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  1. #1
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    Jul 2008
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    Husbands Lunch Box

    Hi What does your husband take in his lunch box, my husband takes either left overs from the night before for lunch but if there are no left overs he takes a sandwhich, but I struggle to think of healthy filling snacks for him for the rest of the day. He takes rice cakes (salt and vinegar) which he loves and some sort of muesli bar but they are not really the best. No point putting fruit in because he works with it all day and can eat as much as he likes.

    What ideas do you have?

  2. #2
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    Jan 2004
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    We're pretty boring here..DH use to take leftovers, but found he was eating too much, (putting on weight) so now he has the same lunch 90% of the time. Mountain bread with ham, tomatoes and cheese and salt and pepper.

    Sometimes he will take a steak sandwich if we have leftover steak.
    Like I said, pretty boring here

  3. #3
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    Mar 2006
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    Dh used to work 12 hour shifts so I used to do a cooler bag of stuff for him. He worked in a very physical environment so I could get away with more "fattening" foods. Giving him a huge variety would stop him going to the snack wagon to get greasy foods.

    He'd have leftovers for lunch or makins for a sandwich (cold meat, salad stuff, bread, container of butter). Then there would be the snacky stuff

    Fruit'n'nuts (usually a tupperware container full)
    museli bars
    small packs of chips/popcorn etc
    tiny teddies/bite sized chocolates
    home made bikkies or slices
    cheese & crackers

    bricks of drink - for helping with cooling
    small bottles of ice coffee (usually 2)
    frozen bottle or two of water - also helping with cooling

  4. #4
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    Jul 2007
    Melbourne
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    Wow, aren't you good girls packing lunch for your DH, or maybe I'm just a slack wife for not packing lunch for mine?????

  5. #5
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    Aug 2006
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    Hehe Kris I was just about to post that my DH packs his own lunch. And mine too sometimes LOL.

    Baking some scones, pikelets or muffins at the start of the week lasts for a few days of morning teas. Likewise, a roast dinner or corned beef gives a couple of days of yummy meat sandwiches.

  6. #6
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    May 2007
    Brisbane
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    Hmm, i've just started packing Shel's lunch, I do it the night before. I've bought a whole roast chicken and deboned it, frozen bits and she's had lavash wraps and tomorrow she'll be having chicken noodle salad (chicken + cooked instant noodles + some vege... cucumber, carrot, corn, alfalfa), ham and salad wraps, i made some mini baked omelettes with eggs, cheese, tomato, carrot, onion, ham, corn which have been frozen for her lunch too. Pita bread is good too for a change to normal bread. If I'm feeling extra specially nice I'll make pies or something. I make mine at the same time, even though I am at home I generally wont make myeslf lunch so end up snacking or just not having anything. Or she'll take leftovers... lasagne, fried rice, roast meat + salad wraps/sandwiches...

    I don't really do much in the way of snacks as shel doesn't get time for a snack, but for her shorter break I make some muffins or cake (fruit or carrot if I'm feeling mean...erm I mean healthy LOL, chocolate if I'm feeling nice LOL). But you could send some of those SaKaTa biscuits? Rice chips? Those vegetarian snack things you can get near the chinese-y type food?