{Tuesday Lunchbox}

October 5, 2010
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Today was an improvement on yesterday, by far. Here are the details on today’s lunchbox which was designed to be a lunch and three sizeable snacks: Steamed broccoli with Book of Yum’s Gluten Free Vegan Indian Vegetable Pulao (see my post on other great recipes from Book of Yum) Kale chips, made by dehydrating Ricki’s […]

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{Monday Lunchbox}

October 5, 2010
Lunch

Belatedly, here is Monday’s lunchbox: Steamed broccoli with Book of Yum’s Gluten Free Vegan Indian Vegetable Pulao (see my post from last night on other great recipes from Book of Yum). Kale chips, made by dehydrating Ricki’s Hail to the Kale Salad (see one of last week’s lunchbox for more background). Today was such the […]

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Adopt a Gluten Free Blogger: Sea of Book of Yum {Plus Bonus Lunchbox}

October 4, 2010
Japanese Quinoa Salad 007 edited

Back in May I made the resolution to participate every month in Adopt a Gluten Free Blogger – it is one of the best ways for me to get myself organized and try several recipes I have bookmarked from the blogs of so many talented gluten-free bloggers.  This month, I had quinoa in mind, so […]

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{Friday Lunchbox}

October 2, 2010
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Today’s lunchbox was all about ease.  I was rushing, so packed a couple of dips and lots of cut up vegetables and some crackers, designed to provide me with lunch and two snacks: 2 zucchinis and a red pepper, cut up Pizza Cashew Cheese from Choosing Raw Hummus Marys Gone Crackers (Caraway) On Tuesday you […]

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{Thursday Lunchbox}

September 30, 2010
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Today is the last day of September. As you may recall, I initially started the Lunchbox Series as a week-long project, which I then turned into a month-long endeavor. I have been receiving a lot of great responses encouraging me to continue the series. I would love to, but for October and November I would […]

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{Wednesday Lunchbox}

September 30, 2010
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Today was an unusual day in that I packed lunch last night (including making green smoothies so I could sleep an extra little while this morning) but then decided this morning to work from home until midday (the unusual part is that I never work from home).  I ate my mid morning snack before I […]

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Apple Dal

September 29, 2010
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When I saw that this month’s ingredient for S.O.S. Kitchen Challenge, sponsored by two of my favorite blogs, Affairs of Living and Diets, Desserts and Dogs, was apples, I initially had my heart set on making a gingery apple sauce. I called my friend Christina, who knows pretty much everything about apples (her grandparents owned […]

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Basil Makes Everything Great {Tuesday Lunchbox}

September 29, 2010
Collard Wraps Tuesday Lunch

Have you met Gena of Choosing Raw? Her blog is lovely – eloquent and thoughtful.  And she comes up with fantastic raw and cooked vegan recipes.  I love her blog because it is always giving me new ideas on how to pack more produce into each and every meal.  Today’s lunch includes two of my […]

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{Monday Lunchbox}

September 28, 2010
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Happy Monday! Today’s lunch:  A no-recipe-just-mix-salad of chopped vegetables with quinoa and chickpeas and add a pinch of salt, a drizzle of olive oil and some lemon juice with a side of Mary’s Gone Crackers Sticks and Twigs: For the quinoa salad, the ratio ended up being equal parts of chopped zucchini, bell pepper, quinoa […]

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Friday Lunch

September 24, 2010
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Rice, beans, broccoli.  Yes, this is about as basic as it gets.  It has been quite a week on my end – my husband has a bad cold, we both had to work a lot and sleep was a priority.  I am in denial that my throat is a bit scratchy and loading up on […]

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Thursday Lunchbox

September 24, 2010
Thursday lunch 001

I was worried today’s lunch and two snacks might not be filling, but somehow it was: Collard wraps with hummus, sliced zucchini and red peppers: Mary’s Gone Crackers Sticks and Twigs Two 16oz super quick green smoothies I find the best way to make collard wraps is to trim down the stalk a bit – […]

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Wednesday Lunchbox

September 22, 2010
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Happy Wednesday! Today’s lunchbox: Quinoa-black bean-grilled chicken salad.  See below for ingredients. Kale salad (massaged with just extra-virgin olive oil and sea salt) with half a lemon.  I used  both lacinato/dinosaur kale and curly kale in this salad. Hummus, packed in the jar it is stored in as I was too short on time to […]

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Super Quick Green Smoothie

September 21, 2010
Tuesday lunch 005

{ Happy Tuesday! Here are today’s lunch and two snacks: Brown rice tortilla stuffed with 1/3 cup hummus, 1/2 cup mashed roasted sweet potato, sliced zucchini and 1 tablespoon chopped scallions, and seasoned with hot sauce and smoked salt.  If you are curious about how to make the tortilla soft and pliable, see here.  Quinoa […]

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Chocolate Milkshake Smoothie

September 20, 2010
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I hope everyone had a good weekend. I thought some more about the lunchbox series this weekend. It is funny to think that I started it on September 1 just as way to document my lunches for a week for some inspiration for writing a guest post, and now it is September 20 and I […]

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Friday Lunchbox

September 17, 2010
Friday lunch

I am so glad it is Friday.Thanks so much for all the great comments, tweets and emails regarding  how much you like the lunchbox series. I am definitely going to continue it for a while longer (see here for background). Today I had to be up extra early to go to the DMV to renew […]

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