Hello all, recently I began work at a new job. Printing facility, factory, whatever. Regardless I spend 12 hours per night (5 p.m. till 5 a.m.) at work, four nights each week, and need some lunch to get me through that time.

The requirements:

Shouldn't have to be refrigerated - no refrigerator available.
Must be preparable and edible quickly, as I don't get much time.
Must be somewhat nutritious as I'm trying to avoid eating like crap.
Must fit into a moderately sized lunchbox. About 8" x 8" x 4"

sandwhich
chips
drink
ice pack

sorry I can't be more helpful but that's pretty standard, maybe leftovers or whatever.

-A banana for the potassium boost.
-Sandwich.
-Granola bar.
-Salad of any sort.

Pick up some little plastic containers to use as storage.
A mini-cooler will come in handy for storing food and drinks.

A deep fried turkey.

I usually have a vegemite and cheese sandwich on grain bread and a banana, sometimes an apple as well.

Oh and a milo.

LMFAO! So much for knowing for a fact that you earn more than I. You're a fucking painter.

anyway I think coffee is pretty good, check out starbucks for a nice brew. also blow energy drink mix is great for when you need a huge boost of energy, lord knows you're going to need it watching paint dry.

sandwiches of course.

i personally like devon or tuna as the meat product, pickles, lettuce or cheese as extras and mayo or horseradish cream as a sauce. black pepper as a seasoning

steer away from tomatoes and other soggy foods though

Dried fruit.

vegemite

Ewww.

anyway I think coffee is pretty good

I've never had coffee down as being a nutritous lunch.

There's no such thing as a nutritious lunch, he should take a multivitamin if he is concerned with that.

Sandwiches. There is nothing else for you or me or anyone else. Just sandwiches.

i too second the sammichs, you could make it so you never have the same one in a week. also, have a nos during lunch. the rest is up to you..

steer away from tomatoes and other soggy foods though

as long as you pack things like tomatoes and lettuce in seperate baggies and make the sandwich when it's time to eat you should be fine. The like goes for a tune fish or chicken salad sandwich. put the tuna or chicken in a small container and wait to put it on the bread until you want to eat it.

Soup is an excellent option, if you're willing to invest in a thermos.

A mix of tuna with sweetcorn.

Fry or BBQ up a few chicken breasts for the week. Take one a day w/ rice or salad. Put spices on one, BBQ sauce on the other, etc.

yes!!! remember to get a decent sized one too..

The cheapest fucking frozen meat pies and a can of coke.

Everything recommended so far sucks.

Including your half-assed "coffee and a multivitamin" suggestion.

Uh, not really, that was the best suggestion so far. Coffee, multivitamin and some pasta if he wants to fill his stomach. That's about all a proletariat like dcksckr can hope to enjoy.

Because you know what a proletariat is.

thats you

dcksckr

Ahahaha. Nice one.

Sorry Bckpckr, but that was pretty good.

Because you know what a proletariat is.

Stop trying to be aspirational.

tuna on toast?

Ahahaha. Nice one.

Sorry Bckpckr, but that was pretty good.
Actually I quite enjoy these. There was a thread in Hb a while back dedicated to poking fun at my username; most of the posts were quite amusing.

What are you going with for lunches?

This man knows whats up...

A hardy man eats meat, not no pussysoup and shit like that

take a centrum and as much bread as you can fit into that fuckin' lunchbox :P

Apart from being fucking bland that would fail to provide adequate nutritional value.

Apart from being fucking bland that would fail to provide adequate nutritional value.

Banana bread?

A hardy man eats meat, not no pussysoup and shit like that

A 'hardy' man knows how to make a hardy soup. If you can't eat your soup off a plate, your doing it wrong;)

heh.
i take it 'lunch' is a generic term for food whilst not at home, instead of the hours 12-2.30

heh.
i take it 'lunch' is a generic term for food whilst not at home, instead of the hours 12-2.30
Pretty much. My schedule is, err, obviously "off."

Essentially my 5 a.m. feels to me what 7 p.m. probably feels like for everyone else.

Regardless I've been eating a lot of PB&J and bananas and it's getting old quick. We might be getting a fridge in my work area so that'll be great, I can take tuna salad, leftovers etc. with me.

heh.
i take it 'lunch' is a generic term for food whilst not at home, instead of the hours 12-2.30

To me, lunch just comes up around halfway through the shift, no matter what time it is. Today I ate "lunch" at 3:30 pm.

Heh, it's so cold outside that you could just leave your lunch in the car and it would stay "refrigerated."

I never get sick of my turkey/ham/bologna sandwiches I pack for myself, just because by the time I get to eat it I am starving and anything would taste good. Shit always tastes better at work.

This man knows whats up...

A hardy man eats meat, not no pussysoup and shit like that

Meat soup

Meat soup
Meat smoothie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNITC5py3UY#t=6m34s