What's In Your Desk?

[kelliem]

belphebe and I were doing this in email and I thought it would make a fun meme.

What kinds of food and/or drink do you have in your desk (or file cabinet, etc.) at work? I have:

1 bag roasted in-shell unsalted peanuts
1 can Planter's cashew pieces (salted)
Home-made 'everything' bagel chips
1 bag Maple-pecan granola
3 envelopes Kikkoman Tofu-Spinach Miso Instant Soup
1 Nissin Cup o' Noodles (Shrimp)
1 pkg Thai Kitchen Lemongrass & Chili Rice-Noodle Soup
3 pkgs Nissin Chicken Ramen
1 pkg Annie Chun's Udon Soup w/Bok Choy & Shiitake Mushrooms
1 can Campbell's Clam Chowder
1 box Vinta multigrain crackers
Small jar Jif peanut butter (smooth)
Upton Tea Oolong (loose)
Upton Tea Imperial Orange Spice (loose)
Celestial Seasonings Morning Thunder tea
Yogi Tea: Ginger
Hazelnut Belgian Cafe instant coffee
Instant Vanilla Chai mix

So, I'm all set if I get snowed in for a few days. :D

Comments

[misspamela.livejournal.com]

I don't keep food in my desk, usually, because I can't eat during class. But I always have mints and I steal apples and cheese sticks from the kitchen to eat in secret!

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Mmm, apples and cheese. One of the better snack combos around. And even mostly healthy! Go you!

[dine.livejournal.com]

because I'm changing jobs (OMG, next week!), I dragged everything home already - but normally I keep instant oatmeal (maple/brown sugar), a couple sorts of tea (always Stash lemon ginger and often something else), sugar cubes, some sort of chocolate for stressed days, asstd granola bars and usually a bottle of water, just in case. when I get settled in again, I'll probably consider adding crackers & peanut butter, as those are very sensible and good quick snacking.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I seem to know a lot of people changing jobs right now. I haven't tried the Lemon Ginger tea but that sounds really good. I'll have to look for that. And I used to have oatmeal, but I ate it all and replaced it with the granola.

[aukestrel.livejournal.com]

Dude, I want to get snowed in with you. I think I have half a package of granola bars, a tin of Earl Grey tea, and a half-canister of sugar. Oh, wait! I do have a package of Spicy Peanut Noodles.

OTOH, I have definitely not been bringing stuff in to work lately. *G*

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Dude, I want to get snowed in with you.

I tend to be overprepared in case of emergency. :)

OTOH, I have definitely not been bringing stuff in to work lately.

Gee, I wonder why?

[aukestrel.livejournal.com]

I left my iTea at work so we went to get it today and I brought home the rest of my noodles. All I have left now is an empty candy dish, a couple of granola bars, and my Tylenol/Aleve stash. Wow, I so did not even try to put down roots, did I... *g*

[belphebe.livejournal.com]

Gee, that list looks familiar. :-)

I think I'll go post my list now.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

You should post yours here, too!

[belphebe.livejournal.com]

Here it is.

Melba Toast
Ichiban noodles (original) - 3 packages
Red River Cereal - divided into 1/4-cup servings (2)
Kraft unsweetened peanut butter
honey
lemon juice
green tea
instant coffee
Kettle brand Bakes potato chips (salted, aged white cheddar)
Hint Mint Black Licorice mints (forgot to list the mints previously!)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Those potato chips sound wonderful, btw. :) And Ichiban is really the best ramen around. I only have the Nissin ones because I bought them on sale and the kidunit refuses to eat them. :-)

[belphebe.livejournal.com]

The potato chips are pretty good. I'm not so sure about the aged white cheddar flavor, but it's not too bad. And since they are baked, they are a bit healthier for me than regular potato chips. I can satisfy my addiction and not feel too guilty!

[shiningmoon.livejournal.com]

Granted, I just started this job 4 weeks ago, but the only things I have in my desk are Dove sugar-free chocolates and some sugar-free pinwheel mints. :)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Well, that's a good start. :)

[mrlnpndrgn]

I don't usually keep food in my desk...
Only tea.

And the occasional bar of dark chocolate ;)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

I mostly have it because I tend to eat lunch at my desk a lot, and it's nice to have things on hand if I forget my lunch at home like I do semi-regularly.

[mrlnpndrgn]

The company frowns on us having lunch at our desk. Not that it stops anyone ;)

And I have no self-control : if I keep stuff, I'll eat it :(
Better not to
'xcept for the chocolate, of course :)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

For some reason I really don't have trouble resisting eating the stuff. And it keeps me from going to the snack machine where everything is much less healthy. As for chocolate-- I did have some wonderful hand-made truffles from France that one of my faculty brought back from her trip abroad, but... I finished them. ::is sad::

[mrlnpndrgn]

I usually don't buy from the machines (except for the very occasional bag of chips).

But truffles from France...
I must explore this on my trip next september :)

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

They make wonderful truffles. On one trip, she brought back truffles that were full of Calvados. Real liquid Calvados. Those were to DIE for.

[mrlnpndrgn]

Maybe Francis will know some good addresses :)

home-made 'everything' bagel chips?

[belphebe.livejournal.com]

Please explain the bagel chips. How did you make them (or did someone else make them)? I'm assuming the 'everything' is because you used 'everything bagels' not because you put everything on them!

Re: home-made 'everything' bagel chips?

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Yes, they were 'everything' bagels. The chips are easy to make. Just slice up some slightly stale bagels thinly (I actually feed them through the slicer on my food-processor) toss them with some melted butter and garlic salt and then put them on a cookie sheet in a single layer and bake them on low heat (200 F.) until they are dry and crisp. The cook-time will depend on your oven and ambient humidity of both air and bagels so I can't really tell you how long, but probably around an hour or so. I suppose you could leave off the butter or use olive oil and make them healthier. :)

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

Nothing; there is a restaurant at my work place, where the fare is quite decent and paid by our administration for a half of the price. No need to have lunch anywhere else.

[kelliem.livejournal.com]

Lucky you!

[franciskerst.livejournal.com]

Yes but don't forget the main meal (traditionally entry, main course, cheese or dessert) is still the lunch in France and we have at least one hour of free time to take it quietly; so all administrations and most big companies keep their own restaurant for their employees; they know they would be very unpleased to replace their main meal by a sandwich or a snack (though in small companies they have to, but they get vouchers).