WHAT TO DO FOR LUNCH???!!!

A common question is what to have for bagged lunches. When you eat a “normal” diet, you get used to the convenience of processed foods, sandwiches, or just going out and getting junk food.

On a low carb diet, that gets to be a bit of a hassle, and it's expensive and unsatisfying. And I like knowing what's in my food, too. So-- over the years, I've come up with some bagged lunch choices that work-- without having to have as fridge or a microwave.

Here are some of those lunches choices...

Scotch Eggs are AWESOME!!! They travel well, and are good cold.

I boil up some eggs-- I like them medium, and cool them and peel them.

Then I completely cover them in Jimmy Dean sausage, and roll them in either pork rinds (crushed), or protein powder (keeps them from sticking). ( So basically, they are eggs encased in sausage balls)

I place them in a baking pan and bake at 350 degrees for about 45 minutes.

Slice in half and eat. Take some to work!

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These are lunches I've had in the last few weeks...

*The above mentioned Scotch Eggs

*turkey/swiss cheese rolls

*small meat balls

*mushrooms stuffed with sausage

*parmesan cheese and pork rinds (crushed)

*Oven fried chicken strips (coated w grated parmesan)

*Catfish nuggets,done same way

*no bread quesadilla (two pieces of turkey ham with cheese, fried up the way you'd do a quesadilla,sliced into quarters...


*Celery stuffed with Gorgonzola cheese or blue cheese

*Cream Cheese and Lox spread with pork rinds

*Bacon-wrapped shrimp and or Catfish

*No sugar,nitrate free chicken sausages,cut in quarters

*Country style Pork Ribs cut in Bite size pieces

*Homemade Quiche

*Egg/cheese/ sausage mini quiche-muffins

*Shiritaki Noodle stir-fry using Leftovers...

* Just plain old Leftovers!!! !

If I'm caught without a lunch to take to work-- I generally go to QFC (my nearest grocer) and get 1/2 pound "Boars Head Oven Roast Turkey Breast"(0 carbs, all natural) sliced medium, and 1/2 pound of some sort of aged, hard cheese, sliced. I make roll ups from these, dipping them in deli mustard.

My lunches are designed to be eaten with minimal mess (finger food, mostly) and without needing either microwave or fridge.

I also like to keep "Liptons Green Tea to Go" packs to add to bottled water.
I try not to go over 2 per day.

Happy Eating!