We've recently decided that it may be cost effective for me to make my boyfriend his lunches for the week at work. We decided that I'll make him 4 lunches a week, which we purchased some reusable fake tupperware at dollar tree for. They end up completely full more or less. The total amount of food being about 5 cups per lunch.
What did we put into his lunch? We ended up with an interesting lunch. He had one container that contained a hard boiled egg, some cheese cubes, carrot sticks and slices of green pepper. The other container had a in house concoction I am calling Garlic (bread) Noodles, and Polish sausage coins.
Since this was the first week we've done this, we weren't sure how it was going to go. But we did find out, that he feels healthier and fuller with his new lunches. He had been eating the premade type things, like a banquet pot pie, or a frozen dinner. Which in comparison, doesn't contain as much food. So I think part of it is that he actually is fuller because there is more food. The only adjustment he has decided we should do is add more polish sausage.
What we bought:
Package of Baby Carrots (99 cents at Save a Lot)
One Green Pepper (not quite a pound, so it cost 66 Cents at Save a Lot)
Dozen Eggs ($1.89 at Save a Lot)
Polish Sausage ($1 at Dollar Tree)
What I already had at home:
Shredded Cheese (originally from Dollar tree for when we had tacos)
Butter (Save a Lot)
Noodles (unsure)
Garlic Powder (unsure)
Next time I will make sure to take pictures of his lunch, so that you can have an actual visual of what he's eating.
Oh Oh! I can tell you about the garlic (bread) noodles!
Garlic (bread) noodles do not contain any bread. They simple taste and smell like garlic bread when you've finished preparing them. To be honest it was a spur of the moment recipe, but I have a feeling we'll be making it again.
Boil 2 cups of noodles of choice with a splash of oil and salt. (I used 2 cups of macaroni noodles.)
Drain noodles when they are done cooking.
Add 2 teaspoons of butter, and garlic powder to taste.
Stir in 1 cup of shredded mozzarella cheese.
Voila! Garlic (bread) Noodles.
Makes 4 decent sized servings.
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