I'm going to start doing this to a) save money and to b) get a bit healthier.

I can't keep eating pre-made sandwiches from the shop next door to work, it's making me poor.

Anyone take their own lunch to work/college etc.? What do you have?


any ideas welcome

I do this. I tend to take in a boiled egg & salad sandwich.

I've had phases in the past of taking in cheese, mayo & onion sandwiches, and also salad (the kind you can buy in bags ready mixed) with a small container of dressing to drizzle on it.

If you have access to a fridge, you could buy up big multipacks of pots of yoghurt and take one in each day too. And if you have a good thermos flask, you could make a big vat of soup, heat some up every morning and take that in.

my daughter doesn't dig on the school lunches so i try to do different things for her

here's one idea

multi grain crackers
sharp white cheddar cheese
celery sticks/cherry tomatoes/cucumber slices
100% fruit juice or bottled water

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Try to be organised and think ahead so you have a variety of things to make sandwiches and salads with (eggs, cheese, cooked meats, tuna, lettuce etc) otherwise you'll get tired of the same thing every day. On the other hand, don't be stupid like me and buy too much and end up throwing away packets of ham you never got round to eating!

Despite your best intentions, you'll have days when you haven't got time to prepare anything or you haven't been shopping. Therefore, always keep in stock: crackers/cheese/philadelphia-type spreadable stuff, soup, part-baked baguettes, yogurts, fruit and (when all else fails!) milk and cereal.

Sandwich shops like Pret are very nice, but resist the urge as much as possible. They aren't cheap!!!

if i'm like oohh fuck i spent all my money on cigarettes and booze, i usually take into work my dinner leftovers to reheat.