The best meals to take to work

Rice With Chicken And Vegetables

Here you have a delicious unique dish based on rice, chicken and vegetables that feels great both at home and to take with you in a tupperware to work. See recipe.

Green bean and rice salad

You just have to mix some green beans and some boiled or steamed carrots, along with sweet corn and basmati rice (or whatever you like best). To dress it, mix a teaspoon of mustard with a little honey and olive oil. And if you want to turn it into a complete and balanced unique dish, you can add some tacos of cold turkey or cooked ham, a can of tuna, or if you prefer a vegetarian recipe, a handful of chickpeas and three or four chopped pistachios.

Chickpea salad in jar

It has always been said that you cannot take salads to work because they end up wilted before you put them in your mouth. But with the jar method, this is no longer the case. The trick is to order the ingredients from "harder" to "softer" and the dressing on the side or inside the jar, since, as shown below, it does not soften the most tender parts of the salad. Here we have put chickpeas as a base. Then, onion, tomatoes and pickles. A layer of tuna. And finally the lettuce and the tender shoots.

Vegetable stew

Vegetable stews, stewed with different vegetables and often taquitos of meat or ham (as in this case), also fit perfectly in meals to take to work. If you don't want to heat your head, they even sell them ready-made to boil or microwave, and voila. Another option is to take advantage of the leftover vegetables that you have left from the previous day. You just have to sauté them with a little bacon, ham, turkey or chicken and go straight to the tupperware.

Pea salad with tomatoes and hard-boiled egg

Like chickpeas, peas hold up super well until mealtime and you can eat them both hot and cold. It is one of the ideas to incorporate more legumes into the diet, and great for the tupperware. See recipe.

Chicken breasts with mushrooms

A classic of meals to take to work are grilled or roasted meats with garnish. They hold up well and can be eaten both hot and cold (if you don't have a microwave in the office, for example). In this case, we have made a grilled chicken breast and added some mushrooms and a light mustard sauce so that it is not so dry. If you want a more complete dish, you just have to add a handful of cooked rice or quinoa.

Thousand sheets of roasted vegetables

Another possible take-out to work taking advantage of the jar method is to take a thousand leaves of grilled or roasted vegetables like this one. Underneath you put the potato slices, on top the eggplant, then some strips of green pepper and, on top, the onion. If you wanted to add protein to make it a more complete tupperware recipe, you could add a can of sardines, anchovies or tuna, for example.

Cod with vegetables

Baked fish, just like roast meats, are also a great fit for take-out meals. In this case, we have roasted cod on a bed of vegetables and black olives. But it would also be super rich with a pisto or a sanfaina that you already had to save even more time. You just have to put the fish on top, bake it until done, and straight to the tupper.

Pea and pumpkin pie

Cook 100 g of pumpkin until soft. Sauté a chopped onion with a thread of oil. Add a chopped leek and sauté for 20 more minutes. Drain the squash and mash it with a pinch of nutmeg. Beat four eggs with 200 ml of low-fat liquid cream, salt and pepper. Add the pumpkin puree, onion, and leek, and stir. Pour the preparation into a refractory rectangular mold, add some washed peas and cook in a double boiler, covered, for 45 minutes. To accompany it, you can mash roasted peppers with a little cream.

Zucchini and onion omelette

Any recipe with eggs can get you out of more than one trouble when you don't know what food to take to work. In the case of tortillas, the good thing about them is that you can have them made well in advance and that they are delicious both hot and cold. And they do not have to be very heavy if you opt for light ingredients, such as this one with zucchini and onion, and accompany them with a little cottage cheese or fresh cheese, a few tomatoes and a handful of tender sprouts that you can carry in a separate tupper.

Vegetable and hard-boiled egg papillote

To make this dish you just have to take broccoli and some vegetables (wild asparagus, carrot, leek and pumpkin) washed and cut and put them in a papillote envelope (or a silicone case) and bake them at maximum temperature for about 20 minutes so that they remain al dente. Meanwhile, cook some eggs and put them in the tupperware garnished with a little olive oil and chopped parsley. It is one of the recipes with broccoli for (NOT) fans of vegetables.

Homemade dumplings

Another option is to take some dumplings like these to work. Make a vegetable sauce with minced meat or tuna, for example. Then spread out some wafers and arrange a tablespoon of filling in the center of each one. Fold them and seal the edges by pressing with the tines of a fork. Brush them with beaten egg and, instead of frying them, bake them for 10 minutes to make them lighter. To prevent them from opening during cooking, the filling must be cold when you spread it on the wafers.

Quinoa salad

For some time now, quinoa has made the top 10 take-to-work meals for its benefits and versatility. This is prepared as if it were a couscous. You mix cooked quinoa with a minced vegetable and let it marinate all together with a little olive oil, lemon juice and spices to taste. To give it a more sophisticated touch, you can add some sprouts and some sunflower seeds or other nuts. It is one of the easy recipes with quinoa to prepare.

Pasta salad with artichokes, tomatoes and fresh cheese

A delicious salad based on spirals, vegetables and cheese that you can take with you everywhere when you have to eat out. And it is that pasta (along with rice, legumes, quinoa and vegetables) is one of the best bases of recipes for the tupperware. See recipe.

Potato, spinach and ham salad

If you are tired of the typical potato, tomato and tuna salad, try this one with potatoes, spinach and ham. A delicious unique dish that is never missing from our lunch box or lunch box menus. See recipe.

Fresh salmon and green bean cake

It is a fixture of our tupperware. Why? Because by combining fish, eggs, cream and vegetables, you get a super-energetic recipe that works wonders when you have to eat out and don't know what to take with you. See recipe.

Vegetable tuna sandwich

And if you have no choice but to take a sandwich, don't give up on the austere sandwiches of bread with cheese or cooked ham … This vegetable sandwich is nutritious, balanced and tasty and you can take it everywhere! See recipe.

After seeing these takeout meals, it is clear that eating from a tupperware doesn't have to be bland and boring. And here you have easy and delicious ideas for you to improvise your own proposals.

Customize your recipes for the tupperware

Vegetables above all else. Whether raw or cooked, it should be the main ingredient and take up most of the tupperware.
Carbohydrates in just the right amount. Rice, pasta, quinoa or legumes should also be present, but in a lower proportion if you don't want them to weigh you too much. If you are on a diet, it is considered that you should not exceed 50 g of raw pasta, rice or quinoa, 60 g of raw legume, and 150 g of raw heavy potato.
Grilled or grilled lean meats . The rounds of chicken and turkey are made alone in the oven, and combined with a good garnish of vegetables and carbohydrates, the result is a complete and balanced unique dish.
Fish canned, baked or in papillote. Salmon, sardines, tuna, hake or cod, fit in salads or as a complement to a good base of vegetables and carbohydrates.
Take advantage of the eggs. Scrambled eggs and tortillas give a lot of play and guarantee a good supply of high-quality protein. The trick to make you more filling is to combine them with a good proportion of vegetables.
Salads "all in 1". Thanks to methods such as the jar, you don't have to give up salads at take-out meals. Another trick is to take the ingredients separately in freezer jars or bags, and mix them at the time of eating.

How not to go overboard with quantity

If you don't want to count grams or calories and, at the same time, stay out of line, use the plate method to calculate the appropriate amount of food to carry in the tupperware.

As a general rule, it is considered that half of the dish should be vegetables, raw or cooked, or both. A quarter of the plate corresponds to carbohydrates: pasta, rice, quinoa, legume or potatoes. And the other quarter corresponds to protein: turkey, chicken, fish, egg, tofu, etc.
Also, don't be fooled by the appearance of the tupper. Although they seem small, they usually have more capacity than a plate. To avoid making you overeat, calculate the amounts by placing the food on a regular plate, and then transfer it to your lunch box.
And for dessert, always opt for fresh fruit, homemade compotes made over low heat or in the microwave, or if you have a fridge in the office, natural or skimmed yogurt, which you can sweeten with cinnamon if you want to go from sugar.