Break a leg!

I’ve been WFH and never think about lunch until it’s actually lunchtime when I’m faced with eating leftovers or choosing one of the yogurts that no one else seems to like.

I fool around with it sometimes, but honestly - it's really basic.

I make the chicken using sous vide with boneless chicken breasts (I do 2 hours at 150, but everyone has an opinion here - this is the texture I like best for chicken salad). The chicken is sprinkled with salt and pepper and lemon zest before going in, and there are a couple of garlic cloves thrown in as well. I make these in several ziplocs, about a pound or a little more per bag. After they are done and cooled down in an ice bath, all but the one I am using go into the freezer. This is a great starter, I just need to pull one out the night before and I have the chicken for the salad the next day whenever I need a fresh batch.

The chicken salad itself is really simple. Coarsely chop the chicken. In a bowl add Duke's mayo, chopped celery, a little celery salt and ground white pepper and mix well to combine (I eyeball all these ingredients). Then fold in the chicken until it's well mixed, and that's it.

I do love adding chopped pickle or relish sometimes. Dill is great but I want a reliable source from the garden this year, it pains me to buy those blister packs of herbs. I do it sometimes - but it hurts.

Leftovers for lunch! Roasted garlic instant mashed potatoes (don't hate, they're delicious!) with sardines in spicy tomato sauce with a side of quick pickled cucumbers. Lunch is always either leftovers, or tinned fish of some sort (sardines, mackerel, mussels, etc) with crackers, cream cheese, and various pickled and fresh veggies. One of the perks of working from home is eating as much fish as I want for lunch.

Yummy leftovers planned for my work from home day- Korean chicken nuggets from Hangry Joe's, homemade spring pea soup and kale salad with tahini dressing.

Made some asian-style noodles with a ton of veggies (cabbage, carrots, broccoli, mushrooms, water chestnuts) in the instant pot on Monday. I'm weird and prefer lo mein (and egg rolls) cold, so this has been great for an all-week lunch prep 🤌🏻

Today is a day off! Gonna do some rearranging of my action figure collection and take myself out to see M3GAN.

My expectations for the flick are so low they're subterranean, should be fun with some edibles and (I hope) an empty theater.

Now that eggs are almost prohibitively expensive, I want to eat eggs. I'll probably hard boil two and eat it with my vegetable lentil stew.

I would like to add that New Cat is such a good cat. Even in the midst of her depression bc of the puppy, she is still using the litterbox. I know I am incredibly lucky.

Good luck! 🤞🏻

I had that and it was too much potassium in my system. It came with mild heart palpitations. I was concerned it was an arrhythmia as that runs in the family.

What's your recipe? I found aa recipe that uses a ton of dill weed and relish that I love.

Good luck and can’t wait for the update!

I love the fervor of the weather message.

Only able to eat one meal a day right now. So dinner, not sure what that will be.

Pho

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This is the positive news we needed!

I've been on a greek salad kick lately so maybe one of those but I'm not sure if I'll get enough time on lunch with how crazy everything has been at work.

Eating some leftover rice and scrambled eggs right now for breakfast and this may have to just suffice until dinner.

I've just got a sandwich and yogurt packed. In other news, Democrat Aaron Rouse won his state senate election in VA Beach last night meaning the dems now have a 22-18 majority in the state senate, and abortion rights are safe from our MAGA governors attempts to restrict them

Fourth. They can have all my money for what a difference it made in thr hellian I adopted.

You got this!

Turkey meatballs with a cranberry-chile glaze. Wife made them Monday and the leftovers are even better!

Going to northern Virginia for work. Apparently they are feeding us Panera.

Good luck!

Good luck!