I've been trying to find easy, cheap, and hearty snack/lunch ideas for my husband to take with him on shift. In the detachment my husband works in, there are times where he is called to the pass between Idaho and Montana for crashes. There are no services there and often times he is too busy to stop for a snack at a gas station. Not to mention gas station food is usually expensive and unhealthy. It's hard to make healthy choices when a glistening hot dog is rolling on the cooker, or the pop machine is calling your name. Especially when he works nights, there is no place to get food if he is too far from home, or too busy, to eat. The town we live in is so small we have no fast food...anywhere. My new mission has been to figure out something awesome for him to keep with him for fuel. Besides a granola bar and water.
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I found tons of article for kids lunch ideas, but pretzel sticks and a pb&j won't satisfy a late twenties, 6'5" dude with the appetite of a teenager. BUT persistence prevailed and I found an awesome site for lunch ideas for grown ups. The link has ideas for all sorts of packed lunches and snacks, all of which would be great for my husband, or even myself. Maybe some ideas would be perfect for you as well!
Check out iPackLunch.com for easy work week lunch ideas. Below are a few of the ones I'm going to try for my husband...no messy dips allowed! :)
I posted this because of how easy it would be to take these ideas and alter them for diet and taste preferences. Not to mention it's a great starting point for a basic idea that has so many possible variations. Waldorf salad instead of Tuna, oatmeal for the morning, soup cups for the long night shifts. So excited to try these...I will let you know how it turns out. If you try any of these ideas, please leave a comment! I'd love to hear how you made it work for you!
I am touched that you featured lunches from my blog! I'll strive to generate more good ideas! :) Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteDeb! They have been a life saver! Thank you for your awesome ideas!!!
DeleteDeb does have an awesome list of delicious ideas for lunch! Your hubbie is one lucky man having a lunch packed from home. I can't wait to see what you do for lunch! Make sure you share and I will be back to check them out!
ReplyDeleteSuch good ideas! I never thought that there could be something as easy as pbj and I feel bad for packing him boring food. I need to go grocery shopping!
ReplyDeleteFor my police officer husband we make huge batches of burritos or breakfast sandwiches and freeze them. To pack his lunch all he has to do is take one out of the freezer and put it and ice packs in his insulated lunch box. He uses gas station microwaves to zap them. Obviously this would be difficult in places without access to a gas station, but it's one way we've found that he's able to have easy, healthy, and relatively cheap lunches for work.
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