Comments on: Saving Money on Food at Work

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Wed, 03 Nov 2010 01:56:03 +0000

@Dreamin – Thanks for the ideas. I love the idea of making a big batch of chili. I just wonder if it will make my husband too gassy at work 🙂

By: Dreamin

Dreamin — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:19:16 +0000

Hi One Frugal Girl, some of things we make is a huge pot of chili (I add a jar of medium chuncky salsa to it and it gives it a nice "zing") I also make both meat lasagna and meatless lasagna, I do of a couple of boxes of Kraft dinner – I know, not the most healty, but I had corn and peas – to bulk it up. I also make a rice and bean casserole – that is to die for. One other thing I do, i make full pot of mashed pototes and then portion it out in containters and freeze it, so that if I'm in a rush at supper I can pull a container out – and just add vegetables/salad and some BBQ chicken breasts – These are just a few of my things. Luckily my husband likes them. I'm always looking for different things to try.

By: One Frugal Girl

One Frugal Girl — Sat, 30 Oct 2010 01:19:52 +0000

@Maureen - 'mislaid it' :-)

@Dreamin - I'd never heard of anyone cooking up batches of food just for lunch, but since my husband started doing it a ton of people have come out of the woodwork to tell me they do the exact same thing. I think it's a great idea. What do you usually prepare?

@spaghetti - A whole bunch of studies have tied the use of plastics to cancer. I don't know if these studies are all true, but I figure it's best to play it safe where possible. So we made the switch to glass. To be honest my grandmother got me thinking about making the conversion when she mentioned that she's used glass her whole life. She's now 88 and until the last year extremely healthy for her age ;-)

By: spaghetti0625

spaghetti0625 — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:26:08 +0000

I noticed you said you went to the glass containers for health reasons. I must be out of the loop. Are the plastic ones bad?

By: Dreamin

Dreamin — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 13:50:07 +0000

That is a great idea of keeping some snacking foods at work. I bring my lunch to work also as I just can't fit it into the budget for "lunches out". I also make up batches of stuff on the weekend and pre-portion them into containers for our lunch during the week.

I love the above comment of "I've saved a lot of money, unfortunately I must have mislaid it"

By: Maureen

Maureen — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 06:22:46 +0000

I have been taking my Lunches to work for years now and knowing how expensive it can be to buy from the van which comes round at break time I figure I,ve saved a lot of money, unfortunately I must have mislaid it LOL