Chip's lunch: August 5, 2010

Seeing this photo kind of makes me want to go steal Chip's lunch out of the refrigerator right now. Mostly for the pita. We had black bean burgers for dinner tonight with the other half of this avocado and oh man. This avocado is perfect. We've had a bunch of terrible ones lately and this one was delightful. The buttery texture and nutty taste of avocado, plus the sweet tang of grape tomatoes...irresistible to me!



Whole wheat pita with avocado, organic greenleaf lettuce, organic spinach, organic grape tomatoes, and CSA onion, homemade lentil soup, Kashi granola bar, banana, and an organic Fuji apple.

My lunch: July 31, 2010

I took Jack to Pupapalooza on Saturday morning. On Friday night, Chip and I had a small disagreement and went to bed unhappy with each other. When I woke up, he had made this lunch for me. He's never made lunch for me. He must have felt really bad! Unfortunately, I didn't have enough time to eat the whole thing while I was out, but I enjoyed what I did eat. It was pretty neat to have lunch made for me. Now I know what it feels like!



Natural peanut butter on organic sprouted grain bread, trail mix (Chip even shelled the pistachios that he threw in here), Clif Mojo bar, organic strawberries, organic raspberries, organic blackberries, Wheat Thins, whole wheat pita, and guacamole.

Chip's lunch: July 22, 2010

This lunch was all requested by Chip. As we were eating dinner (the fried rice), I asked him what he wanted for lunch. He came up with everything you see here, except the pita. We wandered around the kitchen, the pantry, the fridge, for about 10 minutes, trying to figure out what to put in the side. Finally we decided to leave it empty. Then I saw the pitas in the fridge and a light bulb went off. I was really excited that I'd found something vegan to put in the side area, and was so proud of my vegan lunch. Eh, not so much. I forgot about that milk chocolate. So close! Maybe tomorrow.



Homemade fried rice with organic tofu, broccoli, and organic cauliflower, trail mix with milk chocolate from Holland, raw almonds, organic raw cashews, organic Sultana golden raisins, and organic dried cranberries, whole wheat pita with natural peanut butter, half of a banana (the other half had gone bad), and an organic Fuji apple with organic cinnamon.

Chip's lunch: July 20, 2010

Another Clean Eating Magazine lunch left over from dinner...yum! (recipe here) The latest addition to Chip's diet is grape tomatoes. He has insisted for years that he hates tiny tomatoes. We went out to basi italia last week and had a caprese salad. It was made with pea sprouts, pesto, housemade mozzarella, and...grape tomatoes! And Chip loved it. He housed tonight's dinner that was covered with grape tomatoes, and even said they tasted good. It's ridiculous how happy this makes me. Later this week we'll be trying kiwi again. It didn't go over so well last summer.

Also, speaking of basi italia...I haven't yet mentioned fudha. Fudha (pronounced like "buddha") is an organization that launched in Columbus, Ohio, earlier this year. They partner with locally owned restaurants, particularly those that focus on local ingredients. Twice a week, they offer a "fudha:" a coupon to one of these local restaurants. Each time someone purchases a fudha (i.e. pay $10 and get a $20 coupon to Betty's), $1 is donated to the Mid-Ohio Food Bank. It's awesome all around: I save money, some money goes to a good cause, I get to go out to dinner, and I get to vote with my wallet by patronizing cool local places. If you are in the area, you should definitely sign up! Chip and I have been able to go to a lot of cool places: Betty's, basi italia, Tip Top, Mozart's, Haiku, and Late Night Slice (which we both agree is the best pizza we've ever had...we had a long discussion about it during one of our fifteen hours in the car this past week).

And since this post is long enough already, check back tomorrow and I'll introduce Frank, our latest foster.

Here's what tonight's dinner looked like as dinner:



And crammed into the lunchbox:



Whole banana, half of an organic Fuji apple, oganic corn, organic spiced black beans, raw almonds, organic Sultana golden raisins, organic dried cranberries, grape tomatoes, organic redleaf lettuce, whole wheat pita, and salsa.

Chip's lunch: July 19, 2010

We're back! We had a wonderful trip and got to see many of our friends and family members. Emmy and Cal did really well in the car, and on the way home, we got a call from Emmy's rescue. An approved adopter has selected her, and it looks like she'll be adopted in two weeks. Yay for Emmy!

When we returned home, we found that our garden had gotten even more out of hand. The zucchini plant that had had only flowers on it when we left had two huge fruits. One of our purple bell peppers had ripened also. Very exciting times! We grilled both up with dinner tonight, and the leftovers are in Chip's lunch. We also made a huge grocery shopping trip and picked up tons of fresh fruits, so I'm hoping this will be a colorful week.



Whole wheat pita with hummus, organic carrot, grape tomato, and organic redleaf lettuce, organic Fuji apple, Kashi granola bar, milk chocolate from Holland, raw almonds, raw organic cashews, and grilled veggies (zucchini and purple bell pepper from our garden, and asparagus).

Chip's lunch: March 12, 2010

It's finally Friday! To celebrate, I have included a *very* special treat in today's lunch. It's something we get extremely rarely, so that makes this lunch at least 50% more awesome than it already was. It was already awesome because it's all finger foods; no utensils required! This is Chip's favorite kind of lunch.

As usual, it's been a long work week and I hope that this lunch brightens his workday so he can make it to the weekend. Though also as usual, we have a weekend full of greyhound plans (picking up a new foster early Saturday morning, a parade later that morning, and a meet and greet that afternoon). Though I'm sure we'll miss an hour of sleep on Sunday, we will definitely enjoy the extra hour of sunlight on Sunday evening. Looks like the weekend will be warm, and not a moment too soon!

Chip's lunch: December 4, 2009

This was a proud day for Chip: he tried a new kind of apple. I picked up some Golden Delicious at the last farmers' market of the season, and he actually liked them! He's more of a crispy, tangy apple kind of guy, so I was pleased that he could enjoy a mealier, sweeter apple. I'm an apple dork.



Farmers' market Golden Delicious apple, locally made organic hummus, local mild cheddar cheese, Thin Mints, whole wheat pita (for hummus), and LightLife vegan chili.

Chip's lunch: November 23, 2009

A few finger foods in this lunch. Chip likes foods he can eat with his hands. All but the rice, I suppose, he probably ate sans utensils.



Steamed broccoli, farmers' market Jonagold apple, whole wheat pita, brown rice pilaf, red pepper hummus with chili powder, and cubes of local pepper jack cheese.