You'll find that much of the planning I do around food relates to the food I take to work. It's important to get this organised. There are so many potential pitfalls around you..whether you work in an office, factory, school or outdoors. Vending machines, canteens, the bacon rolls ordered on cold mornings, pizzas for overtime, the chip shop just over the road. It can even be events such as birthdays where cakes are brought in to share, or simply watching someone else eat their Lunch of white bread sandwiches with crisps and a chocolate biscuit. All very distracting. The challenge of keeping your lunch interesting is the key to making the plan work. Many of us work 9-5 often having breakfast (a vital meal to start the day) and lunch away from home.

The Slimming World website has some great articles under its 'Searchable Features' section about lunches. Simply add the word 'lunches' to the search box. You can find syn values for grab and go lunches from stores as well as recipes for your lunchbox. Here are some of the recipes and combinations I regularly use in sandwiches and on crispbreads:

Cheese and onion sandwich filling (syn free and 1 healthy A):
Mix half a pack of quark with your daily allowance of cheese (grated), seasoning and chopped onions. Leave it overnight in the fridge.

Egg Mayo sandwich filling: (1/2 syn)
Mix half a pack of quark and a tablespoon of extra light Hellman's Mayonnaise. Stir in hard boiled eggs and seasoning. Leave overnight in the fridge.

Create your favourite filling:
You can use the same principle as above to make other fillings such as:
Tuna and Sweetcorn, salmon mayo, prawn mayo - you can be very creative with these.

Store cupboard at work:
You can create an stock at work in your draw of helpful items to make a quick meal on days when you haven't managed to prepare anything. See the Empty Fridge post for ideas on this.

Leftovers:
Had a nice evening meal? Save some for heating up at work. Cook extra so that you can enjoy it again the next day or freeze it for use in the future.

Add your lunch ideas in the comments!

Note: I follow Extra Easy and for simplicity don't reference Green and Red days a great deal here!