Re: [LM_NET] Recipe bag lunch suggestions-- Soup and....

["Betty Winslow, BGCA" <bgcalib@WCNET.ORG>]

I often buy a stack of lean cuisine or healthy choice frozen dinners when 
they're on sale, mark them with my name, and stash them in the school 
kitchen freezer, for days I don't have time to pack or can't find anything 
healthy at home. (If I keep them at home, my kids eat them...) Other times I 
take soup* and homemade bread (from my bread machine - I LOVVVVE my 
machine), left-overs from previous night's dinner, or cheese and whole wheat 
crackers, low-fat yogurt, and a piece of fruit. I prefer food I can eat 
while reading, since I usually am reading then (I always have something I 
need to be reading), and soup - though yummy - is a bit messy unless you 
watch what you're doing!

I only take a sandwich when there's no other choice and then it's usually a 
bagel and low-fat cream cheese with a tiny smear of homemade strawberry 
freezer jam or  a slice of real cheese (none of that fake plastic American 
stuff), tomato, lettuce and dill pickle on 12 grain bread. This is the year 
I start watching my fat and cholesterol levels, though, so I should start 
using mustard instead of mayo, and switch to low-fat cheese. I have been 
known to take PB&J if there's absolutely nothing else.... not a real good 
choice. I also keep a box of low-fat granola bars in my desk drawer, for the 
(thankfully rare) days I'm too busy to go get my lunch from the kitchen and 
a handful of small chocolate candies (kisses or whatever) for days that only 
chocolate intake can save (thankfully even rarer).

 Have a healthy happy new year, y'all!

Betty Winslow, Media Center Director
BGCA
Bowling Green, OH
bgcalib@wcnet.org


* my favorites are homemade: southwestern chicken, broccoli cheese, fifteen 
bean, and chili. I can send a recipe for #1, if anyone wants it. I sent it 
two yrs ago in Dec. and people liked it. Crockpot easy, low-fat, and yummy! 

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