Cooking to work: what can I take with me? Best ideas and recipes

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Why do we not only gain extra pounds, but also spend extra money at work? It's simple: sometimes we are lazy or corny do not have time to cook the right lunch for work. Here you have to eat anywhere and with anything. Hence the problems with weight, he alth and well-being in general. But this is not a reason to be upset, at work you can and should eat he althy food, which will be not only tasty, but also as useful as possible. Having a microwave oven in the office is a real lifesaver, but often this luxury is not available, which is why we will also consider options for "savings" that do not need any heat treatment. So, let's talk about cooking for work. Where to start?

What should be the food for work?

Our goal is a minimum of time costs, a maximum of convenience and taste. Therefore, a good meal for work is one that:

• Don't have to heat.
• Which won't go bad without refrigeration;.
• Will be a great boost of energy and replenish the entire supply of nutrients.
• Activates the brain, as hunger slows it down.
• Well, the taste, of course, should be on the level. Who wants to eat watery cucumbers?

These rules are satisfied by many different dishes, it can be sandwiches, sandwiches, rolls. In order to activate the work of the brain again, you will have to bring dessert with you. A stable metabolism will not do without tea or compote. So let's get ready for work! Our version to make it simple, quick and delicious.

Heartful hamburger

If your work takes a lot of strength and energy, then you can't do without a hearty lunch. An excellent option would be a hamburger with a beef patty. The advantage of this type of meat is that it contains a sufficient amount of iron, zinc, keratin and is not as fatty as pork, for example. A great option to rejuvenate. For cooking, we need a large sesame bun, beef cutlet, lettuce, any greens, tomatoes, two slices of cheese, 2 tablespoons of tomato paste and a spoonful of Greek yogurt or sour cream. As you can see, the set of products is quite useful. Eating such a hamburger is much better than going to McDonald's. Let's start cooking for work:

• Cut the bun horizontally.
• Fry the beef patties, then a minute before you remove them from the pan, put a slice of cheese on top to melt.
• Starting assembling our hamburger.
• Place a leaf on the slice of the rolllettuce, tomato, cheese patty, another tomato, lettuce and close the burger with the second slice of the bun.
• Don't forget to flavor the original hamburger with tomato paste and sour cream to taste.

This option will be quite satisfying and will help you not to overeat at dinner when you come home. As for dessert, any fresh fruit will do, with the exception of a banana, as it is quite high in calories.

Spinach cheese sandwich

The most convenient meal option for work is a cheese and spinach sandwich. Delicious, and useful too. For cooking, we need 100 grams of your favorite cheese, preferably soft and not very fatty, four slices of bran or grain bread, one tomato, 100 grams of spinach, butter, seasonings to taste.

Cooking:

• Starting with spinach: finely chop it and fry with spices in butter, you should get a pasty mass.
• Spread the mixture on a slice of bread.
• Put cheese and tomato slices on top.
• You can make the taste more piquant by adding a few olives.

Those who are not big fans of spinach can take any other grilled vegetables as a substitute. As for dessert for such a dinner, marshmallows or marshmallows will go. Do not forget to put raspberry leaves and cinnamon in tea - they tone up the body and invigorate well.

Chicken sandwich

An equally he althy option would be a sandwich with salad and chicken breast. This kind of sandwiches are especially popular, as they quickly saturate andpermanently eliminate the feeling of hunger. To diversify the classic version, you can stick to the following recipe.

We will need:

• 200 grams of boiled breast,
• 100 grams of celery,
• two tablespoons of grated walnuts,
• hard cheese slice,
• cereal bread,
• half a cup of Greek yogurt,
• a couple tablespoons of apple juice,
• two tablespoons of honey,
• one tablespoon of apple cider vinegar,
• a spoonful of mustard,
• poppy.

Now start preparing the sandwich mix:

• Cut the breast, celery and cheese, then mix well.
• Now you need Greek yogurt (can be replaced with mayonnaise if you are not looking after your figure) mixed with juice, honey, vinegar, mustard, add poppy seeds to taste - this will be a dressing to fill the sandwich.
• Next, mix dressing and breast with celery and cheese, mix thoroughly and spread on cereal bread. This mixture can also be wrapped in pita bread, it all depends on your preference.

For dessert, you can take a banana sandwich.

Banana croutons

For its preparation you will need:

• banana,
• 3 eggs,
• 0.5 cups of milk,
• cereal bread,
• cinnamon optional.

The essence of cooking is simple: separate the yolks from the whites of two eggs and mix the whites with the third egg in a blender, add banana, milk, cinnamon there. Next, you need to successivelydip the bread in the mass and fry in a pan without oil until crispy.

No one canceled Fish Day

Since it is seafood, and in particular fish, that contains all the he althy fats and acids, as well as iodine, which is very important for intensive mental work, you need to eat fish at least once a week.

For the fish sandwich we need:

• bun with bran,
• canned natural tuna without oil,
• tomato,
• a teaspoon of olive oil,
• boiled egg,
• greens to taste.

Start cooking for work:

• Fish should be mashed with a fork if the purchased canned food suggests large pieces of tuna, not chopped.
• Cut the egg and add half of it to the fish, move all these ingredients with butter.
• Cut the bun into two parts, put an even layer of tuna, lettuce leaves and a couple of tomato slices on top.

For dessert, it is recommended to take homemade apple chips with you, which are prepared very simply.

Apple chips

It only takes a couple of apples, pears, lemon and three tablespoons of sugar. Fruits should be thoroughly washed and thinly sliced. Squeeze the juice from the lemon, mix it with water and sugar, put the fruit in it and cook until the solution thickens. Usually it takes 7-10 minutes. Now put the fruit on a baking sheet and send them to the oven to dry for 2-3 hours at a temperature of 100 degrees. Throughfor an hour and a half, the fruit will need to be turned over to the other side.

He althy shawarma

Lavash is actually a very versatile ingredient, you can wrap whatever your heart desires in it. This is the perfect food to work in containers. It is only important to wrap the pita bread as tightly as possible so that it does not dry out, otherwise the whole impression of dinner can be reduced to a minimum.

For classic he althy pita bread we need:

• chicken breast,
• lavash itself,
• cabbage,
• fresh carrot,
• tomato,
• salad,
• processed cheese,
• a few slices of ham.

Preparing such food for work is quick and easy:

• Boil the chicken, cut into slices, you can fry them a little for taste.
• Chop cabbage or three on a grater, as well as carrots.
• Ham is cut into thin pieces.
• Pita bread should be smeared with a drop of melted cheese to make it stick better.
• Put lettuce, cabbage, carrot, ham, chicken, tomato on the greased pita bread.
• This whole thing needs to be wrapped up and you can safely take food to work.

A good dessert would be homemade granola. This is a great food option for my husband's work.

Pita sandwich

Another option for a hearty lunch that only takes 5-10 minutes to prepare.

For a delicious pita we need:

• a piece of ham, preferably lean,
• two pieces of cheese for toast,
• Beijing cabbage leaf,
• small tomato,
• half of a cucumber,
• greens to taste,
• a teaspoon of natural Greek yogurt,
• half a teaspoon of French mustard,
• half a lemon,
• if desired, you can add pitted olives.

Cut off part of the pita, and process it inside with sour cream, which must first be mixed with mustard. Cut the cabbage into strips, cucumbers into strips, tomatoes into circles. Put all the vegetables and meat in the pita, drizzle with lemon juice, and season with the rest of the sauce or, if desired, add tomato paste. Ham can be replaced with anything: chicken, egg, beef, fish, mushrooms, and so on. An alternative to pita will be thin Armenian lavash.

As we can see, preparing food to work with you is quite simple and even pleasant, and you don’t have to worry that you will gain extra pounds or suffer from hunger.