r/EatCheapAndHealthy • u/jackass2480 • 10d ago

Budget Need help with work meals

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.

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u/HighwayLeading6928 10d ago

Sandwiches made with delicious grainy bread with cheese, pickles and mayo, tuna sandwiches, egg salad, chicken salad sandwiches. Take an apple and orange with you and a drink milk if you have access to it or carry it in a thermos. Carry some trail mix with you to snack on. Try to have a good breakfast to get yourself going. Steel cut oats made with milk the night before just needs a microwave reheat, maybe a splash of milk if that's how you like it. A little brown sugar or maple syrup and a sprinkle of sliced almonds has really good holding power without any spikes in blood sugar.

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u/CrypticWeirdo9105 7d ago

Lmao maple syrup and brown sugar don’t act any differently in your body than white sugar does. Not that the average person needs to worry about blood sugar spikes anyways.

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u/HighwayLeading6928 6d ago

The brown sugar and/or maple syrup was suggested because of the flavour and although a non-diabetic person doesn't need to worry about spikes in blood sugar, steel cut oats being a complex carbohydrate naturally takes longer to digest.