Lunch Ideas Efficient and Fulfilling

LSaving Messiah on 14/09/2019 - 08:53

Hello this is my first thread, I am quite frugal and looking for new ideas I have yet thought of.

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breakfast: Peanut butter and wholemeal bread
lunch: 2 min noodles chicken
dinner: pasta and mozzarella
with breakfast and dinner: Full cream milk powder with cocoa

$15.42 per week 2303 calories

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I am finding 2 min noodles to be insufficient to satisfy hunger at lunch time at my physical job. I've been supplementing it with pancakes and bacon which I prepare Sunday and reheat in microwave.

I'm looking for lunch ideas that are efficient and fulfilling.

Food & Grocery

Comments

  • thatonethere on 14/09/2019 - 08:58

    Add a banana for lunch or snack

  • fantombloo on 14/09/2019 - 09:06
    -3

    The cheapest nutritionally complete meals can be made with grains and pulses.

    The cheapest calorie is in white sugar and vegetable oils.

    Combine the above for the cheapest possible meals.

    Animal flesh and secretions are definitely not the cheapest.

    • bobbified on 14/09/2019 - 09:15
      +5

      What's a good source for vitamin B12?

      Animal flesh and secretions are definitely not the cheapest.

      Trying hard to indirectly push your vegan agenda?

      • fantombloo on 14/09/2019 - 09:20
        -5

        Touche.

        The cheapest is a supplement. $15 for 175 shots, should do you half a year, or an extra 10c per day.

        Yes.

    • geek001 on 14/09/2019 - 10:54
      +2

      Neither are vegetarian/vegan proteins from the supermarket. I saw the Quorn stuff on special(!!) which works out to about $30/kg or I can RSPCA approved chicken for $4/kg.

      • fantombloo on 14/09/2019 - 11:43
        -1

        Peanut butter sandwiches are full of protein. So are most grains and pulses. Do your homework if you care.

    • vikvance on 14/09/2019 - 22:23
      +1

      The cheapest calorie is in white sugar and vegetable oils.
      Combine the above for the cheapest possible meals.

      Urging people to eat sugar to "save money" ?

      Absolutely insane !

      The health bills from obesity and Type 2 Diabetes will more than offset any "savings".

      • fantombloo on 14/09/2019 - 23:58

        Who's urging anything?

  • elgrande on 14/09/2019 - 09:48
    +4

    Why not have boiled eggs… either with the 2 min noodles or by itself. A boiled egg tastes great with mi gorang.

    • lette on 14/09/2019 - 20:08
      +2

      Actually if you microwave your noodles after adding boiling water(which you should. It's so much better) crack an egg into the water at the beginning of microwave. It poaches with flavour so so good. I also sometimes add frozen veg or these individual packets of dried tofu I grab from Chinese grocers. Cheap AF and protein packed. Also kimchi goes well in noodles too. Very nutritious.

  • grumps on 14/09/2019 - 10:18

    fruit. simple apple or banana. healthy and filling and cheap.

  • benwaffle on 14/09/2019 - 15:38

    rice and beans

  • lette on 14/09/2019 - 20:10

    Tuna egg cheese toasties will bulk lunch. One can one egg grated cheese four slices of bread. Two massive protein heavy toasties. My partner does them without the cheese…screw him though

  • SharedSugar on 14/09/2019 - 20:35
    +3

    I think you should try and eat more vegetables.

  • vikvance on 14/09/2019 - 22:30
    +2

    You should save money to eat well.

    If you eat well, then you will be more productive at work and can more money.

    Eat more animal protein & animal fats. They are filling & energy giving.

    Get a pack of raw burgers from Woolies and fry one or two. They will fill you up, give you energy and eliminate your cravings for cheap, extremely unhealthy food like 2 minute noodles.

  • SmiTTy on 14/09/2019 - 23:01
    +1

    Bag of salad from supermarket is cheap. Add a tin of tuna

    Or slice of bread with a tin of tuna, salad on the side of youd like

  • CactusReloaded on 15/09/2019 - 07:37
    +1

    My meal prep (prepared every Sunday morning, takes about 1hr for 5 lunch meals Monday to Friday):

    Grass fed ground beef 1kg - $16. (Pan cook and season with whatever spices you want)
    Japanese soba noodles - 1 packet $3.50.(4 mins in boiling water)
    Swiss mushrooms - about $5 worth (I don't cook these as during the week when I heat meals in microwave, the cooking gets done then)
    Pesto - $3.50 ( after noodles are cooked and drained, I heat the pesto through the noodles)
    Frozen spinach from supermarket freezer - $3.(same deal as with the mushrooms, they are microwaved cooked when meal prep is heated up).
    Siracha mayo to top it off.
    This makes me 5 large meals, could be stretched to 7 if you are not a big eater.

    The trick to change it up each week is in the pesto. Many different flavours on the shelf.

  • Lastchancetosee on 15/09/2019 - 12:15

    Bulk up to your lunch with vegetables, either inside the sandwich (lettuce, grated carrot, grated beetroit, baby spibch), or chomp a carrot with a home-made hummus (cheap and easy). You need 5 veggies a day, and in season, they are cheap.

  • ilove on 15/04/2023 - 14:01
    -1

    https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_595QS-fu/

    lol lunch….?

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