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Lunch trauma-- possibly solved?

So I really really have problems with lunch. They are as follows:

1. We usually eat our leftovers for dinner the next day.
2. If there is food I can take for lunch, I invariably leave it on the counter when I leave for work.
3. Sometimes I will find something I like, such as the Thai Kitchen Instant Rice Noodle Soup, and I will eat it every day for weeks until I can't stand the thought of eating it ever again, plus my office smells like lemongrass to the extent that I need to buy air freshener.
4. I try to avoid non-organic meat and stuff that has tons of preservatives or ingredients I can't pronounce.
5. The 'hippie' frozen entrees tend to be both incredibly expensive and ridiculously small (8 oz.), which makes me not want to buy a bunch and see if they're palatable.
6. I refuse to buy anything from Seeds of Change, based solely on the hideous advertising campaign they ran when the brand first debuted. (Yes, it was over 7 years ago. So what?)

However, I have learned this morning that salvation might be at hand.

HeatEatReview is a blog that reviews prepackaged meals and includes information about the ingredients and health info. I am poised for a better life. As soon as I have time at work I am going to bop off to whole foods and pick up some of the highest-rated items. I'll report back.

In the meantime I have leftover pot roast, mashed potatoes, and roasted green beans for lunch today. Thank goodness.

Comments

M,
Did you notice that H'ford Bros. only sells the Thai Noodle Soup in disposable styrofoam bowls now? No more 60c packets! Boo!

Used to be my fav, too!

-jf

No way! I really did overdose, so I've been off it for a while. But that is a big bummer. Maybe they have the non-styro packets at Whole Foods?

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I live in Portland, Maine, where my husband Otis and I alternate between abject food laziness (frozen hippie pizza) and exalted states of cookery (organic pork loin stuffed with gorgonzola and fennel).

This blog was originally an attempt to catalog what we do with the vegetables from our CSA, Wolf Pine Farm. As it has evolved, it has become more about my random musings on food, restaurants, and other issues that impact my taste buds. Like beer.

The blog is called Accidental Vegetables because although of course the farmers put enormous amounts of thought into their harvests, for us the bounty that arrives appears accidental, requiring us to work with whatever delicious veggies arrive each week.

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