What can I bring to school for lunch? [[High School]]

[Thin_Dreams]

I mean I dont wanna be sitting there with like eggs and steak, you know? So what can I take thats quick and so people dont look at me like, what the ****?

[Thin_Dreams]

Sorry for nagging, but i gotta go to bed soon, so any suggestions?ideas? =]

[Rick]

How about a nice garden salad, with a low carb dressing, and maybe a burger without the bun? Mayo makes a good high fat topping for the burger too.

Good luck!

[carlybee]

I take food to work with me like boiled eggs, tuna salad, egg salad, bacon, chicken salad, green salad with chicken strips, fajitas without the tortilla, guacamole,. I was thinking the other day about making some oven fried chicken coated with crushed up pork rinds...something like that might work for you. I also take cream cheese mixed with splenda and cinnamon for dessert.

[Dotultimate]

every day for lunch i eat a can of tuna mixed with mayo and pepper with some capsicum (bell pepper) sticks.

[ValidRouge]

fancy salads are handy

At the beginning of the week, chop up your veggies in a big bowl, so that you have the "base" of your salad every day. Lettuce, spinach, peppers (red, yellow, green--they all have different flavors/textures), cucumber, jicama, cilantro, parsley, broccoli, cabbage, whatever floats your boat.

Then, each day add your "topping" some ideas I've had are:
taco: ground beef spiced with cumin, salt, and chili powder (not commercially prepared taco seasoning which has sugar and other carbs) Use a sugar free salsa and a little dollop of sour cream/guacamole
philly cheese steak: strips of steak (or steakum) and provolone cheese, you could add some onions and mushrooms too.
Greek: use olive oil and vinegar as a dressing, add some gyro meat (if you can get it) some feta cheese, etc.

Chicken is very versatile. Make a bunch of it up at the beginning of the week...have it chopped in a bowl and ready to go.

Boil eggs at the beginning of the week, ready to grab and go. These make nice toppings for your salad, or you can just have them as a snack.

[kellymch2006]

Dang, Joy, I got hungry just reading your post. I'm salivating like Pavlov's dogs.
I make this stuff a lot but I haven't in a while. Thanks for the post.

[leebre]

One simple and easy thing to try, that is quick to prepare when you're trying to dash out the door early in the morning, are "turkey rollups." You can make them by getting sliced turkey (be careful to only buy with -0- sugar) in the deli, or if your parents belong to Costco, they have very good sliced turkey and roast beef too for that matter in a sealed Kirkland pack with no sugar, but now I digress... Anyway, take the turkey slice, and take a slice of cheese, I like Swiss or Munster (about -1 carb each), fold a slice of cheese in 1/2 and roll into the turkey slice, for a roll up! Less than 200 calories and under 1 carb. I have 2 of those for lunch along with 2 sticks of celery for my 'green' carb. It’s so easy, you can have one for lunch and the other for snack.

Good luck with lunch and your upcoming school year!!!

[carlybee]

Originally Posted by leebre

One simple and easy thing to try, that is quick to prepare when you're trying to dash out the door early in the morning, are "turkey rollups." You can make them by getting sliced turkey (be careful to only buy with -0- sugar) in the deli, or if your parents belong to Costco, they have very good sliced turkey and roast beef too for that matter in a sealed Kirkland pack with no sugar, but now I digress... Anyway, take the turkey slice, and take a slice of cheese, I like Swiss or Munster (about -1 carb each), fold a slice of cheese in 1/2 and roll into the turkey slice, for a roll up! Less than 200 calories and under 1 carb. I have 2 of those for lunch along with 2 sticks of celery for my 'green' carb. It’s so easy, you can have one for lunch and the other for snack.

Good luck with lunch and your upcoming school year!!!

It's good with cream cheese and a little dill weed sprinkled on it too. Or a thin pickle slice.

[soappedaler]

I like putting salad in the middle of a roll up, secure with a toothpick for traveling. Another lunch is a pizza on a portabella mushroom or eggplant slice. These are good cold, just make the night before. Cook mushroom cap or sliced eggplant, I like to grill them. Put chopped tomatoe on top, diced canned works too, drain off liquid. Add a slice of cheese, then any other induction friendly topping. Microwave or broil til cheese melts. I chop up the stem of the mushroom and use it as a topping.