my wife and i have been bringing our lunches to work for 20 / 25 years now. the folks we work with are always asking about them such as " how long does it take?" "is it really worth it?" and so on. the wife was crunching some numbers the other day ( she has an accounting degree) and was showing me how much money we have saved over the years based on the average fast food meals. it was far more than i thought.
so with that said. i thought i would show what the typical weeks lunches are for us. most weeks i fix ( the wife doesn't cook, doesn't have, to she's the bread winner in this outfit ) a meat and two vegetable for one day then some kind of soup,stew Ect.. ( or basically what ever she has a taste for) the other day . this rotates back and forth for the week.
this week we are having a chicken corn chowder one day and meat loaf , baby Lima beans and white corn the other day.
this is the ingredients for the chowder family size can of cream of chicken soup, family size can of cream of mushroom soup, can of corn,can of diced potatoes , pint of chicken broth , and three cups ( total) of diced carrots,celery and onions. two cups of cooked de-boned chicken ( i had bought split chicken breast (0.88 cents a pound) last week to make marinated grilled chicken for lunches last week. i take and de bone the breast saving the bones skins and what meat is left on them , you would be surprised just how much ,and cook it down in a stock pot with chicken flavor powder salt and pepper and just enough water to cover them ) this is where the pint of chicken broth comes from which is so much better than the canned. add all the ingredients but the chicken ( its already cooked) to a crock pot and cook 5/6 hours on low, then add the chicken at the last 30 mins or so. after its cooked i put it in 2 cup sealing bowls . just grab one on the way out the door and your set.
so with that said. i thought i would show what the typical weeks lunches are for us. most weeks i fix ( the wife doesn't cook, doesn't have, to she's the bread winner in this outfit ) a meat and two vegetable for one day then some kind of soup,stew Ect.. ( or basically what ever she has a taste for) the other day . this rotates back and forth for the week.
this week we are having a chicken corn chowder one day and meat loaf , baby Lima beans and white corn the other day.
this is the ingredients for the chowder family size can of cream of chicken soup, family size can of cream of mushroom soup, can of corn,can of diced potatoes , pint of chicken broth , and three cups ( total) of diced carrots,celery and onions. two cups of cooked de-boned chicken ( i had bought split chicken breast (0.88 cents a pound) last week to make marinated grilled chicken for lunches last week. i take and de bone the breast saving the bones skins and what meat is left on them , you would be surprised just how much ,and cook it down in a stock pot with chicken flavor powder salt and pepper and just enough water to cover them ) this is where the pint of chicken broth comes from which is so much better than the canned. add all the ingredients but the chicken ( its already cooked) to a crock pot and cook 5/6 hours on low, then add the chicken at the last 30 mins or so. after its cooked i put it in 2 cup sealing bowls . just grab one on the way out the door and your set.
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