What are you having, or did you have, for breakfast today?
What are the best packed lunches, in terms of flavor and practicality?
(I had a cup of coffee and some homemade oatmeal bread with peanut butter for breakfast. As far as lunches go, I’m stumped, as everything that I know that tastes great is a pain to pack and to clean up later, and I don’t like doing them very often.)
I’m doing this race as my first 50K/ultra in July 2012. I’m so tardy to the party but...
PB&J. Made with high quality P&J and whole grain bread.
Breakfast: Coffee and instant grits (cheese flavored). Yes, I’m from the South.
Packed lunches: Depends whether you’re going to have access to a microwave during the day. Leftovers from dinner is my favorite lunch, but without access to a microwave, I prefer a rare roast beef sandwich with extra-sharp cheddar cheese and plenty of mustard, and some fruit. Throw in an ice-pack if you won’t have a fridge, either. (Or if you have time, freeze a water bottle the night before — it’ll keep the food cool but be drinkable by lunchtime!)
For breakfast, nada.
For portable and healthy lunches, I like to pack a small cup of hummus with a container of veggies: broccoli, cauliflower, celery, red peppers, carrots, maybe some pretzels. Cubed cheese, a few crackers.
You know, you might want to look into bento as an option. It’s a great way to use up leftovers and they are easy to pack and clean.
For breakfast I had an english muffin with peanut butter (ran yesterday, plan to run or ellip this afternoon). Lunches are crazy so I won’t even go there. Totally random.
I had a bagel with cream cheese as a breakfast-lunch hybrid. I really wish I’d had leftover salmon to go on top or an heirloom tomato. Slices of heirloom tomatoes with just a bit of sea salt are amazing atop a bagel…
My breakfasts are so monotonous but it works for me. I almost always have whole wheat toast with a thick spread of peanut butter (two slices) because I finally learned that if I don’t have the protein then I get shaky and nauseous before lunch.
I don’t pack lunch for myself. Are you looking for kids stuff or adult fare?
Both adult and child; Sam will need lunches, and Eric would like to have more lunch ideas to take with him to work.
Robyn, Eric has a Bento and loves it.
Thought about one for Sam, but he loves his Superman lunchbox. I don’t know that I’d be able to convince him to switch happily unless it was a really, really cool Bento. 