Sandwiches are an easy crutch to lean on when it comes to packing lunch during the work week. But let’s be honest here — sandwiches get boring pretty fast, and you deserve a satisfying lunch that you look forward to.
From fresh salads to whole grains to noodle bowls, here are 14 easy recipes to up your lunch game.
4.47 / 5 Stars | 79 Reviews
by Viviane
“After an hour or so in the oven, individual cloves of garlic become sweet, carmelized and infinately spread-able. ”
There’s nothing better than a homemade tomato sauce, but nothing worse than having to clean splashes of tomato off the backsplash or the wall behind the stove. So, what makes tomato sauce so explosive?
Q: What is this? Found it in my kitchen gadget drawer. It says Rubbermaid and “This side up in use” on one side. The bottom side appears to have legs and there is the number 0033 4 on it.
It’s time to ask yourself an important question: Have you had enough asparagus this spring? Really dig deep to see if you’re satisfied, because asparagus season will be over before you know it. If you’re panicking, don’t worry. Here’s the soup you need to make for lunch today.
4 / 5 Stars | 11 Reviews
by MILKLISSA79
“Serve these mussels as an appetizer with some crusty bread or as a meal over linguini. It is sure to please mussel lovers!”
Almost exactly 5 years ago, in celebration us both signing contracts to write cookbooks, I met a friend* for lunch at a burger joint called The Stand on East 12th Street, and we finished the meal with something the menu declared a toasted marshmallow milkshake. I don’t remember a thing about the burger, but I do know that pretty much every conversation I had in the weeks that followed went like this: “The weather is so nice today!” “It would be perfect for a toasted marshmallow milkshake, don’t you think?” “How is your son sleeping these days?” “Did I tell you about this toasted marshmallow milkshake I had? Let me tell you about this toasted marshmallow milkshake I had.” “Can you believe this Deepwater Horizon mess?” “Toasted marshmallow milkshake, toasted marshmallow milkshake toasted marshmallow milkshake.” You could argue it had some impact on me.
I don’t know what happened after that. Maybe I didn’t get much sleep that year? Maybe I was busy writing a book? Maybe I was scared I couldn’t be trusted around a blender full of toasted marshmallow milkshake because things like this happen? All I know is that I failed you, failed to pave the milkshake’s path from 12th Street to your blender and now, as we approach ice cream season once again, it’s time to make things right.
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“Wow, you are so lucky!”
That’s the first thing everyone says to my husband, Dan, when they find out he’s married to a food writer. (The second thing they say: “How do you not weigh 500 pounds?”) Little do they know — while I get a thrill from digging into homemade bucatini with lamb Bolognese, Dan would be just as happy (if not happier) if I set a bowl of plain buttered egg noodles in front of him.
Yes, in a rom-com-style twist of fate, the food writer married a picky eater. And after 14 years of sharing our lives, I’ve come to terms with the fact that he’s probably never going to split a lobster roll with me, but that doesn’t mean I love him any less. Here’s how we both stay happy and well-fed.
Q: My husband and I work 8+ hours with a 1 1/2 total hour commute each day. I’m gone 6:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. or later most days.
I love my Crock-Pot, but most slow-cooker meals won’t stand up to 11 or 12 hours of cooking.
