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I* have a few regular options that make for a good level of variety, but a bit of Sunday effort!
Option 1: Lentil as anything
Barley and lentils - a batch made to provide two days of lunch for four.
Brown Rice and lentils - ditto.
These are in the fridge for the week, the night or morning before work we add salad of choice and cheese/tuna/dressing.
Option 2: Las-agknee and pie
On busy weeks four lasagnes are prepared with two varieties - normally a Tuna and tomato, pumpkin and feta, lentil and something or other. Two are used as dinners and two for lunches.
On those weeks two large filo pastry pies are made - one with a nut and potato and vegetable -based filling and the other with cheese and veg. Same as above, some eaten for dinner some for lunch.
Extras
Banana based cakes or date-based energy balls (but made in a tray and cut into squares) are normally made on Sundays too.
*OK, OK, it's Mrs Reeksy who does all the prep work, who is pretty amazing and chooses to do this to save us from eating packet food.
^Barf!
Half the suggestions on here are sandwiches! Foreign muck ones but still sandwiches. Soup for the win. Had all the left over veg from the roast today, rare treat though. Jacket spud/sweet potato a possibility too.
Sorry reeksy - pickled eggs i mean
(I don't what youre on about with half of that but am confident it'll be nicer than satans haemerroids aka pickled eggs)
I can't look at a pickled egg since going on a rugby tour circa 2003 and someone buying an entire chip shop jar for the coach trip.
Manchester's Smithfield used to/does organic spicy pickled eggs, I had to make my self stop at two. Sublime. I shall be monitoring that situation with glee in a few weeks.
Hoi @binners, have you tried the peri peri chicken Pot Noodle? There's a new player in town. It's like lunch at Poundlando's.
Hasn’t this been done already a few weeks ago?
If you mean this... https://singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/back-to-work-sandwich-recommendations-that-arent-cheese/
I should point out I'm against the abolition of the sandwich.
Peanut butter, sweet chilli sauce and grated carrot is my new favourite from that thread.
Had loads of leftover rice from catering for 10 at the weekend (apparently not everyone eats as much as me), so I mixed in a couple of eggs, some garam masala and turmeric (mainly to make it looks less gray), chickpeas, peas, and cashew nuts. Tipped the whole lot into a non-stick frying pan with plenty of oil and squashed flat and even. Turned with the help of a plate after 10-15 minutes. Ended up with a couple of nice lunches - added a bit of tagine paste/mayo mix.
Tub of houmous and 3 pitta is my go-to-can't-be-arsed lunch.
Game changer.
Caviar and a panda pop.
2 pages and nobody has said 'toastie'? Outrageous.
Breville in the drawer, elevates any sandwich to a new heady height!
How to eat pickled eggs…
1. Take a packet of salt and vinegar crisps and thoroughly crush the contents into tiny crumbs
2. Open the crisp packet and drop your pickled egg in and give it a good shake
3. Remove pickled egg, now coated in a layer of salt and vinegar crisp dust and chomp away
You can thank me later 😃
2 pages and nobody has said ‘toastie’? Outrageous.
Breville in the drawer, elevates any sandwich to a new heady height!
Who has time to clean a toasty maker at work!? 🙂
Toasties are nice though.
I do a salad every day (unless the lettuce goes out if date then I take a sandwich).
Lettuce (pre bagged stuff from Tesco does two days of lunch)
Tomatoes
Olives
Cheese
Either tuna mayo or chicken cooked the night before.
Maybe avocado
I eat this every lunch time with a bag of crisps afterward. I really enjoy it.
Part of the reason for this is because I stay away from gluten as it makes me feel shit and gluten free bread is too expensive every day.
KFC wrap of the day! £1.98
If branching out pease pudding in a ham sandwich is a very good thing.
Ah memories of Durham.