Do you pack a lunch for work, or do you prefer to buy lunch on your lunch break?

If you pack a lunch, what do you normally pack?

I prefer to pack a lunch, only because at my last job, I spent WAY too much $$ buying lunch and coffee, on top of my transportation to and from work. I figured out that I was spending an easy $20 per day, that's a $100 a week.

Thank gawd my new job has a ton of coffee machines, so I don't have to worry about buying coffee, so I really don't spend anything anymore, other than gas to get to work and back.

My lunch usually contains:

Bottle water (although we do have water filters throughout the office)
Container of fresh veggies
Dip
Seaseame snaps
Banana
Yogurt or Oatmeal bar to go.

(Edit: Moved Back to Food and Dining)

Edited by Bashley on 10/15/2008 12:32:30 PM

Mini Carrots
Celery and if I am feeling the crave peanut butter
Yogurt
granola bars

I'm in school 4 hours a day so I don't bring too much...just a snack so I don't rush over to panago for a slice

sometimes I bring leftovers from the night before... only if it was really good though.

sometimes I get stuff off the sandwich girl... but after awhile their sandwiches taste the same...

sometimes I just do coffee... I'm off @ 1pm anyway

i eat the same crap at work everyday. but i have a kitchen there so i have cereal for breakfast and make a salad for lunch. we have an espresso machine so i rarely go out to get coffee.

Ohh yes, I'll bring leftovers for lunch, if there is any leftover.

I start work at 8:30am - 4:30pm. But I think I'm going to start working at 8am soon.

"i eat the same crap at work everyday. but i have a kitchen there so i have cereal for breakfast and make a salad for lunch. we have an espresso machine so i rarely go out to get coffee. '

Right on! We have 2 kitchens, one upstairs and one downstairs. I think we have a total of 5 coffee machines too haha.

"sometimes I lay clothes out... but I have to at least think it through or I'll wake and be all duh... and sit on the edge of my bed staring at my dresser wondering what to wear"

LMAO! I've done that way too many times for my last job! hahah...

I lay my clothes out just to make it easier for me in the A.M. I'm not a morning person at all, and I don't want to wake my daugther up at 7am, so I also do it to be quiet.

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LIAR!!!

what happend to aloo gobbi?

I don't really "make" a lunch, but I grab stuff to take for breakfast and lunch. I have a fridge in my classroom, and a grocery store nearby, so if I go in early on Mondays, I can stock up for the week.

Wow, you guys don't eat much. If that were my lunch I'd be out buying something by 2 pm.

I eat a big breakfast at home, usually yogurt plus something starchy like a bagal, cereal, or oatmeal, and pack something like:

Granola bar for mid morning
Rice dish for lunch (peanut stirfry, beans, beef teriaki, etc)
Fruit (apple, banana)
Maybe some cookies

I just drink water. No coffee. Juice or tea on occasion.

^ That is a good idea.

I used to bring salad to work all the time with lunch (I really don't know how anyone can make a salad their whole lunch!). Just mixed greens and flax seed oil. Then my dishwasher broke and I hate washing oil off tupperwear.

NAC, I just soak the containers in soapy hot water first.

Salad should not be a whole lunch, it's important to balance your meals. It's so easy to make a bunch of salad and sandwich fixings in advance.