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Bring Your Lunch Quick & Tasty Wallet-Friendly Lunches for Grown-Ups

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Bring Your Lunch
Book Disclosure
Even though I work from home sometimes lunch is still a bit of an issue. Let’s face it you can only have sandwiches so many times or leftovers. The kids are easy to please but I am not. So when I came across Bring Your Lunch Quick & Tasty Wallet-Friendly Lunches for Grown-Ups on NetGalley I knew right away it was a book that I wanted to read.

About the Book

With over 60 delicious, healthful, unexpected recipes, BRING YOUR LUNCH ensures DIY lunchtime success—and significant weekly savings—while keeping the brown-bag doldrums away. And it doesn’t matter if you’re a make-ahead food planner or a harried last-minute type—with its innovative, doable strategies, cooks of all kinds can learn to overcome the obstacles that keep them hooked on expensive takeout or boring PB&Js.

There are quick Last-Minute Lunches, including salads—Kale Salad Agrodolce, Beet and Apple Salad with Walnuts and Cheese—and sandwiches—Proscuitto and Provolone Sandwich with Fig Jam, Deli Counter Banh Mi, El Turkey Club. Leftover Leitmotifs: Lamb Pita with Spicy Yogurt Sauce, Vietnamese Lettuce Wraps, Salmon & Swiss Chard Summer Rolls, Lo Mein with Garlicky Greens. Recipes that use the freezer wisely—Pumpkin Curry with Shrimp, Easy Empanadas, and other recipes are ready to go when you are. Snacks for when you want to ditch the vending machine—Tropical Fruit Energy Bars and Chickpea “Nuts.” Plus notes on essential equipment, tips for shopping and prepping, and a lunch larder of extras—Lemony Miso Dressing, Green Pea Hummus, Homemade Mayo.

It’s time to end the cycle of broken lunch promises, too many trips to the taco truck, and all that money that disappears every week. It’s time instead to choose to BYOL—it’s healthy, wealthy, and wise, and now easy as could be.

My Thoughts

Who would have ever thought that it would take a book for me to see lunch differently? However it did and I am so glad that I came across Bring Your Lunch Quick & Tasty Wallet-Friendly Lunches for Grown-Ups! Lunch is no longer than boring event around our house! I am enjoying things like miso soup (I never had it before this book and I love it!!)  This book is filled with tips ( such as using baby food containers for condiments) that are perfect for those who want to take their lunches to work with them. One of my favorite parts was about making my own snacks and ditching the vending machine. While I don’t go out to an office I do tend to purchase quick and easy snacks when I am out and about. 

 

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Comments

  1. So true it feels like we are always eating the same and it’s always hard at lunch time to decide on what to take for lunch

  2. This sounds like a good book! I really feel like I am in a rut! It feels like Groundhog Day every time I stand at the fridge trying to figure out what to make for lunches for the kids. Plus the snack ideas would be awesome. Thanks!

    • I know what you mean about Groundhog Day! It seems like everyday I was eating the same thing but now I am a bit more adventurous.

  3. I love that this book has quick Last-Minute Lunches, that is always great! And lettuce wraps are so good, I never really get sick of those.

  4. I get stuck in the same rut with my lunches for work – either leftovers or a turkey sandwich. This sounds like a good book to brighten up a lunch or two a week for me. Thanks for sharing!