In my efforts to keep my husband on his weight loss regime – and if the use of the word ‘regime’ makes me sound like a dictator, I bet he’d agree with the characterization – I’ve come up with some healthy lunches for him to take to work. This is only partially successful because he eats out so much, but my youngest daughter covers the business lunches by finding out where he’s eating, reading the menu online and emailing him suggestions for what he should order. I might not be the only bossypants in the family.

Here are five healthy eat-at-your-desk lunches, meant to be easy to put together, with readily accessible ingredients. There’s a limit to what I’m willing to commit to do in the kitchen before 7am, so these have to be simple. I found the reusable steel containers on Amazon, and they work well because you can stuff them so that they look really full, but they’re small, so there’s still an element of portion control. I also used Bee’s Wrap, a terrific product made of cotton and beeswax that holds its shape when folded, and can be reused – a natural substitute for plastic wrap. What a great idea.

Here’s what’s for lunch:

Serves – each sandwich serves one

Prep time – ten minutes per sandwich

Peanut Butter and Apple on a Whole Wheat Wrap

Grilled Chicken on Corn Tortilla

Veggie Sandwich on Multi-grain Bread