Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

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Hi guys,

I’m looking for ideas for meals that I can then take to work with me the next day.

So far I’ve thought of keema which can be mixed into pasta for a salad the next day.

What other dishes do you cook that taste even better the next day at lunchtime? We do have a microwave at work, so I am able to warm stuff up.

Also, for those of us not living in the desi-land, what is your diet like? Do you mainly rely on Pakistani/Indian food or do you mix it up? I’ve noticed my bestfriend has lunch at work (e.g. a sandwich) and she always has curry with rice/roti at home without fail. Whereas I rarely eat roti. Is it just me? I’m feeling very un-desi now, lol.

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Keema is a good idea because it's versatile.
Other ideas can include:

1) Pasta (lasagna, spaghetti, ziti, noodles etc)

2) Soup

3) Rice (Chinese rise, mixed vegetable rice, etc.)

4) Stir-fry meat with vegetables

5) Kababs

6) Casseroles

7) Potato salad, creamy pasta salads

8) Stuffed pastries

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imho, anything braised or stewed gets even better the next day. and you get to pick the fat off the top the next day, makes it healthier.

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

Lasagne. See teggy's thread for someones excellent recipe :)

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*Keema pitta pockets. Slice open a pitta bread. Fill with lots of salad, keema and mint chutney

*Pasta in tomato sauce.tuna and sweetcorn/chicken/salad

*Noodles

*Stir fry

*Biryani/Pulao

*Fish Pie

*Stuffed peppers- stuffed with keema, bolied rice and peas.

*Kebab wrapped in naan with salad and chutney

*Cous cous- with lamb/chicken/roasted vegetables.

*Daals/soup

*Salaan with roti/naan

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I get the burger patty and chapli kababs from K & N and make a burger for myself in the evening for my next day lunch .

You can also boil potatoes and add some red chilli pwd and salt according to ur taste in it and keep it in the firdge. Either u can make kebab of it and dip in egg and fry it ( can be used for burger ) or just make sandwiches of it ...they are yummy!

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Pilau makes a very nice lunch the next day, with a side salad and / or raita.

Every time I take it to work, colleagues drool. They have tasted it and wanted more so I gave them the recipe.

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

Er, have I mentioned cheese and crackers?

They make a good lunch you know, add a sliced tomato, apple, olives, a dollop of pickle...

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

lol cheese n crackers seems to be ur signature food/snack!

What's special in "11 OR 11th War"
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It quite literally IS my signature - see my first post on this page.

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

how about either roast a whole chicken or boil chicken pieces. And then use the meat in stir fries/chicken salad, in a wrap...etc....or in pasta

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

kabab sandwiches, chicken sandwiches, any kind of pasta including ravioli and lasagna, or salad. the worst thing u can do is take paki food into work, warm it up and have everyone else smell. ew

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Re: Meals you can cook and use for lunch the next day and...

pasta's always work well...they taste better the next day.