STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

What do you all have for lunch at work/school?

Sunshinegirl · Kate Spade

I love making Gazpacho soup and adding some sauteed shrimp and pasta to it. You could keep all of this in a small cooler and throw it together when you want to eat it. To make it simpler, you could use the peel/eat shrimp and not worry about sauteeing it. Also, i use the tiny ditalini pasta that i cook the night before.

How about a wrap: i love mixing horseradish and cream cheese (or low fat mayo) and spreading it on a wrap and adding turkey, swiss cheese, sliced apples, lettuce, carrots and red onions.

bean salad: red kidney beans, garbanzo beans, red onion, red pepper, celery, banana peppers, olives. Dressing: olive oil, garlic powder, lemon juice, celery salt

Just a few that are fairly healthy

ILoveChoo · Hermes

I always feel like wraps are more fun than sandwiches (I despise sandwiches)...I like to bring:

pasta salad (I use oil and vinigar instead of mayo and put in pepperoni and cheddar chunks.)

falafel in a pita w/hummus

soup or chili in a thermos

cheese and crackers

salad with lots of yummy toppings

a bagel and chocolate milk

luckylily · Gucci

I'm glad you posted this because I'm always looking for new lunch ideas.

I really like wraps, my faves are:

Mexican - black beans, corn, grilled chicken, salsa, cilantro, and a bit of low fat sour cream

Mediteranean - spinach, feta cheese, olives, roasted red peppers, and maybe avocado

I usually keep a few Lean Cuisines at home in case I don't have time to make lunch in the morning. I also eat a lot of cereal for lunch, usually Kashi Go Lean Crunch or Kashi Cranberry Sunshine.

ranchera20 · Marc Jacobs

Those wraps are sounding yummy!! May have to make one on Monday!!

Thanks for all the advice

Metric · Gucci

I don't pack lunch for myself but I have a pretty weird/funny story about my bf. I pack lunch for him everyday and he only ever wants...

3 peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches

1 apple

3 Oreo cookies

That is all. I have tried putting in different things but he never wants it. I think secretly he is a 5 year old in a 30 year old body.

sage · Dooney & Bourke

I seem to pack a rather, ahem, large lunch. I am always afraid I will run out of decent stuff and be forced to eat crap. Alot of the stuff carries over to the next day, so sometimes there is a food pile-up and/or fruit stand at work.

For the main lunch item I take a Swanson's Smart Bowl (the turkey medallions one) or a wrap or something similar. Sometimes a Lean Cuisine. Or chunks of tofu in salad. Or if I dont' have these things i sometimes take oatmeal, or Kashi Go Lean(how did we exist before this cereal??)

A couple grapefruits and yogurts(Source has the best flavors with Splenda!) for snacks, and other assorted fruits.

Occasionally some sort of Granola thing. I also eat a lot of those fruit and yogurt things from MacDonalds.

Love your BF lunch story, Brazen!!

-- Edited by sage at 19:26, 2005-10-14

wildflower930 · BCBG

BrazenCanadian wrote:

I don't pack lunch for myself but I have a pretty weird/funny story about my bf. I pack lunch for him everyday and he only ever wants... 3 peanut butter and strawberry jam sandwiches 1 apple 3 Oreo cookies That is all. I have tried putting in different things but he never wants it. I think secretly he is a 5 year old in a 30 year old body.

This sounds just like my husband. I have made him PB&J sandwiches everyday for as long as I can remember for lunch. It's all he ever wants! Sometimes I'll give him a different kind of sandwich just to mix it up and he'll come home and tell me to go back to the PB&J. Just thinking about eating that everyday makes me gag!

theotherjess · Chanel

BC, that is hilarious! Your post made me crack up.

Usually I have roast beef or turkey on a hoagie roll and some pretzels and a cookie or something. My school has really good food though so a couple times a week I'll have a Greek salad, chicken fingers and fries, or a calzone.