Now that my kids are in school, I'm trying to be prepared for when they come home at lunch time. I make a lot of salads like this one:
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| chicken, orzo, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, feta . If you mix it while the pasta is still warm. the feta melts and makes a yummy sauce. |
I make this dressing and have it around so I can put it on stuff for lunch.
2 Parts plain (no or low-fat -- you can't tell) yogurt (1/2 cup?)
1 part light mayonnaise (1/4 cup?)
scant 1/2 part mustard (1 TBS?)
1 Big-Squeeze-of-Plastic-Lemon lemon juice (1 tsp?)
salt and pepper
Stuff I put it on:
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| chicken, zucchini, grapes, curly pasta |
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| Tuna, peas, chickpeas on spinach |
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| Chicken, orzo, bell pepper, zucchini, broccoli slaw |
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| Orzo, chicken, cherry tomatoes, zucchini on spinach |
You get the idea.
Hey. Guess what? It's time for lunch. I don't know what we're having. Time got away from me. I've been writing this blog post. What are you having?
I usually make one thing on sundays that I can eat all week -- otherwise I Find myself grabbing for "bad" foods in a fit of hunger and stress. I make a quinoa chicken salad similar to yours above -- ff feta, red sliced grapes, chicken, quinoa, diced celery & scallions, and balsamic vinagrette (newman's own lite). It is really good and I always crave it rather than getting sick of it. If I don't plan, though, it is a disaster -- though dinner is worse for me because by the time I've fought traffic home after a long day, I need to throw osmething right in the oven or I"ll be on the phone with dominos in a heart beat. ;-)
ReplyDeleteToday was bacon and eggs, but I usually have donburi (rice bowl with stuff on it) made with whatever leftovers are in the fridge instead of raw fish. So, rice or wild rice with spinach/bacon/egg, or chicken/egg, beef/mushrooms, or whatever. :) And a new favorite is a BLT with a fried egg added to make it more filling. Probably not good for me but it tastes wonderful.
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