One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍
I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also m I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also my lips are never chapped, so there’s that. 😂 And this is only one of my refill stashes. When I was in middle school, I had literally THE WORST chapped lips ever. Like a complete red ring around my top and bottom lips. I don’t think that’s where my lip balm obsession started, but it certainly didn’t help. Jersey winters are no joke (or our hot summers), so don’t mind me while I just add to my collection. What’s your fave?
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Eat. Live. Be. #13: My Go-To Lunch

March 28, 2011 · Clean Eating

ELB logo - largeThank goodness this week’s Eat. Live. Be. topic is a piece of cake, because my To-Do List for the night is ridiculous.  And I really just want to go lie down with my remote in one hand, and a smoothie in the other and call it a night.

This week’s topic is all about our go-to lunch.  Although I work at an office until noon, I work from home in the afternoon, which gives me a little more flexibility with my lunches (unless I’m meeting a friend, of course).  Truth be told, I can be a little like a 17-year-old in a new hot and heavy romance with my lunch patterns.  I grasp onto a lunch idea and fixate on it until I’m sick of it.  You know, like when you couldn’t get enough of your new, first boyfriend?  And then, like that flushed high schooler, I’m done and I’ve moved onto the newest flavor of the week.  Such are my lunches.

Lately, my lunches have been fish sandwiches.  I honestly am a terrible Catholic when it comes to no meat on Friday.  I can go several months without eating meat, but then tell me I can’t and I can’t remember that darn fact until a piece of bacon is in my mouth.  I was so proud that I went all day Friday, safely making it through breakfast and lunch without accidentally eating meat.  Until we went to the movie theater.  And the kids wanted dinner there.  And I gave in because once in awhile, it’s ok to throw them a curve ball like eating dinner at the movie theater. So I ordered them chicken fingers.  And, of course, it was the next morning as my hand is finding its way to smacking my forehead that I remember … chicken fingers … meat … on meatless Fridays during Lent.  I digress.  So I have been having fish A LOT lately hoping to just have it enough that it slips into the routine on Fridays too and I forget about my meat issue.  Well you can clearly see that theory was flawed.

But that is a very long-winded way of telling you that my go-to lunches as of the past few weeks have been fish sandwiches.  Mostly tilapia.  Grilled or broiled with lemon juice.  Or lightly breaded with whole wheat panko (when I do it that way, I bake up a bunch and freeze them).  Once I have the fish, I use a whole wheat wrap or sandwich thin, and add whatever sounds good that day.  Smooshed avocado nearly all of the time.  Sometimes spinach leaves.  A little melted cheese and a whole lotta condiments.

I am a total condiment girl.  I love them all.  Separate.  Together.  I thought my friend was going to die when she saw the mixture I used Saturday night with my fish at the movies.  She offered me her bleu cheese dressing, I think as a joke, to add to my concoction, and I gladly would have taken it.

Now if you work in an office and eat your lunch there, please, I beg of you, skip the fish sandwich. We used to have a secretary that would have fish every day, heating it up in the microwave, and we all smelled it for the whole afternoon.  Blech.

Now for other alternatives for an awesomely healthy go-to lunch, these are excellent ideas:

  • Caramelized Onion, Mushroom and Goat Cheese Pizza.  This has been another recent infatuation of mine.
  • Tomato, Avocado and Hummus Pizza
  • Healthy Cobb Salad, courtesy of Jillian Michaels
  • Ham Veggie Wraps with Horseradish Cream – oh man, love these!
  • Warm Butternut Squash and Chick Pea Salad with Tahini Dressing.  Going on the menu for this week since I happen to have all the ingredients handy.
  • Healthy Overstuffed Sandwich.  Forget the dinner I just ate.  I’m hungry all over again!

To find out go-to lunches my fellow ELBers, please visit them at the below links:

  • Sarah Caron from Sarah’s Cucina Bella
  • Joanne from Eats Well with Others
  • Chris Arpante – Melecotte
  • Patsy – Family, Friends and Food
  • Claire – Cooking is Medicine
  • Sarah Rogers – Sarah’s Sweet Creations
  • Rivki from Healthy Eating for Ordinary People
  • Claudia from Journey of an Italian Cook
  • New Jersey Epicurean

Tomorrow? A fun post.  Debating between Madeline’s, ahem, iPad, or my jelly bean rant or her latest crush.  Decisions, decisions…

Project 365
March 28, 2011, Photo #86

Little StinkersTechnically this is a bonus picture from last night. I finished up work around 10 and made my way upstairs only to find these two little stinkers fast asleep in my bed. I do believe this is what’s known as a blackmail picture.

Lady of the NightShe has discovered an interest in make-up over the last few months. Until she perfects her art, I may need to switch to a much lighter color of eyeshadow since she only wants to use the one that I’m using. After a quick errand to the store today, she also requested headbands and perfume. The girl is in love.

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Comments

  1. cathy says

    March 28, 2011 at 9:21 pm

    If you had added blue cheese to that concoction I just might have had to switch seats!!!

    Reply
  2. Sarah Caron says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:32 pm

    I’m not sure I’ve ever had a fish sandwich. Ever. But with avocado … I could like that.

    Reply
  3. Betsy says

    March 28, 2011 at 10:42 pm

    If not too much trouble would love to learn how you make the panko crusted tilapia. How long do approximately bake, temp etc. And, how do you heat up (do you defrost first)?

    Can you tell I don’t cook fish at home. Ha.

    Oh, and so with you about not heating up fish at work. Or making popcorn in the microwave and burning it.
    Thanks.

    Reply
  4. Joanne says

    March 29, 2011 at 6:15 am

    I was just thinking how this is the only year I’ll actually be able to go meatless on Fridays cause I’m just going meatless period. LOL. Otherwise…I would never remember.

    I am definitely like you…I obsessively eat something like it’s going out of style…greek yogurt and peanut butter, PB+J’s, salads, etc. It’s crazy!

    Reply
  5. Kris #40 says

    March 29, 2011 at 9:42 am

    My favorite go to lunch is your Zesty Turkey Burger recipe – which I make into mini meatloaves in a cupcake tin instead of grilling them. 4 oz plus a roll comes out to about 5 ww points. They get some spinach and red onion and light mayo.

    I love going to Fuddruckers every now and then to use all the condiments there. I am totally a condiment girl.

    http://sweetnicks.com/2010/08/zesty-turkey-burgers/

    Reply
  6. Ramona says

    March 29, 2011 at 11:48 am

    What a funny face she’s making.

    In luv…oh goodness…when’s the wedding?

    Reply
  7. Maris (In Good Taste) says

    March 29, 2011 at 5:51 pm

    My goodness, they are adorable!

    Reply

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One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
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One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a One of us hops like a bunny down the steps, has a serious case of FOMO on the daily, gets hiccups more than anyone we know and has perpetual bed head. She’s quite the unique roommate but may be exactly what our home needed. 💛
I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw th I haven’t had a bagel in ages, but when I saw that @njdotcom had picked six bagel shops at the “best in the state,” and one was reasonably local, all the sudden I needed one. I was never one to fall prey to peer pressure, but I’m very definitely a marketer’s dream. 😂 Alfa Bagels is on Route 10 in Randolph and has a good assortment of bagels, including all the usual suspects, but with a few others like rainbow, Asiago and French Toast throw in for good measure. Their bagels always seem to have a nice chew, which I appreciate and I love their sesame one. My go-to order lately is a double toasted flagel with lox spread and tomato. Their lox spread is a little ho hum, but the bagel is delish. Check them out next time you’ve got a craving (or get motivated by a local news story 😝). What’s your bagel order?
✌🏻 ✌🏻
When you really really really want to be best frie When you really really really want to be best friends. 💛
When a stressful week with deadlines ends with Nat When a stressful week with deadlines ends with National Cheese Lovers Day, how could I not partake? Tbh, I wasn’t especially hungry, and the appetizers are always the best section of any menu, so the queso blanco from El Mejicano in town wasn’t too hard a choice. It’s smoky and cheesy and I could have licked the bowl clean, but a girl’s gotta have some boundaries. Happy weekend, friends! ✨
A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her A friend saw this placard and said it reminded her of me and dropped it off in our mailbox, which really touched me. 💛 Life is too freaking short not to make conscious decisions to do more of what makes you happy, and to cut out the things that don’t. Rainbow Rowell said it best, “So, what if, instead of thinking about solving you whole life, you just think about adding additional good things. One at a time. Just let your pile of good things grow.”
The face and the daily hiccups… 😍 The face and the daily hiccups… 😍
I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also m I mean, I might have a slight obsession but also my lips are never chapped, so there’s that. 😂 And this is only one of my refill stashes. When I was in middle school, I had literally THE WORST chapped lips ever. Like a complete red ring around my top and bottom lips. I don’t think that’s where my lip balm obsession started, but it certainly didn’t help. Jersey winters are no joke (or our hot summers), so don’t mind me while I just add to my collection. What’s your fave?

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