Lunch! (2003-2012)

[Megan Blocker]

In an effort to save money, I bought bone-in chicken breasts last week, and have been boning them myself, mostly cooking them on the grill pan. For lunch today, I quickly marinated one in a little olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper. Grilled it and served it with two salads.

Potato salad: yukon golds, cut into quarters and boiled in salted water, tossed, when warm, with shallots, whole-grain mustard, a little mayo (Hellman's, mais oui!), red wine vinegar, parsley, salt and pepper.

Cucumber salad: one kirby cucumber, sliced, tossed with sliced white onion, rice wine vinegar, a littler sugar, salt and pepper.

Summer is here!

[BonVivant]

i always fall for herrings on the weekends

[Megan Blocker]

Two Boots pizza at a meeting!

[newbie]

While sitting at my desk at work: A greek type salad with cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, olives, sundried tomato and oregano feta cheese and shrimp with olive oil, red wine vinegar, oregano with a bit of C citrus salt. One of my favourite lunches to bring to work, lots of flavor with the least amount of effort.

I bought the salt on my last visit to Vancouver and LOVE it.

A fresh bun (to sop up all those yummy juices), yoghurt and banana bread on the side.

[Megan Blocker]

So, the other night, inspired by Klary's delicious-looking noodles with beef and Sriracha, I made these. And then, this afternoon, I decided I wanted some more! Luckily, I didn't make the mistake this time of making too many noodles.

Today, in addition to the basil and Sriracha on top, I added some lime zest...such a good, easy dish. A perfect lunch, pungent, sweet, and spicy.

[CKatCook]

No lunch today...just breakfast of leftover tacos...LOL..

[Rehovot]

Lunch was Sara Moulton's Creamy Baked Polenta, from recipeGullet, topped with chicken, mushrooms, tomatoes and garlic. So good!

[Daniel Rogov]

Today..... a cheese omelet, a pate de campagne, green salad with vinaigrette, black and green olives, cornichons, lightly toasted day-old baguette generously spready with butter, a delicious Israeli rose (Yatir winery, 2005), espresso coffee.

As Damon Runyon would have put it, "nicely, nicely".

[little ms foodie]

I had a friend's leftover pate on slices of parisian baguette spread with whole grain mustard and some of my homemade tarragon pickled carrots on the side. and a Harp beer. yum!

[BonVivant]

smoked eel, with German rye bread, marinated Japanese daikon, shredded radish. it was a big lunch! plus a 6.8% dutchie beer from the town of Haarlem.

[Ling]

Leftover crab from a Chinese restaurant...it was fried and wok-fried with salted egg yolk used as a "sauce". And then I had a bowl of coffee ice-cream and a few truffles.

[newbie]

Some smoked salmon (lemon pepper and candied nuggets) while waiting for my local seafood market to pack up 6 oysters to go (2 beau soleil, 2 malpeque and 2 effingham). They will shuck them for you and place them on a bed of ice in a styrofoam container so that you don't lose all those delicious juices. Sat and slurped them at my desk, naked, just the way I like em.

Best $6 lunch I've ever had while sitting in front of the computer at work!

[chocomoo]

Leftover crab from a Chinese restaurant...it was fried and wok-fried with salted egg yolk used as a "sauce".

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What did you think of it? I've tried it before too, as leftovers, and it sounded better than it tasted. My favourite is still "qing jing" (plain ol' steamed).

[Ling]

^not my favourite either. I like them steamed, chilled, then served with Chinese black vinegar and slivered ginger.

[divalasvegas]

Sloppy joes. I'd been craving them forever, but didn't want to use the manwich sauce. And the recipe I used came from none other than RACHEL RAY! Yes, I know that many of you despise her in a way bordering on pathological but these were, as she would say very loudly, DEELISH!

RR's Sloppy Joes

I made the addition of a little louisiana hot sauce, and bumped up the vinegar and worcestershire sauce. Yum-oh.

[chocomoo]

^not my favourite either. I like them steamed, chilled, then served with Chinese black vinegar and slivered ginger.

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Mmmm, I forgot about Chinese black vinegar... *drool*

[MomOfLittleFoodies]

I made my kids version of pasta salad... tri color rotini and cubed ham tossed in a little red wine vinaigrette. They love veggies most of the time, but oddly don't care for veggies in their pasta salad.

[acautrell]

My first lunch picture ever!

Slightly blurry pad thai, eaten in a styrofoam box (but with a real fork) at my desk.

[Megan Blocker]

Mmmmmmm, pad thai!

I had a chicken salad sandwich today...poached a chicken breast (skinless, boneless) in some chicken stock and gave it a large, rough chop. Tossed it with some homemade mayo, chopped cucumber (seeds removed) and red onion, salt, pepper, and curry powder. Threw it on a couple of slices of delicious bread that I bought this morning at the new Real Food Market at Lafayette and Spring along with some crisp romaine and sliced plum tomatoes.

On the side, a tomato and onion salad with some homegrown, windowsill basil.

Edited June 18, 2006 by Megan Blocker (log)

[Cook456]

Stopped at a local fish market and bought some fresh oysters to slurp,...and soft shelled crabs to sautee up. Next stop, wine shop to pick up some Sauvignon blanc.

Not a bad lunch, huh?

Edited June 17, 2006 by Cook456 (log)

[Ling]

I had dim sum...tripe with black pepper, pan-fried Chinese radish cake with Chinese bacon and dried shrimp, egg tarts, taro and shrimp-filled spring rolls, shrimp dumplings, fried tofu with minced pork, shark fin dumpling with bamboo pith, and tapioca pudding with chestnut paste.

It was quite a lot of food for two people, but we finished it all!

[Megan Blocker]

It was quite a lot of food for two people, but we finished it all! 

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I have no doubt - you guys are AWESOME.

[percyn]

Turkey Paninni.

[Megan Blocker]

Had kind of an odd lunch...I was craving potato salad, and needed to eat some green veggies. So...lunch was a warm potato salad and a tossed salad.

[Jason Perlow]

I made use of some leftover london broil from dinner on Saturday night:

I sliced open some hot dog rolls and laid them flat on the broiling pan, and topped with leftover sliced london broil, shredded cheddar cheese, and sliced fresh vine ripened tomatoes. Broiled in the toaster oven for 4 minutes.

This time, the poodle didn’t get any.

Edited June 20, 2006 by Jason Perlow (log)