So… I eat at home a lot. A whole lot. I work from home and I have a family. So, on average, I eat 6 dinners, 5 lunches, 6 breakfasts, and a number of various snacks each week.

Which is a huge change. Two years ago, I ate out for lunch six days a week. Dinner was eaten out six days, too. It’s almost funny, because although we’ve always made an effort to eat as a family, often it was in a restaurant. Often. We did hold Sunday night’s somewhat sacred, though. Those were always our “Family Dinner” nights. We’d cook. At home. From scratch. Every Sunday.

Was a good plan for the times.

Now? Nearly every night is “Family Dinner” night.

And due to that, I often have the luxury (normally it’s a nice thing) to be able to eat leftovers for lunch. But not always. And not always what I have a “taste” for.

And I know we all need variety. We need to change things up from time to time. I’m actually feeling a little self conscious becuase I sent Todd to work with the same lunch two days in a row. Working on changing THAT up, too. But for me, I’m here. So I can do more to be flexible.

I might have some “Chicken” Salad… on a piece of warm toast… and a salad.

Or, I might heat up the pannini press and make a kick-ass wrap. My favorite? A BIG vegan wrap… whole wheat, tomato, jalapeno are among my favorites. Put a little veganaise on it… some mustard… maybe some pickles or relish… a slice of vegan cheese… some Tofurkey non-meat deli slices… and give it a few minutes on the paninni press. MMMMMMMM. Good stuff.

But now I’m reading Vegan Dad’s blog. Seems he doesn’t buy the Tofurkey brand stuff. And I know I’m TRYING to cut back… more whole foods, fewer (almost no) packaged ingredients… and steer as clear as I can away from things I can’t pronounce. I give myself a bye when it comes to Seitan and Tempeh… seems there are LOTS of ways to pronounce those words. I’m talking about mono-whatever-gluto-somineate-orbisol type things. And while my word is clearly fictional, the absurdity and incomprehensibility of many “ingredients” is just as absurd.

So I normally make a salad. Four colors, every day. Cuke? Tomato? Great lettuce? Red onion? Check! Or whatever I’m feeling like that day.

And then, some soup! Or leftovers! Or a wrap!

There’s such a long list of great things to eat… Many of which are on this site, with still hundreds of recipe options on other great sites.

Maybe I’ll do a “lunches” section on the blog… hmmm.

It’s an idea worth looking into!