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We just started salad club! It is AWESOME

@highwire: What is salad club? Or is it like fight club and you can't tell us about it?

When I was working it was half/half in my department. I was one of the people who brought my lunch most of the time. Way to expensive to buy lunch every day in Tribeca.

There's a variety of ways to do it, but here's how we do it:

Each week, one person is responsible for bringing all the supplies. We have four people participating so it works out to be about once a month that you have to buy.

Each week is also themed. So this week is basic salad week: lettuce, veggies, croutons, viniagarette, etc.

Other weeks are fruit salad, ethnic salad, and then the last week is "variety" where you can bring whatever the heck you want.

I keep a fridge in my office already for pumping purposes, so we just keep all the supplies in my office.

At lunch time, I set everything out on my extra desk in here and everyone helps themselves.

Sometimes I'll heat up a soup to have along side it.

We also have peanut butter, jelly, turkey, and bread in case people get bored and want a sandwich or something.

There's only one other person in the office with me and we both probably bring our lunch half the time.

@regberadaisy: This is actually one of the reasons I don't always have lunch. I just never have leftovers. Basically I only have them if I make soup. I don't make "dishes" just meat and veggies for dinner 90% of the time.

Most bring a lunch - except for the bosses. All the managers in my department eat out every day, no joke. I'd think that would get super expensive!

Almost everyone brings a lunch. The places within walking distance aren't all that impressive! We did recently get a great food truck, but it's crazy expensive and only one of my co-workers goes there regularly. We're all Lean Cuisine addicts

@BananaPancakes: yeah, I have to make huge family sized meals to have leftovers. My DH will eat 75% of a huge casserole. I tell him to save some so I have lunch but then I feel guilty that he is still hungry at dinner. He usually wins.

@mrsjazz: oooh you work in Tribeca?! niiiice.

our office is mostly people who go out & buy lunch - i USED to bring lunch all the time, but lately I've been bad - I try to bring food as much as possible, but I end up going out to get food probably 2-3x a week.... our office is in Harvard Square so there are a million options very close by.