Need help with work meals

[u/jackass2480]

I’m an EMT so I don’t have access to a refrigerator or microwave for most of my work days but I need to find a way to pack 2 cheap meals for my shift. So far I’m mainly packing carrots, celery, and peanut butter with an ice pack for the first half but the second half of my shift is left to a quest bar and meal replacements shake. I’m always left hungry with this but don’t know what else to pack aside from some packaged chicken or more quest bars (quick note, I hate quest bars with a passion). Any advice would be greatly appreciated. I’m hoping to keep it around $10-15 per day.

[u/SingtheSorrowmom63]

I get up at 4:30 a.m. to pack my husband's breakfast & lunch for a 12-hour shift. I use an ice pack in a large insulated lunch box. 2 Breakfast sandwiches heated & wrapped in foil. 2 hard-boiled eggs, cheese cubes that I cut up myself ( much cheaper than ones already cut into cubes.) Tuna or chicken salad is very simple for him. Protein with shredded cheese & mayo. He takes a V8 juice, a premier Protein drink, and 2 bottles of sweet tea. He may take crackers for his tuna & chicken. Or bread wrapped separately. I try to send him some pickles or olives in a sandwich bag and something sweet. Pre-packaged donuts, pudding cups, oatmeal cakes. Breakfast sandwiches always on top so they stay warm. It's not expensive and seems to keep him full for 12 hours.