So, I’m a big foodie, and JHW, on occassion, benefits from my culinary adventurousness. When I’m not burned out on cooking. Which lately hasn’t been a problem.¹ Too bad I go in phases – some months, we eat like fresh market kings – other months, it’s Contessa and Bertoli frozen bag dinners…

Aside from admitting fluctuating culinary dinnertime aspirations, I’ve been itching to pack healthful, cost-effective lunches that are low on carbs for JHW and myself, but am finding the task somewhat daunting. My original plan was to create 3 healthful side salads per week for us to pick and choose from on a daily basis, prepping different salads for the week takes a good 4 – 5 hours of my Sunday afternoons, and it’s not like our weekends aren’t already full with chores and studio work, and I seem to dirty every dish in the kitchen whipping these things together. If only there were a faster way to make delicious, healthful lunches!

Enter my dear friend, HM, whom, over a discussion in Bed, Bath, and Beyond, told me about this site:

lunchinabox.net

Sexy speedy bento box lunches? Hallelujah!

(Seriously, though – if I were a parent of this woman’s kid’s preschooler friends, I’d feel woefully inadequate sending my rugrat to school with a mere PBJ…)

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¹ – Last night’s meal: Steamed Lemon-Saffron Salmon with Balsamic-Garlic Reduction served over Tomato-Saffron Quinoa with a side of Balsamic Asparagus.

sustenance /2007-09-10 by brandon e. heckman/

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