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Satisfying lunches at work
Now that I spend some workdays on campus, I am trying to navigate the resulting dietary changes. To give myself more flexibility for lunches, I have reduced my breakfasts to being no more than a bowl of granola with milk, and some fruit. Unfortunately, I do not have to eat much before I start to gain weight.
Working at home today, I fried tilapia and mushrooms gently, dumped them into rajma masala, topped it with rice, thus making a satisfying lunch for less than half of my daily energy allowance. For my next lunch at work, I plan a couple of sandwiches, filled with chicken salad (in the American sense) or similar. These lighter lunches balance other, higher-calorie days, like if I were to order something from the cafeteria instead.
An interesting puzzle is, while being similar in calories, today's at-home dish is both more nutritious and satisfying than the sandwiches. However, it is freshly prepared in the kitchen and at home I don't bother others with the smells. The at-work sandwiches remain good while they wait over the morning and I can eat them easily with my hands and no tableware.
With my living alone, some fresh foods are not worth buying because, before halfway used, they would be well past their best. Nonetheless, perhaps there are inoffensive cold bean salads or similar that I could consider making, something that could sit in the refrigerator, then need little more than a spoon as I eat near or with others.
Working at home today, I fried tilapia and mushrooms gently, dumped them into rajma masala, topped it with rice, thus making a satisfying lunch for less than half of my daily energy allowance. For my next lunch at work, I plan a couple of sandwiches, filled with chicken salad (in the American sense) or similar. These lighter lunches balance other, higher-calorie days, like if I were to order something from the cafeteria instead.
An interesting puzzle is, while being similar in calories, today's at-home dish is both more nutritious and satisfying than the sandwiches. However, it is freshly prepared in the kitchen and at home I don't bother others with the smells. The at-work sandwiches remain good while they wait over the morning and I can eat them easily with my hands and no tableware.
With my living alone, some fresh foods are not worth buying because, before halfway used, they would be well past their best. Nonetheless, perhaps there are inoffensive cold bean salads or similar that I could consider making, something that could sit in the refrigerator, then need little more than a spoon as I eat near or with others.