Bringing lunch to work is a great way to help save money, and watch your waistline, but with our busy lifestyles we often lack time and inspiration to organise a homemade nutritious lunch. We've put together some ideas we hope will inspire you.
Salads - Healthy and not (necessarily) bland
Try adding a meat source, swapping pasta for quinoa or replacing vinaigrettes for pesto if you want to make variations. If you've ever felt sick of eating the same thing over and over, changing the veggies can give an old overused recipe new life!
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Pasta Salad
Try this easy Greek pasta salad with red wine vinaigrette
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Beetroot, Green Bean and Chickpea salad
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Moroccan Beef Salad with Green Beans
Oven meals – Make your meals in bulk
The great thing about oven recipies is that you can easily make large quanities of food and make lunch for days in one go!
Jar meals – no spills here
Putting a meal in a mason jar might sound strange but they're a great way to control your portion size and transport food. You'll never have to worry about getting mince juice through your bag or car again.
Slow Cooker Dishes – So you can literally go about your day
Cooking in a crock pot is a slow process, but the good thing is that the process is so slow and the heat is so low that you could run a bunch of errands while your food looks after itself.
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Crock Pot Roast
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Wine & Tomato Braised Chicken
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Crock Pot BBQ Ribs
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Mixed Bean Vegetable Soup
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Minestrone
Hopefully we've shown that being busy doesn't have to affect your wallet and your waistline, and ideally we've inspired you to pack a lunch or two next week!
