). Surprisingly, for a bean counter, I have never costed it...

Simple sarnie, fruit, cordial and every now and then crisps on days when I work at home. WFH is nice as I get to walk the dog at lunchtime too instead of being cooped up in air conditioned flourescent hell.

[Spank86]

Does anyone else's wife get up at 5.30am to make them a packed lunch? Wrap filled with home made jerk chicken, grated cheddar, cherry tomatoes and spinach with some crisps and a home made cookie. Or home made rolls with ham and salad and a slice of home made Victoria sponge. Plus fruit from the local farm. That's what Mr LPH gets even if I've got home from work after midnight.
No...

Everyone else's wives have the sense to do it the night before and leave it wrapped up in the fridge.

[LankyIanB]

If working from home, sandwitches.... If on customer site (Sweden) there's a limited choice of lunch restaurants that do main courses for between 75 and 95 SEK (roughly £7.50 to £9) however this gets expensed so I don't mind the cost....

Always have a supply of cereal bars and chocolate in the laptop bag in case I get hungry.

Food has no impact on waistline, 6 foot 4. 11 stone - my wife hates me......

[Skip]

I have eaten the same thing for lunch every day for the past 4-6 years (the king of variety lol)

Banana at 10am
Ham salad sandwich (lettuce, cherry tomatoes and mayo on granary bread)
Crisps (whatever is on offer on a multipack during the previous main home shop)
2 satsumas
3 Chocolate Chip Digestives

Thats me, every single work day! Total cost must be no more than £1.00-£1.50 a day or so...

[kiggles]

Reading all of these have made me laugh. Oh how different are we all.

Although jealous of those who have a wife whom makes them sandwhichs.

[Skip]

A wise man once said "You are there to earn it, not spend it!" :)

[andrewsmith]

A wise man once said "You are there to earn it, not spend it!" :)

From Yorkshire by any chance? ;)

[Skip]

From Yorkshire by any chance? ;)
Norfolk of course (we never leave) - but I am sure there must be Jewish, Scottish and Yorkshire blood in there somewhere! :lol:

(No offence meant to any of the above!)

[andrewsmith]

and toes all webbed ;)

[DJ123]

and toes all webbed ;)

All 6 of them :lol:

[Skip]

:lol:

[andrewsmith]

and the one eye between 3 of them!

No wait thats Windscale

[Sir Trev]

Norfolk of course (we never leave)

Yes we do. Some of us pop back to visit every now and then but are quite happy living several hours and several counties away.

http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=197444

Smith and Job can go and boil their heads by the way...

[Ceri JC]

If I'm on a client site, whatever I want (within reason) and I get it on expenses. Yesterday was a very nice Massaman Curry with sticky rice, some prawn crakers and a coke in a Thai place in London. When I'm working at home, it varies quite a lot; today I had some chilli houmous on some fresh brown bread that I set baking at breakfast time.

When I was office based, it was usually a packed lunch. Packed lunch (buying it for the week) is a good habit to get into. Saving £1.50 of your after tax salary a day, for 250 days of the year is quite a bit of cash.

[Littlepeahead]

No...

Everyone else's wives have the sense to do it the night before and leave it wrapped up in the fridge.

That makes the bread go soggy. Chris8886 is tonight having steak and ale pie that I made then dropped off round his as he's on his own this week. I made a cake as well of course. Meals on wheels service.

[Spank86]

Wrap in foil not cling film.