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Kelly · Hermes

Favorite cold lunches?

Starstuff · Kenneth Cole

well, you're certainly more limited in what you can eat if you can't heat it up, but I don't think it's too much of a problem. Maybe dip and veggies or pita chips? Hummus? Yogurt w or w/out granola mixed in? Fruit salad? Some foods can be eaten cold too for example: quiche. Also, roll-em-ups with lettuce on the outside, cheese and turkey, or a wrap. HTH

Hermes

A typical lunch for me is whole wheat pita with hummus (been getting Basha roasted pepper hummus at costco lately -- yum!) with tabbouleh on top. I will also top the hummus with sliced green olives, or simply a sprinkle of paprika on plain hummus.

Apples and peanut butter... celery and peanut butter or hummus... I've really been liking the skippy natural peanut butter lately...

Suasoria · Chanel

I find if something is really delicious, it's delicious whether I heat it up or not. One day this week I brought leftover blanched kale dressed with truffle oil and leftover mashed potatoes for lunch. I forgot to put it in the fridge so it was room temperature when I ate it, and it was still damn good.

Certain soups are really good cold - gazpacho comes to mind or minted soups like pea or cucumber.

Elle · Hermes

I think you can totally turn 'salad' and 'pasta' on their heads to get a more exciting lunch - it doesn't have to be a totally new type of dish necessarily. I was thinking soba noodles w/ a peanut dressing and some veggies, tofu, etc. Or for salad, you could roast a diced delicata squash, mix it with some white beans and finely shredded kale, and drizzle it with some balsamic and honey. That one could be eated with some bread, or brown rice, or some cold grilled chicken if you were so inclined.

Kelly · Hermes

Thank you everyone for your suggestions! I am NOT very imaginative in the food department if you couldn't tell.

Suasoria - love your new avatar

D- I have never heard of tabbouleh...off to Google I go!

pollyjean23 · Marc Jacobs

People have elected recently to use our lunch room as a meeting room without (1) securing permission, and (2) without posting signs that alert others about their intentions. I walk in to make my lunch, and they look at me like I just entered the executive conference chambers at Ernst & Young or something. I'm like, bite me. It's a party-planning committee meeting with a budget of about twenty bucks. Pisses me off...

Yeah -- not too many categories to choose from.

I did a quick epicurious search on chilled + lunch + salads

- I think this category is your best bet for variety.

I attached a word doc with screenshots of the epicurious results. I guess if there is a recipe title that sounds promising, you can look it up.

You can keep crackers on-hand to break up that cold salad texture.

alb · Marc Jacobs

What I eat every day for lunch:

a whole wheat flour tortilla, spread with hummus, fill with 3-4 slices of fat free ham. Add some sliced onions and arugula (optional). Top with a little pomegranite sauce or balsamic vinegar if you don't have pom. sauce (or you can skip this step all together). Roll up and eat. Serve with a side of fruit (I like sliced apple sprinkled with cinnamon) and pretzels dipped in hummus. For dessert I usually eat a chex mix turtle bar. Hope that helps!

XtinaStyles · Marc Jacobs

One of my faves is turkey breast from the deli (sliced thick), turkey bacon and avocado. I roll a slice of turkey, 1/2 pc bacon and a thin slice of the avocado and eat just like that. The flavors are so yummy.

alb · Marc Jacobs

XtinaStyles wrote:

One of my faves is turkey breast from the deli (sliced thick), turkey bacon and avocado. I roll a slice of turkey, 1/2 pc bacon and a thin slice of the avocado and eat just like that. The flavors are so yummy.

This sounds great!

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

I like a whole wheat tortilla, spread with tapanade and topped with sliced avocado and some red peppers (either roasted or fresh). It is also good with some hummus or laughing cow cheese added in.

Also, red grapes sprinkled with blue cheese

Veggies and hummus with a few pita triangles or pita chips tossed in too.

Chips and salsa

Greek pasta salad

alegria-assumpta · Nine West

Do you have a place to get hot water in your office? It's not the healthiest meal, but there are instant soup cups that could be awesome if you use it as part of your total meal. I take a ham and cheese sandwhich on French bread and use some instant broth powder in a little cup with hot water. Our office has a hot and cold water thing for tea, so it works really well.

greendiamond · Marc Jacobs

So this week I've basically been having an mini antipasto platter for snack - and it's been awesome! I've had cucumber slices, red peppers slices, kalamata olives, baby bell cheese and some peanuts. It's been great. I think I'll add a bit more to it, and make it a regular lunch.

t_838fro · Nine West

greendiamond wrote:

I like a whole wheat tortilla, spread with tapanade and topped with sliced avocado and some red peppers (either roasted or fresh). It is also good with some hummus or laughing cow cheese added in.

Also, red grapes sprinkled with blue cheese

Veggies and hummus with a few pita triangles or pita chips tossed in too.

Chips and salsa

Greek pasta salad

Yeah, you can do a lot with wheat tortillas. I usually get some at Trader Joe's and I mix things up. My favorite is pesto, romaine lettuce, cheese and salami. It's so good and I always want more!

I also want to try this recipe.

If you guys can't tell already, I am a huge fan of Trader Joe's...