i work fulltime and never have time to cook. i need ideas for quick and easy meals for lunch and dinner. ive been having lean cusine meals for dinner but i know processed food is something i should stay away from. I am also staying away from any carbs such as bread,pastas,and rice. For lunch ive been having a few pieces of cheese, a couple slices of turkey breast and some carrots. Im getting bored of this quickly. I also bring raw veggies or fruits to work as well as almonds. I have access to a microwave at work.Please let me know if you have any lunch or dinner ideas! Thank you so much.

Angie - if you like roast chicken you can always buy a whole roasted chicken already cooked from the store. Just portion it out for lunch. Green giant makes microwaveable singles of some veggies or you can have some raw veggies to go with? Or how about canned tuna or even the ready made tuna in the pouches? Or canned chicken? If you can handle red meat there are the pre cooked frozen Italian or Swedish meatballs in the frozen section? I don't have a whole bunch of time either so I'm always looking for quick and convenient myself.

thank you so much! i love all your ideas. My favorite is the already cooked chicken. I forgot about that! Thank you again

CAn you cook on weekends.

hili , chicken parm cupcake meatloaf , tuna fish, chicken saladalso in can, egg salad

wendy

those all sound like good ideas! thank you! and no, i work on weekends :[

Angie - I feel for you. I was working full time and part time at night. Just quit the PT job so I can have some time to cook and eat properly but I am the queen of convenience with meals ready in 5-10 minutes. Sometimes when I had a some time I would stroll the deli counter and frozen food section just to see what was around and wasn't totally bad for you. I wish you lots of luck. It's a bit tougher with no time for cooking but it is possible! :-)

I eat a lot of salads with canned chicken on top for the protein...

jewelsm1127- thank you so much. i appreicate everything you've said. I am determined to find some time to do some shopping and maybe even cooking. And MadeinMO- thank you that sounds so perfect. I am going to try it. Regarding the canned chicken- am i able to heat it up or is it better to eat cold?

Angie - you are very welcome. And I've never done it but I don't see why you can't heat up the canned chicken. I've seen hot recipes that use the canned chicken as a base.

Beware those refrigerated,frozen and canned foods they are loaded with sodium and processed foods can hurt your weightless . Try making meals on weekends or a few times a week. That includes these store bought chickens most are injected with sodium to flavor as they cook.

What about making a crockpot of chili and then having it for lunch? eggs? Quiche? Veggie burgers? Try to cook on the weekends and then portion out your lunches for the week.

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How bout using a crock pot. I love the fact that I come home n dinner is ready. Separate them in 1 cup portions n freeze them for lunch. Just throw your favorite veggies in it n your protein n season. Very very easy.

I get a roasted chicken from Costco and can make my lunch from it for a whole week. I weigh out 3 ounces of chicken. Use a half cup plastic container put about it eighth of a cup low fat cheese then add either salsa or spaghetti sauce. At work I put the chicken on a plate and then empty the contents of the plastic container on to chicken microwave and you're done. I like those mini sweet peppers that you can buy now. No cutting just wash and go. You can include a couple grapes or cherries if you want for dessert.

on sundays, i make time to prepare my lunch (dinners) for the week. i prepare all my veggies (from farmers market) and meats (bought in bulk) and measure out to my portion sizes and put in little lock and lock containers.

the extra is put in single servings in the freezer for dinners. we could ALOT on the grill.

it takes alittle more time/effort but is def worth it to know what you are eating and not all the processed items.

when you open my fridge, you have little containers of fruit (all kinds as hub takes these for his lunch also) veggies, some steamed, some fresh, some par boiled and meats (dinners) prepared. def worth it to just grab and go.

nothing wrong with a boxed lunch every so often. but eating fresh veggies/fruit is easy to do also.

thank u all so much. wonderful ideas that ill be sure to try!