My husband says that figuring out what he’s going to pack in his lunch is one of the most frustrating parts of his day. Me? I have no problem packing up last nights leftovers, adding a piece of fruit, some carrots or other portable veggies, and possibly a treat. In fact, when I make my favorite meals, I always think about leftovers for lunch. I long ago abandoned actual brown bags; I almost always use some type of reusable cloth bag with reusable containers and silverware. I’d been coveting a stylish reusable lunch container for quite some time, but passed on buying one, citing it as something I didn’t really need.
So when the folks at Healthy Kitchenware sent me a stainless steel food carrier for a product review, and offered one for a reader, I jumped on the opportunity. The containers are all steel, no plastic, are compact, easily portable, and have three separate compartments that join together with a latch. It’s the perfect size for a small salad, sandwich, and a treat, each in its own compartment.
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What’s your favorite brown bag-less lunch?
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Leftover homemade veggie soup (or any soup, really), hummus with tortilla chips, and grapes. Yum!
My wife makes me a lunch most days. I always have raw carrots and sugar snap peas; two pieces of fruit (one for morning snack and one either with lunch or as an afternoon snack); and a sandwich of some kind on whole wheat bread. sometimes she throws in a few small cookies (Nilla Waffers or the like) as a dessert.
My favorite lunch is a salad with beans, corn, rice, cilantro and tomatoes! YUM!
i usually take leftovers, my favorite is an herb beef stew that’s perfect for chilly winter days (or arctic office air conditioning in the summer). i usually throw in some fruit, yogurt, and granola bar for snacks.
My lunch is almost always last nights leftovers. If I have nothing already fixed and ready to go, lunch is a chunk of cheese and crackers with a handful of nuts on the side.
leftover fajitas (tortilla, chicken & pepper mix, homemade salsa), apple and mixed nuts
I fix lunches for my wife every workday, Mon thru Fri. One of our favorites is a sping mix salad (arugula, spinach, etc) with a citrus dressing that I make. I also include on the side: mandarin orange slices for the salad and/or snack, granola bar, in-season fruit and homebrewed iced tea.
Her friends at work are jealous.
GarlicMan76458 at FreedomGardens.org
I love to mix up a big tasty salad for lunch — I mix in whatever veggies I have in the house (cucumbers, roasted red peppers, artichokes, tomatoes, carrots, broccoli, etc.) and top it with a sprinkling of salad dressing and some freshly ground pepper.
I literally have the same lunch everyday. Vegetarian jalepeno and cheese hot dogs, wrapped in a whole wheat tortilla with diced cherry peppers. I’m so predictable it is sad. LOL. I throw it all in a bulky old tuperware container.
Ham, cheese, cream cheese, sunflower seeds, lettuce all on an “everything” wheat bagel. Throw in some carrots and ranch dip, as well as some yogurt and I’m a happy camper.