Adult Lunch

[connecticunt]

in two weeks I go back to working my corporate job and I can’t be that person that brings pb&j’s every day so I’m looking for any recommendations for packed lunch

also I find cold meat repulsive so cold cuts are a no go

 

[CatdickBojangles]

Cocaine and some bourbon. Maybe a cigar.

 

[connecticunt]

Cocaine and some bourbon. Maybe a cigar.

That’s a bathroom snack, I need sustenance

 

[TRVP_ANGEL]

caviar and truffles ... in a sandwich bag

 

[eheath]

Eat out every day like a boss.

 

[ChadThundercock]

Soylent and metamucil or you aren't a silicon valley broster

 

[oldmanski]

Meal prepping. Cook something up on Sunday and put them all into containers for the rest of the week. Makes things simple and easy, also helps you eat healthier if you want to do that. Can do anything from a stir fry to a burrito, hell, even make a stir fry burrito.

 

[PeppermillReno]

I mean PBJ is more discrete than anything that needs to be heated etc.

Maybe some cold noodles or something in a tupperware or rice and shit. I guess wraps and burritos are out. Maybe just replace the meat with tofu.

 

[michigang]

greek yogurt

 

[SuspiciousFish]

Make a big tuna sandwhich and load it with lots of garlic and fresh onion.

 

[GayWolf420]

Almonds, nuts, snacks that give you a bit of energy mentally and physically.

 

[SofaKingSick]

Meal prepping. Cook something up on Sunday and put them all into containers for the rest of the week. Makes things simple and easy, also helps you eat healthier if you want to do that. Can do anything from a stir fry to a burrito, hell, even make a stir fry burrito.

yep, especially if you have a microwave, yoo have tons of options. buy some decent tupperware, make whatever dishes you want, hell just make way too much of other meals and put portions in the tupperware and boom you're eating well but also cheaply at work

taco salad is my favorite personally

 

[Pigeon.]

pasta dishes in tupperware, sliced veggies/fruits, snacks, yogurt. i always bring a side salad and end up re-using half my lunch bc im full after the salad and whatever the main piece of food is (almost always a sandwich for me but u hate cold cuts soooo)

 

[OregonDead]

Get a reusable microwave container and bring some fresh veggies like cauliflower or broccoli or squash and you can steam it in the office. Just that and a hit of some seasoning like Tajin is great. Add in some leftover chicken or pork chop or takeout or whatever leftovers you have from the night before and you have a meal.

Also PB and J sounds pretty good if you like it.

 

[ASSholebomber22]

Invest in pyrex, fucc that Tupperware bullshit.

Cop a grill. Grill whatever you want (chicken thighs are dank and cheap, ribeyes are dank and pricey) alternate sauces, can be storebought but homemade is best.

Buy a rice cooker and make quinoa or brown rice.

Buy steamfresh veggies, my fav are the snap peas/carrots/water chestnut variety.

Stack meat ontop of veggies ontop of rice and people will be thinkin you have your shit together in no time

 

[ALMIGHTYSOSA]

cold ham nuttin betta wen ur trappin

 

[clorox]

Chilli sriracha makes week old leftovers taste like 3 day old leftovers

 

[Youngm_IPCME]

Do you have a microwave at work?

 

[vibecheck]

Make a big tuna sandwhich and load it with lots of garlic and fresh onion.

Yeah and rip some nasty farts along with it

 

[big_tent]

greek yogurt

she says she wants sustenance not goat jizz

 

[Casey]

Load up your office freezer with frozen entrees and pack some soup cans, then when people ask you to go out to lunch without notice you aren’t a lame ass that can’t go because you don’t want to waste food.

 

[SofaKingSick]

Load up your office freezer with frozen entrees and pack some soup cans, then when people ask you to go out to lunch without notice you aren’t a lame ass that can’t go because you don’t want to waste food.

oh yeah i forgot to mention, Lean Cuisines and stuff like that are pretty damn good these days, and you can get them for good prices really often

 

[PeppermillReno]

oh yeah i forgot to mention, Lean Cuisines and stuff like that are pretty damn good these days, and you can get them for good prices really often

That shit just makes you more hungry and is still super packed with sodium used to preserve it etc etc.

But again I'm from the school of thought that putting anything into the microwave at an office is pretty dirty fuck status. Not surprised OP has no idea what to eat since it should be cold but meats ruled out.

 

[ASSholebomber22]

That shit just makes you more hungry and is still super packed with sodium used to preserve it etc etc.

But again I'm from the school of thought that putting anything into the microwave at an office is pretty dirty fuck status. Not surprised OP has no idea what to eat since it should be cold but meats ruled out.

Dirty fuck status? Fuck that I want hot food, and cold cuts are terrible for you.

 

[SofaKingSick]

That shit just makes you more hungry and is still super packed with sodium used to preserve it etc etc.

But again I'm from the school of thought that putting anything into the microwave at an office is pretty dirty fuck status. Not surprised OP has no idea what to eat since it should be cold but meats ruled out.

ehh, the average one has about 25% DV of sodium, so no that's not really an issue. certainly never been hungrier after eating one than before

def not following you on the "anything in the microwave at an office is pretty dirty fuck status" part either

 

[Casey]

If being a dirty fuck is wrong, I don’t wanna be right

 

[Senpai]

Just wrap some chicken fingers in tinfoil, very sophisticated and will bring you respect from the colleagues

 

[PeppermillReno]

Dirty fuck status? Fuck that I want hot food, and cold cuts are terrible for you.

First I've ever heard of deli meat being bad for you just because its cold. A turkey sandwich with some cheese lettuce tomato on wheat is terrible for you?

To me using communal microwaves is fucking nasty because it smells like other peoples nasty ass shit all I'd think about is what the fat bitch before me heated up and how I could taste it on my food. Its not your home one you'd use to heat up hot water for tea when your too lazy to boil a kettle. If your gross enough to eat hungryman TV dinners then who cares.

 

[ASSholebomber22]

First I've ever heard of deli meat being bad for you just because its cold. A turkey sandwich with some cheese lettuce tomato on wheat is terrible for you?

To me using communal microwaves is fucking nasty because it smells like other peoples nasty ass shit all I'd think about is what the fat bitch before me heated up and how I could taste it on my food. Its not your home one you'd use to heat up hot water for tea when your too lazy to boil a kettle. If your gross enough to eat hungryman TV dinners then who cares.

Deli meat (including turkey) is usually mad proccessed and has a ton of sodium. If you're straight up carvin meat off the bone then that's all gucci.

As for thinking you can taste the smell of someone else's food in a microwave, that's gotta really suck. I don't have that particular issue but can relate to other sensory ticks. I blame it on the 'tism myself. That said, an office microwave probably gets wiped out wayyyy more often then your personal one.

 

[.frenchy]

Eat out every day like a boss.

x2

 

[JoeF2661]

Eat out every day like a boss.

 

[Mingg]

I have this personal sized blender thing. It looks like a water bottle and you just switch out the lids for drinking and blending respectively.

I put the ingredients in there in the morning and during lunch I blend it up and drink that. My lunch is at 10am though so it is more of a breakfast/snack than a lunch so it works pretty well.

I also enjoy rice + veggies/chicken or burrito bowl types of ingredients. It's easy to make a shit ton of and bring in tupperware throughout the week. You could also do pasta if you don't mind your tupperware staining lol.

When i had a desk job I also kept a stash of raisins around to snack on. Bananas, apples granola bars, yogurt, oatmeal, etc also make quick snacks or meals.

 

[PeppermillReno]

That’s fucking disgusting blending rice beans chicken etc and drinking it.

 

[Casey]

That’s fucking disgusting blending rice beans chicken etc and drinking it.

It all mixes together in the end bruh

 

[PeppermillReno]

It all mixes together in the end bruh

This threads about making a meal that doesn’t have to be prepared that doesn’t taste like shit is it not?

 

[CalumSKI]

as [tag=38820]@eheath[/tag] said

eat out its the best choice

 

[PeppermillReno]

as [tag=38820]@eheath[/tag] said

eat out its the best choice

Yeah if you don’t mind looking like eheath it’s a great idea to go out for an extra meal. Lots of good values around lunch you get the best bang for your buck. But if your eating a sizable breakfast a full meal for dinner are stuck in an office limiting your ability to exercise and don’t have a crazy metabolism it’s gonna show eating a third meal. My perfect ass German boss ate 3 meals a day and was totally skinny pissed me off like crazy.

 

[Pigeon.]

cold ham nuttin betta wen ur trappin

baked beans in the bando

 

[-arc-]

baked beans in the bando

beef burrito when you bangin

 

[Pigeon.]

beef burrito when you bangin

fried pickles when u flippin pack

 

[jompcock]

Breakfast burrito loaded with hot sauce.

 

[deathvalley69]

I eat a salad, fruit, and Sour Patch every day at lunch

 

[byubound]

I season and cook a pork tenderloin pretty frequently now. Lasts me a few meals in burritos or in sandwiches with jam, spicy mayo, and arugula. Pretty hype

 

[elcheapo]

Delivery, the culinary world is at your finger tips

 

[koolkale]

I season and cook a pork tenderloin pretty frequently now. Lasts me a few meals in burritos or in sandwiches with jam, spicy mayo, and arugula. Pretty hype

You should check out some tougher cuts if you are going for leftovers. The more a muscle works, the tougher it becomes, but the more flavorful it becomes. Tenderloin has a good texture, but not much flavor because it does very little in the pig. If you take a tougher cut, and cook it longer (Carnitas would be a great recipe for your applicaiton), you will break down the connective tissue in the touch cut and make it softer. Since it is a more flavorful cut of meat, leftovers will have more flavor several days in.

 

[byubound]

You should check out some tougher cuts if you are going for leftovers. The more a muscle works, the tougher it becomes, but the more flavorful it becomes. Tenderloin has a good texture, but not much flavor because it does very little in the pig. If you take a tougher cut, and cook it longer (Carnitas would be a great recipe for your applicaiton), you will break down the connective tissue in the touch cut and make it softer. Since it is a more flavorful cut of meat, leftovers will have more flavor several days in.

Neat, thanks for the advice. I'll totally try this out

 

[koolkale]

Neat, thanks for the advice. I'll totally try this out

To add on to this. If you feel like doing a small amount of meal prep, season your tenderloin a day before you use it with salt. Then leave it uncovered in your fridge. Salt triggers both osmosis and diffusion, but one takes longer than the other. So for the first couple of hours, the salt will draw out the moisture from your cut, but after that, the salt will start to diffuse through the meat and season it internally. The water will get drawn back in.

Salt, not only seasons the meat but also gelatinizes the proteins in the meat to retain more water and give it a better texture. Also, the spice you use with your salt will mix with the surface moisture and also get pulled through the meat. You want to leave it uncovered because fridges are super dry, and it will help the meat develop a better crust. If you are worried about leaving raw meat in your fridge uncovered, the salt and dryness have anti-microbial properties that allow you to leave meat uncovered (but salted) for days on end.

 

[SlitherySnake]

easymac is a good move, and you can do ramen in the microwave too just throw it in for like 5 minutes and make sure not to let it boil over. tomato soup, microwave quesadillas with whatever you want inside, cup of noodles, cold pizza, salad mixes, cereal, oatmeal, the list goes on

edit: you can make a good egg mcmuffin by microwaving a mixed egg for a minute, put it on an english muffin, and add some cheese. (I also put a dab of mayo on one side to give it a little salty flavor, it's really good)

**This post was edited on Mar 7th 2021 at 12:25:30pm

 

[byubound]

To add on to this. If you feel like doing a small amount of meal prep, season your tenderloin a day before you use it with salt. Then leave it uncovered in your fridge. Salt triggers both osmosis and diffusion, but one takes longer than the other. So for the first couple of hours, the salt will draw out the moisture from your cut, but after that, the salt will start to diffuse through the meat and season it internally. The water will get drawn back in.

Salt, not only seasons the meat but also gelatinizes the proteins in the meat to retain more water and give it a better texture. Also, the spice you use with your salt will mix with the surface moisture and also get pulled through the meat. You want to leave it uncovered because fridges are super dry, and it will help the meat develop a better crust. If you are worried about leaving raw meat in your fridge uncovered, the salt and dryness have anti-microbial properties that allow you to leave meat uncovered (but salted) for days on end.

Cool, thanks for the advice. I'm impressed with your meat wisdom

 

[brosasaki]

dont eat lunch. it is a desk job

 

[Sdot.]

yep, especially if you have a microwave, yoo have tons of options. buy some decent tupperware, make whatever dishes you want, hell just make way too much of other meals and put portions in the tupperware and boom you're eating well but also cheaply at work

We do a combination of this, too. We cook huge batches of asparagus, fish, taco meat, spaghetti, whatever the heck and then eat some for dinner and pack the rest for work meals. We do specific meal prepping for breakfasts (scrambles mostly). I also keep healthier versions of snacks on hand at work for when I'm craving something (I'm a crunchy salty gal) like Quest protein chips, flavored mini rice cakes, Mighty Muffins, etc.