8 Cheap and Easy Lunches You’ll Look Forward To

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      • Susanleighb1

        I thought some of these ingredients were rather expensive to purchase in order to make these lunches.  Most of us don’t keep arugula or stock tahini or rice wine.  All looked delicious however.

        • rrhodes

          AGREED!  I stopped reading at “arugula”…

        • Pragna Ahlder0910

          Arugula actually costs about the same as salad greens. I like to actually pick up my greens from the salad bar at the grocery store, so that I am not buying a whole lot and wasting some. Tahini, rice wine, tapenade, etc. tend to have a higher upfront cost, but one jar/tub lasts a while. 

          • Anon

            Also, sub lettuce if you don’t like arugula.  How hard is this?

      • http://www.healthywealthyfamilies.net/ Hilary Martin, MBA, CFP®

        Subject line of my email said lunches for UNDER a dollar… I’m not sure $10 for a lunch is actually a deal.

        • Alli

          These recipes actually make more than 1 lunch, so you should divide the total cost by the number of lunches you get

      • Caitlin McLeod

        These all look delicious and easy! A bit of an initial outlay if you don’t have some of the ingredients–and once purchased, your tahini will last a long time. Plus, each recipe makes enough for several lunches, readers, so the $12.00 sandwich wraps will make 6, $2.00 lunches. Not too bad! I am eager to try out the recipes! And by the way, you can grow your own arugula in your garden or in a flower pot, and save even more.

      • Jen

        I think you can def. do variations on these recipes if some of the ingredients are a bit out of your price range.  I think it is more about thinking outside of the box and making a tastey meal that in the long run costs less then stopping at a one of those big ass deli’s and getting a sandwich that costs easily $12.  

      • Abby

        This sounds really good, but I’m confused as to when the tortilla is put into the skillet. The following is a quote from the recipe and it sounds like the tortilla’s already in the skillet but it doesn’t say to put the tortilla in before the eggs… ”
        Using your spatula, pull away one side of the tortilla and tilt the pan so that the remaining uncooked eggs seep through and redistribute on the bottom and sides of the tortilla. ’ When is the tortilla added? Thank you! 

        • Elephante

          The dish itself is the “tortilla” – the recipe is for Spanish Tortilla, not for Mexican tortillas that you may be thinking of (kind you buy in a pack of 10 or 12 in the grocery store/used to make burritos). The egg/potato mixture will cook together and make what is pictured, and is known as “tortilla” in Spain. It is delicious, though totally different from the flour or corn tortillas used for burritos/tacos.

      • K9bridge

        Sure would love to see articles — not always slide shows —  I have cable but sometimes all these slide shows load slower than reading and it would be nice not to have to do that.

      • susanb

        I think these recipes are probably best looked at as inspiration, because if you used arugula for a lunch, there’s no way your one bag is going to last the entire week, since salad greens go bad so quickly! However, I’m in a CSA and we got a bunch of carrots in the last batch and I found the carrot soup recipe perfect, since I don’t usually buy regular carrots. I mixed in some turnips too to use them up and changed some of the amounts of things, and the soup is amazing! I’m planning to have it with salmon and a salad for dinners this week.