Keto lunch for work ideas

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He can take bacon and eggs with him. Chicken salad with lettuce wrap or use a fork to eat it
5 minute lasagna
Cheese and meat roll ups

Is he willing to take a thermos? That would open up a lot of options.

I'm eating a lunch plate right now that includes:
-- salami
-- cheese
-- olives
-- baby tomatoes
-- cut up zucchini
-- hard boiled egg
-- black beans

With some ranch dressing in the middle of it to dip. Not strictly keto, but it has no refined carbs or sugar except what's probably in the ranch dressing. This is kind of like a lunchable with extras. lol

Also, if you've been able to find keto-ish dinners then could ds just take leftovers for lunch? There are many dinner things that I think taste good even not reheated -- chicken dishes especially. 

Do a Lunchable type of meal and use jicama slices as the crackers/bread.
Tuna salad with lettuce wraps, cucumber slices
Egg salad, same as above.
AAG wrap. Use collard green leaves or romaine lettuce as the "wrap" base. Add on the condiments, meat of choice, cheese of choice and wrap it up. I use parchment paper to help keep it rolled and to use as the wrapper while I eat.

I can eat an entire lunch of nothing but cheese, pecans and pork rinds. Really. I can do it almost any day. Go very easy on fruit. He needs to kick his sugar addiction and in some people even fruit can send them on a binge. He needs to get fat adapted and that might take him 14-30 days. After a while, he won't even care about sweets, fruits, sugars, etc. Avocados for me are much like a savory "fruit". Avocado fries with pico and sour cream... I'd cut someone for that.

Look for chaffle recipes. Actually, all you need to learn to make is a chaffle and anything he likes on a sandwich, he can make into a chaffle. We prefer it over bread! It was such a relief for us. We went like 18 months without a sandwich of any kind.

It will be really hard for a couple weeks, he's going to be a complete dick. HOWEVER, since he's a guy, and very overweight, he'll probably really rock it and lose a LOT. Once you get a taste of that loss, you can't stop. If he needs support, let me know. I can chat with him, or hook him up with some good fb groups.

If you make him chaffles, really the possibilities are endless. I use almond flour, egg whites and sour cream - no cheese at all - to make chaffles and the taste is completely neutral.

Since you aren't strict keto, Aldi is also now selling 0 carb bread and there are several other stores online where you can buy 0 or low carb bread. There are also many, many, many recipes online for keto biscuits, pizza crust, naan, etc.

Instead of just a plain green salad, add chicken or steak, eggs and nuts.

This week I made zucchini rolls which were fantastic - slice the zucchini really thin and marinate it in some red wine vinegar for a few minutes before you stuff and roll. You can use flavored cream cheese, goat cheese, roasted peppers, turkey or smoked salmon, bacon and sundried tomatoes.

We make roasted jalapenos stuffed with cream cheese quite often and those are easy to reheat.

And I make tortilla chips from lavash bread. He could have those with guacamole or you could make taco salad or loaded nachos.

I've only been doing keto for 10 months so I think a lot of people would still consider me a newbie but what I have learned is that with the ingredients out there today, there really is nothing you can't figure out how to make keto friendly with some substitutions. So think about what he normally likes to eat for lunch and figure out how you can adapt that without the carbs.

Since you aren't strict Keto, there are some really good low carb tortillas. Aldi has my favorites. They are 4 net carbs. You could do a wrap using low carb tortillas.

I also like chaffles. I got a small waffle maker from Amazon and it's a perfect substitute for bread. Dash Mini Waffle Maker

I have a cracker recipe that I like for low carb crackers. I use different seasonings to change the taste. My family doesn't love them, but I think they are pretty good. They do not come out as crisp as a cracker, but they are still stable enough to use a base for some meat and cheese. Let me know if you want the recipe and I will find it and post.

This is the key. He will quickly tire of meats and veggies. How old is he? If you could teach him how to make them, it would help because they're time-consuming to make in the Dash- one at a time -4 minutes to cook. I'm sure there's another waffle maker that makes more, but the Dash is just the right size. They will last in the fridge, so you can prep ahead. So many varieties/combos. Also, make mini pizzas out of them and use very little sauce. They do get soggy, so you may want to let him construct his sandwich right before he eats it.

Let him go carnivore for a while.  Ignore those that say it will kill him, no, it won't. (I can suggest some books) but really, he's already overweight and not doing so well with carbs, so no carbs would really kick him into gear.  I've eaten nothing but meat, cheese for up to a month.  I liked it.

Aldi also carries the cheese wraps. I don’t personally like them because the cheese was too rubbery, processed tasting, but a lot of people on the Keto Facebook pages I’m on love them.