Ask HN: Home-Office workes: what are you eating/cooking for lunch?

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by patrics123 • 12 years ago

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I am wondering, what are you eating or cooking yourself? I find it time-consuming to cook for myself mid-day. What is your take on it?

wolffood• 12 years ago

Cook too much for dinner, re-heat leftovers for lunch.

a-saleh• 12 years ago

Usually some pasta & sauce. I have became decently skilled in preparing the food, that it takes me ~30min from 0 to serving.

It takes around 15 mins to get the water boiling and 10 mins until the pasta is done, and I usually try to make some sort of a sauce in that time frame :-)

caw• 12 years ago

I do either leftovers or sandwiches. Basically whatever I would have packed in my lunchbox had I brought my lunch to work, but I don't actually have to prep it the night before. This also means I can do something hot like a grilled cheese or ham & egg sandwich.

Once in a blue moon I'll go out to eat since I don't work from coffee shops or the library.

jordsmi2• 12 years ago

I don't eat lunch.

I have a bulletproof coffee(coffee + butter + mct oil) in the morning, which keeps me full until dinner.

Then I have a large dinner and I'm set.

yzzxy• 12 years ago

Just FYI, bulletproof as a diet appears to be pretty snake-oily. But I'm sure the coffee tastes great so there's nothing inherently wrong with drinking it.

jordsmi2• 12 years ago

Yea I don't follow the 'bulletproof diet', nor do I use any of his bulletproof brand things.

I just use coffee with butter + mct oil. I eat a keto diet so it fits my macros perfectly, and it keeps me going all day.

FlopV• 12 years ago

Eggs and stir fry some vegetables. It takes about 10 minutes.

dyeje• 12 years ago

I usually try to make sure I have leftovers from the night before. I've also gotten into the habit of making a bunch of burritos all at once and freezing them for when leftovers aren't feasible.

mark_l_watson• 12 years ago

I usually have vegetable soup: finely chop up a cup (or more) of whatever veggies we have, cook them in a covered pan, cool (still covered) for 5 minutes, then add fresh Miso paste. Almost no prep time and very tasty.

mod• 12 years ago

Combination of all of these. Frequently leftovers, frequently skip lunch (and breakfast, which I virtually never eat), some kind of stir fry and/or eggs in a skillet, or a soup or sandwich.

Anything that doesn't take too long.

I have a world-famous bbq joint less than one block away, and somehow I never find myself down there. I should, though!

Xizwe• 12 years ago

Just grab whatever is left in the refrigerator and make a vegetable soup. Not much time or effort is needed.

thenomad• 12 years ago

Today's lunch will be pan-fried lamb leg steaks with roasted tomatoes and sweet potatoes.

It is a little time-consuming, but not too bad - maybe 15-20 min of downtime. My girlfriend and I both work from home and eat Paleo, so ready options are a bit thin on the ground.

Ask HN: Home-Office workes: what are you eating/cooking for lunch?

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