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Good take-to-work lunches
On to lunches. Start with a sizeable chunk of protein like a hard-boiled egg with chunky ham cuts, falafel balls, chicken breast (roasted with a bit of pesto on top), cold cooked salmon, cottage cheese with chopped walnuts and 30g Cheddar chunks, a veggie curry or a portion of last night’s dinner. Then, whatever your side order of protein is, make sure it sits next to a huge pile of veg and salad. As vegetables, my friends, mean volume. All that veg will feed your gut microbiome and fill your belly. If you want to hold your lunch when eating it (which I understand is very satisfying), then stuff all that protein and veg into a large wholemeal wrap. Roll tightly and wrap up in foil.
Alternatively, make a two-egg omelette before you leave the house. Let it cool, smear houmous over the top and stuff it with rocket and cherry tomatoes. Fold in half, then fold again and wrap in foil for later.
Plus, hot soup – yes, even in July – is a great way to increase your vitamin intake. A flask of low-fat broccoli and spinach soup is worth at least 10 smug points, particularly when slurped precisely at the moment your colleague is munching on a bag of crisps.
And don’t get me started on crisps. One hundred-plus calories of deep-fried air does not belong in a packed lunch. Nibbled alongside a G&T, maybe, but they don’t provide good daily sustenance. Come on team, we know the drill. We’re only as healthy as the food choices we make.
Before I even attempt lunch suggestions, let me say this. Very often people skip breakfast in an effort to save calories. This often means that by the time they arrive at lunch, they’re starving, and end up eatin
