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Hello Kraft Community, we are very excited to share some great news with you. As loyal Kraft Community members we have heard your desire to do more fun things in the community and we are happy to announce in January 2010 we will be making some changes so you can connect and share food ideas in more ways than ever!
We want to let you know we will not be transferring the existing discussions to the new enhanced message boards so if there are discussions that you would like to save please make sure to either print them or copy and paste into a document that you can save to your personal files.
We will remind you again before the transition occurs but wanted to let you in on the exciting news!!
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Oct 2, 2009 4:16 PM
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I work at a hospital that has a cafeteria. If you have one maybe you could eat there if you keep under your budgeted amount. I eat salad there and spend between .99 to $2.00. $2.00 is my limit, although I do splurge once a month. Good luck!
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Moderator_Jane
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Oct 1, 2009 8:26 AM
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How about an idea from elementary school? If you eat lunch regularly with friends, have a lunch swap. If someone else makes something, it always seems a bit different.
All of these are really good ideas. Even though I no longer brown bag, it's nice having some new thoughts about what to fix for lunch.
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Sep 30, 2009 8:43 AM
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Like everyone says left overs work, but that gets boring as well as pb&J sandwiches. aghh its so hard to find good things.
IDEAS:
Progresso soups 100 calories (yummy and nice to eat on chilly days)
get your favorite kind of bagels with original cream cheese or a different flavored kind 
Peanut butter and honey sandwiches on Aunt Millies Hearth Honey and Crunchy Oat with nuts bread (SOOO GOOD)
turkey/ham rollups (spread cream cheese on meat put pickle spear and roll up.
fruit salad with our without the creamy fruit dip
get hoagie buns make your own sub, hard salami, ham, pepperoni, lettuce, tomatoes, bananna peppers, etc really good.
Tuna sandwich, make tuna with real mayo, seasoning salt, pickle juice (just a drop or two), and even add a chopped boiled egg, and cut up celery real fine. Toast your bread and that is really good.
Add ins:
honey wheat pretzels
cheese sticks
yougart with our without granola stirred in
sun chips instead of boring plain potato chips
dried fruits
mixed nuts especially almonds are great for you.
freshly cut sweet red peppers and carrots
pudding (store bought or homeade)
boiled egg
peanut butter crackers
cut up cheddar cheese, peper jack cheese with club crackers good snack.
Drinks- pop, water with a on the go lemonade pkt., teas, etc
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Sep 30, 2009 12:09 AM
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I realize I missed the bulk of replys but couldn't help adding mine. I really enjoy leftovers but here are some of my other favorites that I didn't see mentioned. All are very easy on the budget and I can make while I get the kids ready for school. When it comes lunch time I simply reheat.
Egg sandwich on english muffin, with or without ham and/or cheese. Served with fresh fruit cut into bite sized pieces... fruit salad.
Canned soup with extra veggies thrown in, the frozen kind of course. Served with roll, tortilla, or english muffin.
Bean and cheese burrito. These are really easy to make several up at a time to use a couple days during the week. This is another way I like to use leftover rice. I use refried on their own or whole beans with rice and veggies. Served with green salad unless I put peppers and onions in. This is my favorite to have applesauce for dessert with.
Cheese quesadilla, sometimes filled with left over meat like ground beef, chicken, steak, etc. Served with salad, fresh fruit, or steam veggies. Veggies I buy frozen, pop whatever sounds good into a reusable zip lock conatiner and microwave to steam.
I like to use frozen veggies bc they don't go bad before I use them and they help keep my lunch cold since I don't have a fridge at work. They work so well that by lunchtime I usually a nice chilly soda, which was room temp when put in my insulated lunch bag, and thawed veggies ready for heating in microwave.
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Moderator_Sky
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Sep 28, 2009 11:13 PM
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> Thanks for all the great ideas. I will definitely
> start putting them to use!
Great! Let us know how it goes!
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Moderator_Jane
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Sep 28, 2009 11:48 AM
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> Thanks for all the great ideas. I will definitely
> start putting them to use!
They are great ideas. Let us know which ones you try and really like.
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Sep 28, 2009 9:27 AM
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Thanks for all the great ideas. I will definitely start putting them to use!
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Moderator_Sky
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Sep 27, 2009 1:05 PM
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This is where the extra serving amounts on recipes (like the Kraft ones the people often ask how to downsize or if Kraft can downsize them) can come in handy.
If you are single or married and no children and are making a recipe for 4, you just package up the leftovers at night and then they are ready for you to take with you in the morning, as mentioned by others below. No wasted food, no extra effort, and some awesome food for lunch without as much repetition as sandwiches.
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Sep 26, 2009 10:33 PM
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I too take lunch to work everyday.... Since I have not been able to "downsize" my meal fixings to match what is now a 2 people home, I ALWAYS have dinner leftovers. They ALWAYS turn into a freezer container (or 3) for me to take to work at some point.
Might consider making a bit bigger portion of your dinner w/plans of what is leftover being your lunch. I am always getting called out for reheating mine at work and making all just wish they had something for their lunch that smelled as good as mine... Quite the incentive...
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Sep 26, 2009 10:18 PM
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What I have been doing is myself and another coworker takes turns bring lunch to share. I will go to the store and buy stuff to make salad fixins or sandwich stuff and we split the cost. It works out really well and we can eat off the fixins for 2-3 days. There will be times i will make chicken or tuna salad to make a salad or sandwich. To change things up.
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Sep 26, 2009 3:10 PM
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When I make a salad for dinner I make an extra one just for me in a reusable plastic container. You're already doing the work so it's no big deal. That way I just snap on the lid and It's ready when I run out the door to work in the morning. Grab some cheese, deli meats, leftover chicken, a foil pouch of tuna, nuts, whatever I have on hand to throw in it and its an awesome lunch.
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Moderator_Deanne
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Sep 23, 2009 8:41 PM
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> Whatever we eat for dinner, I pack in a divided
> container for lunch the next day...no need to buy
> extra food or prepare an additional meal, just use up
> your leftovers.
I do the same for my hubby. The kids don't have access to a microwave at school so some leftover aren't as 'doable' for lunches with them.
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Sep 23, 2009 2:44 PM
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Whatever we eat for dinner, I pack in a divided container for lunch the next day...no need to buy extra food or prepare an additional meal, just use up your leftovers.
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Sep 23, 2009 1:53 PM
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I also bring lunch everyday, but I cook up things on the weekend and freeze containers. Each day I bring one to work and by lunch time it has thawed out and I pop it in the microwave and have a hot lunch. I do chicken, beef, pork, shrimp with different combos of pasta or rice and vegis. I get tired of sandwiches so this gives me a greater variety and a hot lunch! CC
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Sep 23, 2009 12:28 PM
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I've saved a lot of money over the past year bringing my lunch to work instead of going out to grab a bite every day. However, I feel like I'm in a rut because I tend to pack the same sandwich every day with little variation.
Any suggestions on how to mix things up a bit?
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