Details For Lunch

I pay attention to details. Details at work, details at home and, for sure, details of my health, my nutrition and my wellness. And certainly details about lunch. For me, lunch can be the most important meal of the day. That is why, when I am able, I pack my lunch 5 days a week. And that is why the lunch is a salad. When I bring my salad to work I ensure that my highly-charged day has a 20 minute interlude of flavor and health.  This is no small thing if you work in the type of office like I do where a positive, relaxing interlude is very rare. A delicious, healthy salad 5 times a week (at least) means that about 25% of my food intake is good and good for me. And that is hard to do with my bumper-to-bumper schedule.

So, with that in mind, here is my basic lunch plan for a typical work week. With lots of details included!

Remember to place your chopped tomato and cucumber at the bottom of the container and then cover with salad dressing. Then, when you get to work you can just place a paper plate on top of the opened container, turn it over and Presto! Your dressing just flows over the crisp greens. If you do not have a plate, then keep the container closed, turn it over, shake, put right side up and remove the lid on your perfectly tossed salad! Enjoy!

Prepare

•    On Sunday evening, cut 1 tomato into pieces and slice a few pieces of cucumber, place in bottom of container, season to taste
•    Add Dressing until tomato pieces are completely covered (this is key to keeping lettuce crisp!)
•    Add 1/5 of salad blend
•    Add 1/5 of Spinach
•    Add 1 of the “Variables” above (or equivalent)
•    Add Cheese to taste
•    Seal container, store in refrigerator
•    Place in lunch bag and refrigerate at work until ready to enjoy
•    Repeat Monday through Thursday evenings

Think about this simple plan: it is healthy; it ensures that you have daily servings of fresh vegetables, and, if you do it regularly, it is a great eating habit. For me, an added benefit shows up most afternoons when my idiot boss starts in with another goofy project. Because I pay attention to the details of my lunch I do not have that late-day sugar crash. Instead, I have the energy to maintain my cool and deliver my usual outstanding and detailed results!

What about your lunch plan? Let me hear from you. Email me at This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

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