We are young. Lunchbox to lunchbox we stand. Sick of my sandwich with ham. Lunch is a battlefield. We are strong. This sad cup of soup just feels wrong. Been in my lunch-rut too long. Both of us knowing… Lunch is a battlefield.
So. That happened. Somewhere
Either way, we’re all guilty of getting in a lunch rut, right? I am. I work from home. I write words, take pictures and get lost on the internet. I majorly lose track of time. This past week I’ve been letting myself get to the point of hangry and then shoving an apple and a handful of cashews in my face around 2:30pm. That’s one type of lunch rut.
Or, there is my hardworking husband who gets up at the crack of dawn to commute into the city for work. He gets up and sleepwalks his way through packing his lunch. It’s like a choreographed sleep-dance where he’s somehow allowed to wield a butter knife and prepare a ham sandwich. It feels dangerous. But, firstly… isn’t there a saying about not waking a sleeping bear? Something like that. Secondly, when one is tired, sometimes slathering mustard onto bread and slapping some ham on-top seems like the only thing to do. Please forgive me for using the words slap and ham in that close of proximity to each other. I know not what I do.
The easiest way to get out of your lunch rut is simply with a little prep! In this case I stuck some sweet potatoes in the oven and roasted them until they were tender. That is the most time consuming thing about all of this, but really, it’s no biggie. I popped them in the oven, folded some laundry, watched half an episode of Teen Mom 2 and then attended to serious work-related business things, and VOILA! Done! During the time your potatoes are roasting you can even prepare your salad. Chop up all your ingredients while watching Teen Mom 2 and put them in a good storage bowl. Make up a simple salad dressing and put it in a separate storage container. Now you have all the elements you need to whip up a lunch that doesn’t involve shoving handfuls of cashews into your face or any form of ham slapping (sorry).
Still simple, yet totally delicious. Veggies are prepped and ready for their fork to face debut.
Lunch: battle complete. This is the part where Pat Benatar and I dance around the mean streets with lunchboxes. Oh, and there’s totally neon lights and a smoke machine. If we’re going to do it, let’s just do it right.
Print Greek Salad-Stuffed Sweet PotatoesServing Size: 4-6
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