Someone at work the other day had a turkey and avocado sandwich and I got really jealous. It's just not the same for vegetarians! I got some Tofurkey veggie lunchmeat and made some wraps, and they turned out pretty well. I got some beautiful lettuce from our garden; I bought the Revolution lettuce seedlings at the farmers' market, and they grew really well! It's a nice dark red color, and aside from looking pretty, it tastes fantastic!
Whole wheat rollups with vegan smoked turkey, avocado, Campari tomato, Revolution lettuce from our garden, and organic tahini, organic vanilla soy yogurt with CSA blueberries, raw almonds, raspberries from the farmers' market, and and organic D'Anjou pear.
I know I've mentioned Fudha here before, but I have to call them out again: I love that they're all about local businesses, and while they've recently merged with another company called Faveroo, that just means that we get even more local deals.
A few months ago, I bought a huge ($50) Fudha for Wellness Forum Foods. I'd gotten their prepared foods at the Clintonville Community Market, and was excited to try some new vegan stuff. I sent Chip over and he asked the chef (who also just happens to live 2 blocks from us) to just use up the whole certificate with whatever he had on hand that was tasty. We got lots of stuff, including a tempeh sandwich, Mexican split pea soup, oven fried tofu (SO delicious!), and these spicy Thai peanut noodles. They have a spicy, gingery sauce that I just love. They can be eaten warm or cold: cold is nice and refreshing in the summer.
Spicy Thai peanut noodles, organic vanilla soy yogurt with CSA blueberries, raw almonds, organic D'Anjou pear, and organic strawberries.
I was really excited to make lunch for myself. Not so I could eat it (though it does look tasty), but so I could get some new stuff on the old blog. You know...yogurt, blueberries, carrots, etc. We got a great haul from the CSA this weekend, and I am glad I was able to use some things in my lunch here.
I don't think we'll be packing lunches while we're home in Maryland, so this will be it for this week. Catch you next Monday!
Organic raspberry soy yogurt with wheat germ and CSA blueberries, CSA carrots (white and orange!!), Kashi strawberry cereal bar, Yummy Earth organic lollipop, organic crispy almonds, organic raw cashews, organic Sultana golden raisins, and natural peanut butter on local organic whole wheat bread.
Chip loves a hot lunch, and he never minds leftovers. So...leftovers it is! I like that this meal is balanced, and that it also looks and tastes similar to meals we had growing up. It's fun to eat different stuff (like tofu, tempeh, etc) but it's also nice to eat familiar stuff like this.
Brown rice pilaf, vegan black pepper steak, steamed broccoli, homemade whole wheat blueberry muffin, and half of an organic Gala apple.
Does something look funny about this to you? Chip worked from home this afternoon, so I didn't pack him his usual lunch. I was happy to be able to cook something for his lunch, however, and that allowed me to make one of his faves that he never gets when he's at work: grilled cheese! He had no idea that I was making this for him, so when I brought the plate to him in our office, he was delighted.
1/2 of a grilled cheese on locally made organic whole wheat bread, homemade whole wheat blueberry muffin, hummus (with olive oil, black pepper, sage, and chili powder), broccoli, and navel orange slices.
There's a fruit or vegetable in every part of this lunch! Since the only way to get Chip to eat blueberries is to make them into muffins...that's what I did. I used this recipe and was not impressed with the results. But we will eat them, because we do not waste things!
We got about a foot of snow today, and I hope that the soup can keep Chip warm at lunch. It's Whole Foods tomato bisque. I could eat this stuff every day. I went to Whole Foods both days this weekend, which is unusual for me. I didn't buy much each time, but I definitely took advantage of their hot bar and salad bar. Yum!
Edit: Chip reports that he loves these muffins. Maybe it's just me?
Sandwich on locally made organic whole wheat bread with lettuce, spinach, organic salsa, hummus, and cheddar, tomato bisque, homemade whole wheat blueberry muffin, and a whole organic Gala apple.
