[CheaplyClever]

My husband also takes his lunch to work. He uses a flat-top six-pack cooler. We freeze a bottle of water to put in the cooler and keep everything cold. When the water thaws out- something to drink! I would have trouble with the contents of the cooler if husband couldn't microwave. We always fix his next day lunch from tonight's supper. I sometimes freeze an extra plate for next week's lunch.

How about pinwheels; flour tortillas with pimento & cheese, a little crumbled bacon, small pieces of ham, and lettuce wrapped up tight and cut into quarters. The trick to a cooler lunch is to pack lots of healthy snacks (apple or orange, bag of peanuts, cheese and crackers, yogurt, jello with fruit, a soda, Little Debbie cakes, snack sized candy bars, carrot sticks, strawberries, peanut butter crackers) to supplement the simple sandwich or cold pasta main meal. The snacks can rotated to be the surprise and are very filling. I send plastic spoons and forks with him, and they can go in the dishwasher if he brings them home.

Thinking of construction lunches...Years ago my brother worked construction with lots of travel. The crew stayed broke until payday. They used to put cans of soup on the dashboard in the winter and let the defroster heat it up for lunch. They also favored the bread surplus stores. Everybody could spend a dollar and split the goodies!