Packed Lunch

[lizabetic]

I'm going back to Uni soon and moving into a house so I will no longer be on campus! This calls for packed lunches except I don't eat sandwiches and i'm not much a fan of rolls either! I'm also coeliac so can't have wheat and that.

What kinds of things could I create for my lunches when I need to? Inspiration please guys!!!!

 

[Barb3234]

Could you make soups and take them in a thermos flask? Nice and filling and warming on chilly Autumn days. You could vary it a bit with different veggies etc.. You could make spicy ones in the real Winter!

 

[evilcat]

I take a packed lunch to work. It normally consists of chopped pepper, cherry tomatoes, a couple of chunks of different cheese and a portion of ham or salami. Tescos are doing a 3 for ?2.00 deal on individual serrano ham and salami at the moment. I also include some nuts and seeds as snacks.

 

[Vicsetter]

Bean salad and cold meat.

 

[David H]

I'm going back to Uni soon and moving into a house so I will no longer be on campus! This calls for packed lunches except I don't eat sandwiches and i'm not much a fan of rolls either! I'm also coeliac so can't have wheat and that.

What kinds of things could I create for my lunches when I need to? Inspiration please guys!!!!

Another Coeliac, now I don't feel so alone!

A handful of Rice noodles, left to steep in boiling water for 4mins, drain an stir in some pesto, add a little grated parmesan.
Hot & filling.

Do you eat wraps?
GF wraps are simple to make, filled with lettuce, mayo, chicken and bacon.

http://coeliac.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=bread&action=display&thread=19

 

[Andrew]

look at the 5 bean hot pot

Hi Look at the 5 bean hot pot recipe - if you make up the bean base you can do anything with it--- thicken with cornflour or SMASH. I tend to use SMASH when i do not have much time as i can add it in snmall quantities and it does not go lumpy
dilute it a bit by adding extra canned chopped tomatoes (or get chopped) and you get a soup soup
add chilli to it
add bacon to it
add sausage to it
beef mince
all will go in a soup flask

Could you make soups and take them in a thermos flask? Nice and filling and warming on chilly Autumn days. You could vary it a bit with different veggies etc.. You could make spicy ones in the real Winter!

 

[Andrew]

Salad Options

Hi

You can make a salad from almost anything.
Get a pack of mixed salad leaves, add some of the following -- tomato- onion - cucumber - carrot - pepper - mushrooms - dressings bacon - chicken - turkey- you can make up 3 o 4 days at a time and keep them in a fridge - LIDL do a potato salad with fromage fraise which is very nice - add rice cake and pate, cream cheese -

boiled rice add mixed vegetables only keep for a couple of days -
pasta various sauces-
cous cous various sauces just thought you will not be able to use main stream cous cous but someone else may know a good substitute.

I tend to get a pack of mixed leaves ---- as I waste to much if I buy individual items (lettuce - spinach - rocket) however hard I try I never seem to manage to eat a whole basket full in a week.

We have a Farmfoods shop near us (a bit like iceland) they seem to do all sorts of frozen mixed veg for about ?1.00 a bag

 

[Andrew]

is there a market near by

HI

No Idea which uni you are going to. but if there is a market near by you should try and get there about 1/2 hour befor they pack up you can get some good prices on things at the end of the day. and a good walk around it!

Regards Andrew

 

[AlisonM]

How about lentil or chickpea dahl with grilled chicken or lamb? That would go in the soup flask with no problem and be really filling.

 

[lizabetic]

Thanks everyone for your fab replies! I will most definately be taking up these ideas
David thanks so much for linking me to the wrap recipe! I've never found a decent recipe to follow and it looks easy enough.