After working, I get on the food (5)
I believe the answer is:
onion
'the food' is the definition.
(onion is a kind of food)
'after working i get on' is the wordplay.
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'working' becomes 'on' (**).
'get' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'on' next to 'i' is 'oni'.
'oni'+'on'='ONION'
(Other definitions for onion that I've seen before include "Tear-jerking bulb" , "Eye-watering vegetable" , "Cause of tears" , "one understood by expert" , "Bulbous vegetable" .)