What's for lunch?

we went out today and ate at cracker barrel for breakfast/ lunch LOL

so french toast, eggs, and sausage.

typically I eat leftovers of some variety or whatever I have and feel like throwing together. dinner is really my only planned meal of the day, and I tend to work everything else around that.

I prep lunches for the week and I've got my next six weeks planned out. I aim for about 600 calories or so for my lunches, rounding out lighter preps with a side of yogurt, fruit, or a protein bar if needed. I buy the 32-oz containers of plain Greek yogurt and add fresh fruit or jam to flavor it rather than buying the single-serve flavored yogurts - less trash and I can control the sugar content. I do my batch cooking on Sundays, usually.

Next week (1/11-15) is going to be Salisbury steak with mushroom gravy, mashed potatoes, and roasted broccoli.

1/18-22 will be "Egg Roll in a Bowl" - ground pork sauteed with carrots and cabbage with soy sauce, garlic, and ginger. Serve with duck sauce and sriracha. It's filling and delicious, you'll never miss the fried wrapper (or all its calories).

1/25-29 will be Greek-style chicken, green beans, and orzo pilaf.

2/1-5 the plan is kielbasa pasta - polska kielbasa (turkey if I can find it, otherwise we'll just be eating a little more fat that week) sauteed with onions, peppers, and squash in a tomato sauce over egg noodles or maybe a lentil/chickpea pasta, not sure yet.

2/8-12 will be poor man's charcuterie boxes (i.e., Lunchables, but for grownups). It'll depend on what I find at the grocery, but I'll put together some combination of meat, cheese, pickled or fresh veg, crackers, possibly hard-boiled eggs, maybe fruit and/or nuts. My most recent box involved a hard boiled egg, cubed watermelon, a cucumber-yogurt salad, cheddar cheese cubes, and a few slices of salami.

2/15-19 will be Japanese curry over rice. We like Golden Curry's Medium-Hot flavor. I'll probably use chicken for the protein alongside the normal potato, carrot, and onion, and I usually like to drop in something green as well, like bok choy, broccoli, spinach, or cabbage.

a variation of this is my go to, it's a salad minus the dressing and the hassle, fyi the same people who give me shiz for eating deli meat (ie high in sodium!?) or fruit (high in sugar?!) are the ones having burgers and fries and a shake for lunch themselves, ha ha (by the way the turkey is the Columbus reduced sodium kind, and I don't add salt to the vegies so it all balances out) just trying to help I find that the easier the meal and the more convenient the more likely I am to eat it, also I love soups but there is something to be said or raw vegies, also you are going for volume and trust me this is a ton of food but it's less than 500 calories easy

I’m usually home, so I do a protein (usually a salmon burger) with a giant salad, veggie stir fry or roasted veggies. Sometimes leftovers from the night before and add to it raw veggies or fruit. If I am meeting a friend for a picnic lunch (thank you Covid), then it is a sandwich, raw veggies and fruit. Occasionally I’ll bring cheese and crackers or hummus and carrots instead of the sandwich.

In summer, I eat a lot of fruit and more salads with chicken or tuna on them.