Working days, evenings or nights can make a consistent eating routine harder to maintain. This guide focuses on planning, portable foods and simple routines that can travel with your shift.
Before or during your shift
- Oats with nuts and fruit
- Eggs with whole-grain toast
- Vegetable paratha with yogurt
- Fresh fruit
Portable snacks
- Unsalted nuts
- Fresh fruit
- Greek or plant-based yogurt
- Carrots and cucumbers
- Roasted chickpeas
Main meals
- Whole-grain roti or brown rice
- Chicken, fish or paneer
- Dal or chickpeas
- Mixed vegetables
- Lentil or quinoa bowls
Build a routine around your shift
Plan ahead, pack meals and keep water available. Decide in advance what and when you intend to eat so your shift does not make every food decision for you.
Independent lifestyle content: This article is educational and is not an official Unicity publication. For product ingredients, directions, warnings and authorized product information, use current official Unicity materials and product labels.

