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Lunch is important to keep up working efficiently.  Everyone knows that you just cannot function properly without eating a good lunch. An adequate lunch can mean the difference between a great afternoon and an afternoon spent feeling sluggish and hungry. However, due to work and time constraints there are many times that lunch just isn’t in the cards and so it gets skipped. Other times, we’re in such as hurry that we may be able to eat something, but it turns out to be the wrong things. Women, in particular, seem to skip lunch more than men. It seems they think that they don’t need to eat at all. The fact is that every one needs to eat lunch in order to be healthy and active, in spite of the time it takes. In order to make sure that you eat a healthy lunch, you may have to plan a little and make it ahead of time.
Cooking for Couples. People that are in a relationship can always carve out time to make their lunches the night before. One way that some couples save time and bond is make each others’ lunches. This can be a great way to stay on track if you both have diet goals because you will both pack healthy lunches for each other. Just before bed is a great time to make lunch for each other because there is no real rush.
If you are stuck in a rut or just can’t figure out a great, healthy lunch to make for you and your partner, consider these options:
Bell Pepper Pocket and Tuna
Three 6-ounce cans of solid white tuna in water, drained
½ cup of chopped green bell peppers
¼ cup of chopped celery
¼ cup of sliced onions
8 to 12 lettuce leaves
2 medium sliced tomatoes
3 tablespoons of fat-free Italian dressing
1 tablespoon of dried oregano
1 tablespoon of black pepper
4 six inch pita breads
Combine the tuna, the green peppers, the onions, and the celery in a bowl. Combine the dressing, the oregano, and the black pepper in a separate bowl and mix. Pour this mixture over the tuna mixture and stir. Refrigerate the mixture for a few hours until ready to serve. Put two or three tomato slices and two or three lettuce leaves in each pita bread and then add the tuna mixture on top. Roll the pita up to your preference.
Smoked Chicken Sandwich.
8 one ounce slices of lean chicken breast
½ a loaf of sourdough bread
¼ tablespoon of vinegar
2 tablespoons of chopped parsley
1/8 cup of low-fat mozzarella cheese
2 cloves of minced garlic
1 tablespoon of black pepper
Slice the loaf horizontally and remove some of the soft inner bread from both halves. Stir the vinegar and mayonnaise together and add the garlic, black peppers, bell peppers, and parsley to the mixture in a bowl. While you are letting it stand for 15 minutes, add four slices of both chicken and cheese to one half of the loaf, then cover the other half with tomatoes and onions. Spread the mixture on the other half and close the sandwich. Chill until it’s ready to serve. You can slice the sandwich into three wedges if you wish before serving to make three servings.
Black Bean Salad.
½ an 8 ounce can of black beans, drained
One 15 ounce can of whole kernel corn, drained
4 chopped green onions
½ chopped green bell pepper
3 diced tomatoes
½ a peeled avocado, pitted and diced
¼ tablespoon of garlic salt
½ of a two ounce jar of pimentos
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
3 ounces of fat-free Italian salad dressing
Combine the black beans, the green onions, the Italian dressing, the corn, the bell pepper, the pimento, the avocado, the tomatoes, and the lemon juice in a bowl. Add the pepper, salt and garlic to the mixture then store and refrigerate it until ready to serve. |
