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I WAH so I've eaten lunch at home for the last 6 years. I usually just do easy stuff. Cheese and crackers and fruit. Salad. Sometimes I'll make eggs and toast. Or frozen stuff from TJs (I really like their black bean taquitos and their mini chicken tamilitos).

just sandwiches, salads

deli meat, fresh fruit, cheese stick, yogurt, crackers

we always have those things so its easy to put together a quick lunch!

Lately I've been having kale smoothies. I make a 50/50 blend of kale and whatever fruit I have lying around, some Pom juice, Greek yogurt if I'm extra hungry and blend it all up. So good and filling. LO loves it too.

We also eat sandwiches - sun butter and jelly for LO, turkey avocado for me. Sometimes rotisserie chicken with steamed veggies. Usually though it's just whatever randomness I scrounge up In the fridge.

@locavore_mama: I used to be like that! It took too much time and energy to always cool a full blown meal for lunch, though, so now I try to keep it simple. I just try to make sure there's at least one veggie incorporated and I call it good

@locavore_mama: haha, you know you have high expectations with respect to food!

Some other things that came to mind were steamed fish and bean soup. You could make either of them rather easily, assuming you're stocked up.

Quesadillas, pasta, cold cuts and cheese, frozen meatballs, frozen veggies, avocado, or a pita pizza--some combination of some of that stuff.

My favorite thing to make is frozen Chinese XLB buns!

We always do sandwiches! Just cold cuts, cheese, spinach on whole wheat. Usually fruit and string cheese on the side.

@locavore_mama: What about curried chicken salad sandwiches, or there are a lot of good lentil recipes that cook fast. Tunacakes or Salmoncakes are good for lunch, maybe with sauteed spinach as a side or with a spinach salad with balsamic.

I like caprese salads/sandwiches in the summer. I mentioned on a thread yesterday that we also like doing mushroom/spinach quesadillas with corn/black bean/avocado salad. I also like to make grain salads (one with Israeli couscous, arugula, dried cherries and gouda is a fave). In the winter, I like to freeze chili and stews in lunch portions. We also do brunch sometimes - frittatas or egg/cheese sandwiches. I'm realizing from this list that we don't do much meat for lunch, I guess...

@locavore_mama: Here's the recipe I use for grownups for that particular salad: http://www.thekitchn.com/recipe-whole-wheat-couscous-wi-150125 She gets a simplified version without nuts/celery and other things she doesn't eat, but you should try it as is for yourself!