What's everyone's quick go-to lunch?

Trying to plan ahead for when I start solids!

What are some healthier substitutions you've incorporated?

Flavored tuna packets. They require no refrigeration and have great specs. Boiled eggs are great too.

On October 13, 2020 at 5:32 PM Pacific Time, EllyFunt wrote:

Trying to plan ahead for when I start solids!

What are some healthier substitutions you've incorporated?

Can tuna salad

egg salad

jerky

refried or whole beans with cheese

chili esp Wendy?s

rotissery chicken

can chicken made into chicken salad

cheese of any kind

lunch meat, natural if possible

boiled eggs

steak

deviled eggs

Any leftovers on my plan from the night before

Love all of these!

I just got a thing of the rotisserie chicken from costco... sooo counting down when I can ACTUALLY chew my food and it not "squish"

Fluffy scrambled egg beaters with fat free cheese - no fat content is an advantage with nausea ( I still have issues eating whole eggs cuz of the fat )

• beat together egg beaters, skim milk powder slurry or a bit of fat free half and half, butter buds put in sprayed hot pan, add a slice of fat free American cheese - yum! ( extra good served w fresh salsa)
• this egg mix can also be used to make a Western omelette- just add diced onion, peppers, mushrooms...
• you can use different type of cheese or even add a spinach/fat free feta/onion/garlic /ricotta or cottage cheese filling

Air fried Eggplant Parmesan- slice an Italian eggplant thin- dredge in egg mix first ( egg beaters greek seasoning or whole egg)

drain, then dip in Italian spiced bread crumbs ( I mix in butter buds too for taste ) . Place 4 slices at a time in 450 pre warmed air fryer for a minute, turn remove when crispy on the outside.

I make homemade not - too- sour quick tomato sauce with Hunts four cheese or meat flavor sauce ( canned, cheap) as a starting base- I add this to fresh garlic and diced onion, sautéed, add some extra Italian spice seasoning to taste , a bunch of butter buds and often my secret ingredient ( some Alfredo sauce mix mixed with butter buds and skim milk) . This basically makes a Milanese style cream tomato sauce like Vodka Sauce without the vodka.

Then I take fat free ( or half fat if that's all I can find ) ricotta cheese , mix into cooked Creamy pesto sauce again incorporating lots of butter buds and skim milk powder ... and layer with sauce in a small oiled casserole pan also adding Parmesan Cheese .

Since fat free ricotta is a rare find ( I usually buy all I can and freeze it when I do find it ) you can substitute fat free cottage cheese - just use a lot less milk cooking the sauce because cottage cheese contains a lot of water.

Technically ricotta IS just squeezed out cottage cheese .... you Can make your own in like five minutes using a colander and a bit of cheesecloth ...

Bake at 350 until it bubbles up and smells good :) . Your family will also like this - just give them pasta or garlic bread with it . Makes really good fat free eggplant Parmesan subs too :)

These all sound so delicious

If you have not been here Shelly has a great WLS Blog with tons of great recipes. I have never had any of them Fail. It is worth a read. https://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/

I just tried her ricotta bake last week and it was really good! I will check out more of her recipes!