Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 > > Bee and others, > > Another very big question I had which I forgot to include in this original post was...what do people here who have full time jobs do for lunch everyday? I've been going through the menu options on Bee's site. There are a lot of great options there with recipes. However, what do you do when you obviously can't prepare your lunch that same day? Do you eat salads everyday? Do you just prepare them the night before and refrigerate them over night? I'm afraid of losing the nutritional value of the food. Would you bring it to work in a glass container...which doesn't really seem realistic. Thanks for any help. > +++Hi Mike, On this program most people have to plan and prepare ahead of time, which can be done weekends or the night before. Yes, you refrigerate them over night or for a week. You can freeze individual portions of dishes like stew, soup, or other hot foods and take them out the night before so they are thawed by morning. Then heat them in the morning and put them in a good thermos (glass is best) so you do not have to use a microwave at work. Nutritional value of foods can lower due to long storage, however storing most foods 1 week does not significantly lower nutritional value in them. If you are concerned you'd should get up earlier to prepare your foods, which means going to bed earlier too. You can put cold foods in some kinds of plastic and stainless steel containers. Check out the numbers manufacturers put on plastic containers on the internet so you know what kind to buy. All the best, Bee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Hey Mike, I've been on Bee's program for over a year and I have never eaten lunches. I eat 2 meals a day with no snacking and I'm never hungry. This really saves a lot of time. But, if I did eat lunches I would cook large amounts of food for dinner and eat the leftovers all week. That's what I do for my dinners because I really do not like cooking. I'll throw a bunch of chicken legs in a large baking dish, sprinkle some herbs on there and bake it. I usually have enough for 3 or 4 dinners, which means I only have to cook every 3 or 4 days. You can get creative and really simplify things. You can search this forum for " plastic " and you should get some discussions on plastic containers. Ed, one of the moderators, has said that any plastic containers with # 2,4, or 5 are safe to use. Josh > Another very big question I had which I forgot to include in this original post was...what do people here who have full time jobs do for lunch everyday? I've been going through the menu options on Bee's site. There are a lot of great options there with recipes. However, what do you do when you obviously can't prepare your lunch that same day? Do you eat salads everyday? Do you just prepare them the night before and refrigerate them over night? I'm afraid of losing the nutritional value of the food. Would you bring it to work in a glass container...which doesn't really seem realistic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2011 Report Share Posted May 23, 2011 Thank you everyone for the responses. Much appreciated. -Mike > > > > Bee and others, > > > > Another very big question I had which I forgot to include in this original post was...what do people here who have full time jobs do for lunch everyday? I've been going through the menu options on Bee's site. There are a lot of great options there with recipes. However, what do you do when you obviously can't prepare your lunch that same day? Do you eat salads everyday? Do you just prepare them the night before and refrigerate them over night? I'm afraid of losing the nutritional value of the food. Would you bring it to work in a glass container...which doesn't really seem realistic. Thanks for any help. > > > +++Hi Mike, > > On this program most people have to plan and prepare ahead of time, which can be done weekends or the night before. > > Yes, you refrigerate them over night or for a week. You can freeze individual portions of dishes like stew, soup, or other hot foods and take them out the night before so they are thawed by morning. Then heat them in the morning and put them in a good thermos (glass is best) so you do not have to use a microwave at work. > > Nutritional value of foods can lower due to long storage, however storing most foods 1 week does not significantly lower nutritional value in them. If you are concerned you'd should get up earlier to prepare your foods, which means going to bed earlier too. > > You can put cold foods in some kinds of plastic and stainless steel containers. Check out the numbers manufacturers put on plastic containers on the internet so you know what kind to buy. > > All the best, Bee > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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