Hey guys…
So I have trouble getting proper nutrition during the day (for muscle growth) at the office. In an ideal world I’d bring tupperware filled with chicken and broccoli to work but in absence of that, what are some good foods to keep around the office if i have a limited amount of fridge space and a lot of room for dry nonperishables?
So far I have:
Any other good recommendations?
fruit and nuts.
Maybe you could buy a mini-fridge for your office? I did this when space started getting tight in the shared fridge and i needed to bring food for the whole week at once.
Canned or pouched tuna/chicken.
Protein bars
Peanut butter
olive oil
fruit
You could also bring a cooler every day with anything that would need to be kept cold.
If you eat about a dozen almonds and then drink about 400-500ml of water you’ll feel full.
There’s a great mixer bottle called the Blender Bottle and that with protein powder is one answer.
[quote]Nards wrote:
If you eat about a dozen almonds and then drink about 400-500ml of water you’ll feel full.
There’s a great mixer bottle called the Blender Bottle and that with protein powder is one answer.[/quote]
HELL YEAH! Exactly what I was going to recommend. I have a serious addiction to Blue Diamond almonds. No better snack food.
I keep apples, avacodo, and homemade peanut butter protein bars on hand at all times. It also doesn’t hurt to have some Metabolic Drive laying around.
I keep a couple pouches of salmon and some cans of tuna in my desk for rainy days. I was getting beef jerky, but I would just start munching on it and then the whole bag would be gone.
From Dr. Whitaker’s non diabetic diet book, I make oat meal cake. It is made in a 9 X 9 cake pan. I cut a 1 1/2 inch X 9 slice, and make two bars out of it. I work out of may car, and there are handy + healthy. If needed I also carry cut up apples & grapefruit.
[quote]philipj wrote:
From Dr. Whitaker’s non diabetic diet book, I make oat meal cake. It is made in a 9 X 9 cake pan. I cut a 1 1/2 inch X 9 slice, and make two bars out of it. I work out of may car, and there are handy + healthy. If needed I also carry cut up apples & grapefruit.[/quote]
Recipe?
West Coast7, keep i mind that I am a type 2 diabetic.
Makes 6 regular servings
Olive oil spraqy
2 cups olde fashioned oats, prefer steel cut
1/4 cup xylitol
1?3 cup chopped dried apricots
3/4 cup ground cinnamon
2 1/2 cups non fat milk
3 egg whites
3/4 tblspn hazelnut or almond oil
3/4 tblspn vanilla extract
Preheat over to 350 degrees F. Spray an 8 x 8 baking dish with olive oil. In a large mixing bowl stir oats, xylitol, apricots & cinnamon until mixed well. Ad mild, egg whites, oil & vanilla stir well until you blend the materials. Pour into prepared baking dish. Bakje 45 to 50 minutes. I tend to add a 1/3 cut of walnuts.
Really good stuff, and helps to destroy the ‘I gotta have someting now’ cravings. Controlling the food intake is soo important to all of use who really care. Good luck, I hope this helps.
Thanks for the suggestions guys.
I love canned tuna but honestly I feel so bad opening up a can in the kitchen… makes it smell like fish for hours. Maybe I’ll try canned chicken.
Why can’t you bring chicken + broccoli in tupperware? Just wondering since this is pretty much what I’m doing atm and call me insane, but I don’t keep it in the fridge either.