…and a dollar letter short.
I’ll be back with the alphebruary eats later (g and h happened but my energy needs to be higher to share the deets).
Work eats, however, don’t call for much brain power. I’m not saying they were mindlessly dull…but I kinda am ;) Kidding! [But they were VERY similar]
I’ve been on a fruity tooty kick lately. Starting the day with water, Jillian, coffee, coffee, and fruit, fruit, fruit.
Because it’s sunny and I’m downing fresh strawberries and blueberries constantly, I feel like next week should be the 4th of July holiday rather than Valentine’s Day. Oh LA. You and your silly non-seasons (I have no need for seasons in my life).
Repetitive formula? Perhaps. But when starting your work days on a complete berry high, why would you change it up?
Answer: you wouldn’t. So I didn’t.
When it came to the rest of my packed lunches, I was double fisting it all the way (with apples I mean).
There were also plenty of snacks in my bag ‘o tricks, including candied ginger, Chobani blueberry greek yogurt, dried mangoes, and a bag of cereal/nut/dried fruit trail mix.
My non-fruit breakfasts (aka my work breakfasts) didn’t stray too far from the norm.
Above: oats with cinnamon and raisins
Below: oats with coconut and chopped apple
Lunch: salad of spinach, bell pepper, tomato, carrots, and leftover barley/TVP salad.
Barley is SO good! I’m in love with the texture. It’s like a cross between plump oats and chewy couscous. Hard to describe, but really fantastic.
Togetherness.
Togetherness round dos.
Same snack story (trail mix, dried mango), different main.
Millet with peas, carrots, and bell peppers, and spicayyyy salsa on top.
Maybe tomorrow I’ll bust out my “g” and “h” food posts. For now, I have a date with my pillow.
Yummy! It all looks great. You’re right though, I wouldn’t change it up either 😛
I love seeing people pack lunches, because I tend to have to do that a lot in college, and it’s interesting to see what other people pack too.
🙂
xo
I always love seeing your work tupperwares. It makes me feel happy when i see other ppl make, bring, and lovingly transport their own good food in to work…so that they arent eating vending machine food or delivery! 🙂
you have all these lovely grains i want to try like millet and barley! esp the barley.. you convinced me with that texture!
LOL…i LOVE that your same ol’/usual/boring, repetitive meals are things like: millet, TVP and candied ginger ;D Love it!!
Your lunches are inspirational to me. I have been so lame lately with my lunches. I have a box of frozen boca chick’n patties at work and spinach tortillas. In the morning I bring a green smoothie or tea or oatmeal. I need to bring more green for lunch though. I need to go shopping is what I need 🙂 I have been wanting to try barley too!
wow you def read my mind with the cinnamon-raisin oats.
I’ve been wanting to try barley but I love, love, love dried mango!
I need to go buy some blueberries!!! haha and I love barley 🙂
Barley is definitely my new favorite grain! I like doing a half barley half brown rice combo…so chewy and delicious!
from your last post: do you not love the athenos hummus? i just had the roasted garlic tonight and i love and i had the 3 pepper one at work, had one taste and then someone stole it from the fridge BASTARDS because it’s tasty and delicious
I’m eating that mango right now 🙂