anyone have any EE tips on buying lunch at work?

[Sia]

I didn't take any lunch today & need to buy lunch- but I don't know what I can have as I'm trying not to use any syns due to eating out tomorrow.

Any tips of something I can buy from m&s/pret/eat/nandos/tesco???

Thanks

 

[joedenise]

Tescos - seafood sticks and bag of prepared salad plus some fruit. Not sure about anything from the others as haven't been in any of them for ages!

Denise

 

[ronniejacobs]

how about some prawns/chicken salad and if you have a microwave a potato and you can cook it?

 

[AmyS]

Yea tesco do some salads (in the bagged leaves section) for £1 with no dressing etc.

You could also grab some cooked chicken either the ready sliced breast or the chilled roast and remove the skin.

Amy

 

[BritMumInCanada]

Be careful when choosing prepared salads though, some are shockingly high in syns, you want just a plain salad with no dressing or oil added.

Also avoid ready made sandwiches, as they have no free food allowance, only the bread can be used a HEb if it is wholewheat in which case 6 syns can be deducted from the total syns, but even then the syn value is still huge.

 

[wenchie]

I suspect I'm a little bit late with this, but if you've access to a kettle then tesco do Mugshots and the 1% fat ones (not the 3%) are syn free.

 

[strugglingwrighty]

Jacket potatoe with beans, not butter, and check they are not cooked in oil. I had that today and it was delicious! x (sorry probably too late!) x

 

[Sia]

Thanks for the tips! I am thinking this way of eating really is mainly for making things from scratch- which I have been doing, but today I got caught short! I actually like that fact because I know 100% of what I'm putting in my mouth- how healthy!!!

In the end I had some roast Salmon from tescos with a bag of mixe leaves and a whole packet of baby plumb tomatoes! Was rather expensive though- it pays to be organised!

 

[BritMumInCanada]

Sounds like you made a healthy choice. Good for you!!!