Honestly, I still have no idea what I'm supposed to eat for lunch every day. I need something I can just carry around with me until I get hungry (cold packs don't work for me) but all I can think of is P&J Sandwiches. Those are good for a bit, but they get really old. What am I supposed to bring with me as a lunch? Thanks Notes: Cost should hopefully be economical, I have to walk long distances carrying it, and local temperatures fluctuate in a 40° range.
I eat rice, sometimes just plain 3 bowls of rice with soy sauce. Not a joke, even if I myself think it sound like one
Buy one of these: (Preferably of glass, not plastic, plastic keeps the smell of whatever you put in it) and put rice and some meat in it. Bring some tableware with you too if there is none wherever you eat. If you can't put it in a refrigerator. Carry one of those with you: And then put some of those inside it to make sure your food doesn't spoil: ... Ideally, you'd bring this kind of thing to eat in a place that you could borrow the microwave though. In case you're going to need to eat cold food, you'd need to adapt what you're bringing to make sure it's palatable when cold... This generally excludes meat, but some pasta with a few vegetables could work, maybe a potato salad as well.
The cheapest you can buy. I usually picked the cheapest but sometimes take on a bigger type of food that cost less. I could save up a lot by eating the same dish everyday but if i felt disgusted by eating the same thing, i usually pick a bit more expensive dish but still cheap to expand my tastebuds.
I usually have a chicken sandwich for lunch using Perdue breaded chicken patties that are $4 for 4 and schmidt's potato buns that are around $4 for 8. For snacks I eat during break are honey nut cheerios and a dark chocolate peanut kind bar. Kind bars are decently expensive for a nut bar at around $1.50 per bar, but they get rid of the hunger and they're energizing for the rest of my shift.
Carrots or jimica sticks are good, but do care a bit about the temperature. Dried fruit however does not. Nor does jerky. But I would also recommend you make your own trail mix (cheap and you get what you want). Nuts are a good protein, mixing in something sweet like raisins or coconut means it does not get tiresome and they will not melt like chocolate. If you want carbs try baking your own granola. Lots of recipes online, and you can make it as sweet (or not) as you want. Again, something that does not care about temperature.
My lunch ranged based on temp. At 40c I would have hot foods. Curry n rice, left over pizza, chicken n mash, etc. Seems weird till you learn I just set my lunch on my car dash in the morning. It gets like 50c in a closed car. And I don't eat in my sauna of a car, I'd get heat stroke. When it cools off, a BLT, turkey sandwich, pork and rice, ham and southern fry hash, etc. Basically whatever left overs that work cold are fine of me. If you're worried about food going bad without a cooler or cold packs, don't. It won't in 6 hours if you cook your food the night before. A full day or two? Yeah would wanna. I have more of a problem in winter as it freezes, so I have to bring it with me inside, messing up my nice routine.
Normally i eat flattened rice (poha) or some indian assorted bread (mostly chapati) and sometimes sandwiches too for lunch.
Chicken thigh. Wash, salt, pepper, some oil, rub. Leave overnight optional for salt and oil to soak in. Oven 250C, 30-45 min. Toaster oven is also possible. Just remember to put something in to catch all the dripping oil. Pack with some supermarket salad and you got yourself a meal.
I eat the souls of humans. But generally I cook up a bunch of X and take it to work every day that week. Make X anything that can be cooked in a large quantity
When I eat during recess, I usually have siomai(shumai), sometimes with rice. But sometimes I just don't eat because either I'm too lazy to buy food or I'm saving up my money to buy something(which is worth it because I finally got enough money to buy what I'm saving up for)
Sweet and sour pork + rice. This might give you an idea on what you want. https://www.foodnetwork.ca/everyday-cooking/photos/no-heat-lunches-bring-to-work/