- lunch ideas

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Hi !

The following was posted by Norma last August.

1) Chicken thighs. I bake a whole pile of them every weekend and then just

nuke a couple for lunch or eat them cold.

2) Ground lamb patties. I don't add anything to the lamb. Just bake it at

350 degrees for about 30-45 minutes or until it's done. Yum!

3) A BLT (with very little " T " - LOL!) wrapped up in one of Rani's low carb

crepes. Works for ANY sandwich filling.

4) Cream cheese and thinly sliced roast beef on a WASA Fiber Rye cracker.

5) Anything left over from dinner the night before.

6) Chicken " pizza. " Mix bite-sized pieces of cooked chicken, shredded

mozzarella, quartered pepperoni, and a little pizza sauce in a bowl and nuke

it until it's hot and bubbly.

7) Any LC soup. LC chili and clam chowder always hit the spot for me.

8) Scrambled eggs with steamed asparagus on the side. I always feel very

" la-dee-da " when I fix this.

9) Scrambled eggs with sauteed hot dogs added. Not fancy, but yummy.

10) Reheated quiche of any kind, but spinach quiche is my favorite.

11) Lettuce wraps. Use large romaine lettuce leaves to wrap up your favorite

sandwich fixings in.

12) Small steaks (beef) or shoulder steaks (veal or lamb) broiled up fresh.

13) Salad with sliced or shredded beef, pork, or chicken added. I

particularly like chicken breasts that have been marinated in Italian salad

dressing, broiled, and then sliced into bite-sized strips. I make up a whole

bunch at once and then freeze them in Zip Lock bags in individual portions.

14) Cucumber bull's eyes. Use an apple corer to hollow out a cucumber. (It's

easier of you slice the cucumber in half first so you don't have to dig so

deeply.

Stuff for the car (or packed lunches):

1) Always have bottled water. Sipping on it is great for keeping the

sleepies away.

2) I portion out nuts in 1/4-cup servings in those snack-size Zip Lock

bags

and

always have a few bags in the car.

3) Ham crisps or pepperoni crisps. I nuke smoked ham (gotta be smoked -

boiled

doesn't work) or pepperoni slices in paper towels in the microwave

until they're

crisp and put them in a zip lock bag.

4) I also nuke a whole pound of bacon at a time and package it in aluminum

foil, 4

strips to the package. Easy to grab, and since I sort of like it cold,

too, easy to

eat in the car.

5) Protein bars. Not the best choice, but I always have a couple in the

glove

compartment for emergencies. You can also bring your own home made

ones.

6) Deviled eggs. I put them in those new Glad plastic containers.

7) Jerky, store bought or homemade. I like homemade better because I can

control

the amount of salt. All the commercial brands are too salty for me.

8) Baked chicken legs (for the car) or thighs (for the car or work) or

broiled,

boneless chicken breasts.

9) Plain hard-boiled eggs.

10) Premade tuna with mayo and a plastic fork or spoon or some WASA crackers

to

pile it on.

11) Lettuce wraps. Take some nice big lettuce leaves, spreak them lightly

with

mayo, put some sliced deli meat on top, and roll them up. Voila!

Lettucewiches!

12) Slices of leftover steak, meatloaf, pork roast, etc., in zip lock bags.

13) Low carb muffins.

14) Any low carb breakfast casserole baked in muffin cups or cut up into

individual

serving sizes and popped in a Zip Lock bag.

15) Slices of cheese.

16) Cooked and peeled shrimp sprinkled with a little lemon juice and salt.

17) Low carb cookies packed 3 or 4 to a Zip Lock bag.

18) Home made yogurt in a cup with a lid. Don't forget a plastic spoon!

19) Chipped beef spread, WASA crackers, and a plastic knife to spread it

with.

(Cream cheese, packed chipped beef like Buddig's, shredded, green

onions,

and a little Worcestershire sauce all mixed together.)

20) Cut up low carb veggies and your favorite dip. Put the dip in an old

margarine

tub.

21) Low carb cheesecake put in small plastic containers instead of made as a

whole " pie. "

22) Rumaki packaged 3-4 to a Zip Lock bag.

23) Some of Rani's low carb cheese straw in a Zip Lock bag.

24) Cheese crisps.

25) Sliced leftover quiche.

26) Celery stuffed with cream cheese or sugar free peanut butter.

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