Intro and Food Question

I tried them for the first time on Friday. I got the 4 piece and it was perfect! Very moist, flavorable and delicious.

If refrigeration or a cold pack lunch bag isn't an option, here are a few things I've had on the go:

boiled or deviled eggs, small tins of tuna with peppers, baby bell cheese, hummus and veggies, protein shakes, tiny bit of nuts, jerky.

Good luck!

I will put two peeled hard boiled eggs in a sandwich baggie with salt and pepper already on them, also have been known to put sliced grilled chicken or sliced grilled steak in a sandwich baggie as well...my baggie o' meat. LOL. babybel cheeses are nice to carry, they have a softer consistency than cheese sticks. Lots of people do cold cut cheese roll-ups... Not for me, as cold cuts don't particularly agree with me...

When I was early out if I carried a protein bar, I also put it in a sandwich bag- so I could eat only half and save the rest for another time...

Greek yogurt cups, cottage cheese cups. I know at Costco I used to buy 8 pack cups of cranberry chicken salad....

Another way to keep protein bars from becoming a pile of mush is store them in a hard sided eyeglass case. I always get a case with my prescription glasses and they work perfectly.  I would imagine you could also buy one at Walmart pretty inexpensively.  It fits the protein bar perfectly and helps it hold up for when you do need it.

Welcome to the boards!

i don't recall if anyone mentioned any kind of jerky, beef, chicken etc...

I am further out than you -- so of course, there are some things I eat now that maybe aren't the easiest/best for you -- but I carry my food in an insulated bag nearly every day -- I commute quite a distance.  Here's some things I pack:

grilled chicken breast, cut in pieces (3 oz)

.5 oz pouch of tuna

bacon jerky (1 oz)

string cheese (1 serving)

Swiss cheese cubes (1 oz)

****tail shrimp (approx. 8 medium/3 oz)

Pepperoni/Salami with cream cheese (3 oz meat/.25 oz cc)

1 oz almonds (about 15 almonds)

1 oz pecans (about 11 pecans)

1/4 c. hummus with celery sticks 

1/2 Quest bar

BLT (3 to 4 slices thin sliced bacon with slice of tomato wrapped in a lettuce leaf) 

2 to 3 oz canned chicken mixed with .25 oz cream cheese and hot sauce

Chili without beans (2.5 oz or about a 1/3 c.)

Sloppy Joe meat wrapped in a lettuce leaf (about 2 oz)

I hope this helps give you some ideas!  Good luck.

Can't believe I never thought of cream cheese in my chicken salad!

Right?  I got the idea from that Buffalo Chicken Dip that is always at potlucks/parties.  I mix with cream cheese and hot sauce -- and voila!  :-)

Great list...thanks!

Here's some bento lunch box ideas https://www.pinterest.com/eggface/lunch-bento-licious/ 

and a few foods of the fast food options I will do http://theworldaccordingtoeggface.blogspot.com/2010/01/strat egies-for-eating-out.html when life makes that the only option. Hope it gives you a few ideas.

What a fun job... I've only been on a Riverboat once (Sacramento, CA) but it was so cool.  ~Shelly