[Closed] Cheapest possible food stuffs for lunch at work??

good point 😳 - at least I've reduced my daily tea intake to recompence 😉

local company here banned breakfasts at work.... made front page of the PnJ and everything.

wouldnt work in my office - would be mass rebelion

brakes - Member
cooked ham - £1.00
where can you get ham for £1?
as in ham made from pig.

says 86% pork.

Would buy better stuff myself from the deli, but if cheapness is the plan well it can be had(food is one thing i dont' mind spending money on.).

the mrs used to work at the supermarket deli - the things she saw nearly turned her vegi.

not all is as it seems with supermarket delis.

imagine giant spam cans - when are then cut up in the machine and presented on lovely plates to make it look nice.

Chinese supermarket noodles come in dozens of flavours that actually tast good compared to super noodles or pot noodles. 35p and upwards in Lancaster.

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Other than I feast mainly on left overs (I cook too much on purpose) or as my daughter puts it seagull diners

http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=276308312

115g lasts 8+ days?
I would struggle to stretch that much ham out to 2 days.

brakes - Member
http://www.tesco.com/groceries/Product/Details/?id=276308312
115g lasts 8+ days?
I would struggle to stretch that much ham out to 2 days.

Grated carrot and houmous in pitta bread. Maybe a hint of chilli sauce as well.

I wouldn't even feed a prisoner of war crap like that, even as a punishment

Tell you what - a carrot and humous sarnie really hits the spot. I think its one of the best things you can put between two slices of bread and is one of my favourites for lunch on a long ride. Great with crispy bacon in too if its meat-less-ness causes moral offence

Malt loaf and peanut butter.
There's a super sized Soreen one for £1 available at the moment but I have had Morrison's basic 29p ones in the past.
Or porridge, but you need golden syrup as well.

I am sure cooking too much of whatever is for dinner then microwaving it at lunch time is both the best and cheapest option.

I go to costco, buy massive amounts of all the ingredients for not much money, today I have used £3 worth of mince, £1 worth of chopped toms, some herbs, worcestershire sauce, and a whole packet of spaghetti from the Nisa 64p, so under £5 worth of stuff, and that will feed me, the wife, both kids, the MIL and there will be a lunch, probably 2 left over. whats that, assuming kids eat half portions, £5/6 so 83p per portion

if we cook extra it just HAS to go in the bin, or the freezer for a few months, then it goes in the bin. this is because all food goes off immediatly and you will die a horrible horrible food poisoning death. or so my bat s**t crazy wife seems to think!!!

personally I'll stop eating something if either my eye water when I smell it of it crawls out of the fridge under its own power

If that 'toast sandwich' link is to be believed, you always have the option of Fitless Cock.

I generally have a Pasta 'N' Sauce which can be had for about 50p, or leftovers from last night's meal which is essentially free food.

small veg soup at work is 36p, I start eating the desk by 3pm mind

Dahl costs very little to make and if you a stock cube or 2 it makes an excellent lunch, probably costs at most 30p a portion if you buy indian spices rather than barts one, add 100g of rice which costs 15p based on tesco 4kg basmati bags and you have a substantial lunch.

There is some pretty poor food suggested here, even if it is pennies. If you have heating facilities at work for a pound you could easily make large batches of soup / slow cooker meals. Much healthier and tastier.
For the person who mentioned soup not sustaining them for riding, it depends what's in it - watery consommé no, hearty soup yes.

Bag of spinach, packet of beetroot, few tomatoes about £3 and will last all week. Throw on a bit protein, tuna , mackerel etc for say a pound a day and you have a weeks lunches for £8.

Top em off with snack time visit to Gregg's for about the same again.

The cheapest I ever managed (as a student) was half a cup-o-soup a day with supermarket own brand sliced loaf - divvied out to last the week.

Lemon curd sarnies.
Food of the gods.

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