Let’s Do Lunch

Happy Birthday Dr. Seuss!!

 

My version of green eggs and ham—eggs on a green plate!

 

I often have people at work ask two things

• What are you eating?
• Cute bag! Where did you get it?

 

I have found that in order to keep my sugar levels happy, I need to eat small meals/snacks every 2-4 hours. If I leave home at 6am and stay in town for work/play until 6pm, then I’ve got a lot of meals to cover. I take food with me now wherever I go. Too many school cafeteria meals equals FAS—fat a$$ syndrome. It also means that I left my lunch bag on the counter and that does nothing for me.

I have been reading about the toxins in our plastics. More and more people are encouraging taking food in glass containers. That’s a nice idea, but I’m not taking a bag o’ glass to school with 5-6 year olds. I do check the numbers on the bottoms of my plastic containers. More on that later.

So, here is what I took today:

• Leftover Pork loin and field peas
• apple
• orange
• carrots
• grapes
• red pepper
• broccoli
• dipping-cashew butter, salsa, tzatziki

 

And here is my bag. (Frankie made a last-minute cameo appearance)

The answer to the question is: Target—BABY department. This is a diaper bag. It is fully lined so it’s easy to clean. I have thrown it in the washing machine on many occasions. It has side pockets for utensils, napkins, bottles of water, Exedrin, nerve pills, etc. ;-)  It’s plenty big for all my food and it doesn’t look at all baby-ish.

Plus, it’s Eddie Bauer. They make very durable items. This was about 25$ and I’ve had it 3 years.

 

Dinner tonight was sausage/veggies with the roasted vegetable quinoa I made on Sunday. I got these nitrate-free chicken sausages from Target-Applegate Farms. They have an excellent assortment of organic and/or nitrate free meat products.

 

So, there it is. Lunch!