Comments on Territory Earth: Healthy Lunch Foods

I mentioned this to my husband last night and he s...

2009-10-01T10:45:45.266-07:00

I mentioned this to my husband last night and he said "why didn't you mention the pepper boats?"
So...
Pepper Boats

Mini-bell peppers

1 can of chicken breast meat packed in water
1/2 celery stalk minced
1/4 of a small onion minced
1/2 carrot minced or shredded
1/2 tsp minced fresh ginger(opt)
4 Tbsp mayo
1/2 tsp oregano or thyme

1/2 Carrot cut into match sticks
1/2 celery stalk cut into match sticks

24 triangle corn chips

Cut about 12 mini-peppers into halves and seed/stem them

Make chicken salad with the next 7 ingredients.

Stuff the pepper halves with the chicken salad and use a matchstick piece of carrot or celery as the mast and a corn chip as the sail.

At my house we eat a lot of fresh unprocessed food...

2009-09-30T11:45:44.140-07:00

At my house we eat a lot of fresh unprocessed food, and simple is best.
One of our favorite lunches recently was:
Whole Wheat Veggie Pizza w/Pesto Sauce

I bought the whole wheat dough from Trader Joe's
I had leftover pesto from a large batch I'd made earlier in the week

I rolled out the dough, spread on the pesto, added veggie slices I had stashed in the fridge for snacks, and topped it with packaged shreded cheese.

I popped it into a 450 degree oven until the crust was nicely browned and the cheese was bubbly (about 20 minutes).

With a 5 and 6 yo in the house it's sometimes hard to find a recipe that pleases everyone, but this one did it.

It was simple enough for lunch, but could easily be dinner as well.