Using a microwave to heat food in the workplace is convenient but very unhealthy. Packing a lunch used to be the traditional way to eat lunch while away from home. I remember all of the times I packed a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and an apple as staples for lunch when going to middle school and high school. We can apply this same concept to the workplace. It’s simple and easy. However, it’s very boring.
I searched for a long time to figure out how to heat a meal for lunch. I loved eating gluten-free, vegetable soup from the local Stone Oven eatery when I worked in downtown Cleveland. I had requested it as a regular menu item with the manager. I was grateful that he embraced my suggestion. When I was laid off and no longer working nearby, I had to think of alternatives. I started with a thermos of hot soup that I made the night before. That made a lot of soup and I had to smell the food cooking overnight. Then, I thought that a crockpot might work to make a meal, but it took four hours to cook on high and took up space in the work kitchen. My final choice was an Itaki Shabuki Pot cooker and that only took 20 minutes to cook and heat depending on the ingredients. That made lunch way easier as I was able to keep the ingredients in the work freezer/refrigerator and my desk drawers.
However you choose to prepare lunch, I hope you are able to avoid microwaving a meal.