It is have been a long time since I have been regularly preparing my food at home to bring it to work. If I am not wrong, it should be nearly fifteen years, including also my college years and discounting the first two years in France, when I went to a very nice and cheap restaurant for lunch. When I cook for lunch, I usually cook something as side dish with vegetables. That something can be white rice, tabouleh, wheat, smashed potatoes, or even more vegetables.
However, among all the possibilities, I chooose white rice very often. I have my basic recipe for white rice and I cook it almost every week. I think that this recipe has enough flavor to eat the rice alone. I also vary a litthe the recipe form time to time, such as adding some saffron or thyme, or cooking it in vegetable or chicken stock.