Bob

Okay, so what do you lot do for lunches at work?

Me, usually left overs or sarnies, to lazy to head off to the various places around, though do go the curry thing on the odd Friday with a couple of the guys at work.

But, with winter coming along, thought it might be nice having a tacky cup-a-soup thing as a snack at work....my mother sent me some Ainsley Harriot one's which were pretty good last year....but not bothered in trying everything under the sun over here, had the lipton one's and they were nasty salt feasts...so, any recommendations?

Rodney you plonker

I get $45 a day (if I have to leave the house) from the company to spend on food, so I nosh it up wherever I can, sometimes I buy a sarnie for lunch out of my own pocket then expense a meal for the whole family when I get home in the evening. Apart from that I work from home so I just eat what's in the fridge.

bettyboop80

They are ALL nasty here, i have yet to find a good one and I have tried all that I can find. I have resorted to getting mum to post them to me and bringing them back when i come.

Kate2112

I work from home and dont usually eat lunch as such. I do walk to our local coffee house next to the park and read in the sun for an hour or so Dont do lunch in the winter except for weekends and then its Brunch cos I'm a lazy bones

Recommend making a pot of homemade soup at the weekend and eating that all week at work (do you have a microwave or stove top?)

Bob

blimey.....I think I might want to work for your company then

having said that, while Caesar was beta, the company got dinner in every day for everyone, and apart from the crap italian place across the street (chicken parma was good, everything else sucked), all the places were great, nice mix of stuff too....hmmm...

Elvira

Absolutely! Commercial soups here are soooooooo over-salted, and anything that has to be reconstituted is just too yuck to even contemplate.

Making soups is so easy. Learn to make 5 different ones, make a pot of each, freeze in portions, Bob's your ........ whatever

(I'll send you my special Middle Eastern lentil soup recipe if you show serious interest and commitment )

Bob

Aye, a couple of microwaves and toaster oven, and if we move to the office next door, there's a proper kitchen, but it looks like they might mover elsewhere, so wouldn't know...

but yeah we make own soaps, and makes a nice lunch, but I was after more of a quick fix snack for after, rather than chomping on chocolate or oat bar things.

So anyone tried those soups in a carton things? the microwave campbells soup in a cup thing are a bit shite, tiny, expensive and not that nice...can't be arsed with canned soups, but might try a carton to chuck in the fridge at work...but if something out of a bag works, that's even better

Bob

That could be good....usually not a big fan of lentils, but not to bad in stews or spicey stuff, the ainsley jobby was a nice one...anyway, I usually make a nice chicken soup or a creamy chicken soup, the missus makes a nice steak soup, and I do a tomato soup.

wouldn't mind scotch broth type deal, but to lazy to bother, and also really like ox-tail, but I rather just buy that than have to think that it's an ox tail *lol*

Ray

Soap does not make a good lunch ..so I have been told ....

britvic

So the Mrs likes to spoil you then?

paddingtongreen

I buy soups from the organic section, Amy's or Health Valley. They are superb.
Amy's tomato and tomato bisques can't be bettered at home because they pick the fruit at it's peak.

Bob

opps

Mad Max7

Working nights its a littel limiting especially as we only get 30 mins. I generally take either sandwiches or something thats left over from dinner like pizza or spagetti.

TouristTrap

You beat me to it. You can also buy frozen organc meals in the health stores.

http://www.amyskitchen.com/products/...od_category=10

Btw, WHOLE PAYPACKET is opening up in London next year! 80 000 sqft of space!...

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/UK/index.html

They're opening up in ALABAMA for goodness sakes, and nowhere near me! What the 'eck?

gruffbrown

Soup?