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LUNCH MENU IDEAS
If you, like me, sometimes get bored with your usual repertoire, and need some fresh inspiration, the below contain meal ideas. Some are very basic, but the main focus for these ideas are usually just regular, daily meals, not necessarily the fanciest or most unusual. Some recipes are housed here, some are offsite, but all have been tried and liked. I try to focus on a) healthy-ish, b) not using too too many processed ingredients and c) things that can be made ahead and quickly prepared (what I call Slow Fast Food). Obviously, a lot of the lunch ideas could be for dinner too, but I've tried to put in this category things that could be transported and reheated at work easily.
Right now they are arranged alphabetically below; you can click on the "Lunch Categories" in order to search by category. I've tried to add categories for the major or unusual ingredients. Eventually I hope there will be enough that you can head over to the categories and click on the ingredient in case you need an idea for how to use up some extra ingredients.
Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 11:56PM 
(Here's my original post on this recipe.)
Make this recipe, make it for dinner, eat it cold for lunch the next day. Eat it at room temp. Take it on a picnic. Make it when you have houseguests for a quick meal that everyone is going to love. If you can't get broccoli rabe, make it regular broccoli. Just make it, it's a great go-to dish.
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 12:01PM 
This recipe is on Epicurious here, but I have a few tweaks!
You can make the curry and freeze in single servings. I generally serve over brown jasmine rice (available at Trader Joe's), brown basmati as a second choice. Any long-grain brown rice is nice. (Short-grain might be too sweet with the sweet of the dish.)
You can also freeze rice, don't forget, so if you want this as a grab-and-go lunch, freeze the curry and the rice separately and the reheat together. While the cilantro and the squeeze of lime/lemon do make the dish great, if trucking along garnishes to the office is unrealistic, just forget about them, it's still good!
Sunday, April 19, 2009 at 11:45AM
Recipe here. I love this soup and it is my go-to quick meal. I make a big giant batch and freeze in single servings. It's spicy and hearty. Also a good veggie chicken soup replacement when you are sick.
