On the Go Non-meat Meals for Hubby at Med School

Updated on July 10, 2012
P.G. asks from San Antonio, TX
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We're going to budget like crazy and hubby doesn't eat meat. It takes time to buy or cook anything at the school because of lines.

Do you moms have suggestions for food that hubby can take and keep in a cooler in his locker that won't need to be heated up? He eats fish, etc., just not meat/fowl.

Thanks!

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T.M.

answers from Redding on

Tuna salad, egg salad. Celery with some peanut butter, hard boiled eggs or deviled eggs. Salads with chick peas or kidney beans in them for protein, some sliced cheeses and crackers.

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X.O.

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Hummus wraps, with roasted red pepper hummus, lettuce or spinach, tomatoes.

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B.A.

answers from Chicago on

Quinoa, pecans,blue cheese,grapes,apples. Can drizzle with a light vinaigrette. Olive tampinade, cream cheese, chopped veggies of choice lije green pepper,onion,tomatoes, roasted peppers, mushrooms all rolled in tortillas can add spices to cream cheese. Seasoned tofu,Mandarin oranges, sunflower seeds, shredded cheese of choice.

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W.H.

answers from Sacramento on

laptoplunches.com has some really good recipes on it. it's a site that primarily sells bento sets, but they have tons of recipes to fill those bento sets!

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J.B.

answers from Boston on

I went to a party yesterday where the hostess made Italian rice balls. I had never even heard of them before but they were delicious. Hers had cheese and spinach in them, but you could do any fillings. There are lots of recipes on the web for these, but the gist is that they're kind of like meatballs, just with rice instead of meat. She said that they're served either hot or cold. I think they would be good cold with some marinara to dip in.

Also Thermos makes a wide-mouth container called a funtainer that does a good job of keeping things hot (or cold) - he could pack things like soups, macaroni and cheese, stir-fries, pasta and other hot things in one of those.

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S.R.

answers from Washington DC on

Keep a stash of protein bars from GNC. I buy them when they're on sale and many of them are quite good. I eat them for breakfast (one bar lasts me all morning).

Other suggestions: Protein shake in a thermos cooler..., Hard boiled eggs or egg salad sandwhich, Avacado sandwich, Tortilla roll up with peanut butter.

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C.O.

answers from Minneapolis on

Beans can be eaten cold. You could mix some up with some pasta and have a cold pasta salad. A regular salad with beans. Salsa and chips, hummus & pita, some fruit/veggie.

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E.B.

answers from Dallas on

Carrot sticks, broccoli,celery, cucmber, cherry tomatoes and sliced red or gold bell pepper, melon fruits, cheese or egg whites if he's octovegan.
nuts, salads hummus and veggie sticks n and pita bread,

I have found dehydrated green bean chips to be quit satisfying. Peanut butter and jelly, or peanut butter, banana and honey.

You might even try looking up some cold soup recipes on line, Jimmy Johns Sandwich shop has an awesome veggie sand which. However I don't recommend the one on their wonderful french bread as it is a whopping 52 grams of carbs. Now one of the most important things to remember when eating vegetarian is that veggies are carbs. Even though they are healthy slow burning carbs in most cases; ( except potatoes) THEY ARE STILL CARBS. And unless you combine 2 incomplete carbs at each meal which would be rice and beans, or maybe spinach; I think it has a small amount of protein;.....YOU ARE LACKING PROTEIN IN YOUR DIET, unless you implementing a protein powder.
A great number of vegetarians tend to be very high in body fat even though they may appear slender their body fat is high because they lack adequate
protein to sustain adequate muscle mass therefore they decrease their muscle mass while increasing their body fat and if they are athletic they are probably burn their muscle mass foe energy increasing the body fat even more all while getting thinner...... So make sure he is getting 1 gram of protein per pound of body weight, and more if he is athletic.

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❤.M.

answers from Los Angeles on

-How about soup you heat at home & stick in a thermos? (stays warm for
awhile?)
-salads (cold ones w/everything under the sun added: cranberries, dices
carrots, diced cucmbers, shredded carrots, chunks of salami).
-wraps
-can he take a cooler? tuna w/just a bit of mayo in a tupperware crackers
-chilled shrimp & cocktail sauce kept in cooler
-pasta salad (in cooler)
-veggie pizza (can eat cold the next day)
-yogurt & granola (ice chest)
-dried fruits as snacks
-hard boiled egg kept in cooler
-crackers & cheese (cheese kept cool in cooler)
-dried tuna jerky
-peanut butter & celery
-peanut butter & jelly sandwich
-sushi rolls (imitation crab & avo etc)

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