My Favorite Lunch Foods

It's been a while since I've done a light and fun post and who doesn't love talking about food? When I was little, one of my friends and I had a game where we'd chose a type of food (say, salads) and then we'd each describe a salad we'd make. It was a sleepover staple game and always made us hungry :)

My family would tell you that I'm boring when it comes to food and it's true that I like simpler dishes. To be honest, I'm a little bit picky, but I'm much better than I was when I was younger!! With those two things in mind, you can understand that I have a few staple lunch favorites.

I try as best I can to have a balance of protein, grain, and fruit. I often have eggs, cheese, and nuts in some way or another. Our staple fruits are apples and grapes and we have strawberries whenever they are cheap.

Meal #1 - Eggs
My very favorite way to have eggs is in a wrap. I scramble two eggs and then lay them in a tortilla shell. I sprinkle shredded cheese on top, shred some spinach, and add some salt. It's delicious!!! 

Meal #2 - Quesadilla
This also uses tortillas. I butter one side and set it in the pan, then sprinkle shredded cheese on half and let it start to melt. When the cheese is just melted, I add lunchmeat (my favorite is turkey), fold the other side over, and leave that just long enough to stick together. I add spinach and cut it in half so it's easier to hold :) I have not tried this yet but I think a pesto spread would be delicious in there!

Meal #3 - Oatmeal
Sometimes I want oatmeal as my grain. I've started making my own so I make the oats and then add cinnamon, chia seeds, and brown sugar. It's quite good.

Meal #4 - Mac & Cheese
Yes, I'm still a kid at heart and enjoy mac & cheese on occasion. If the mood strikes, I add shredded cheese to it or bread crumbs but more often than not, I just add salt and enjoy.

Meal #5 - Dinty Moore
As much as I'd like to be a soup person, Dinty Moore beef stew is the only thing I enjoy enough to eat on my own. It's nice to have in the winter especially. Maybe I should try more stews. There's an idea.

Those are my main lunch meals! If I am packing a lunch I usually take a sandwich and then of course I have fruit. When it comes to sides, I will slice up some cheese f there is not any in my main dish. I like peanut butter if I have apples. My favorite nut is cashews and on the rare occasions that we have them in the house, I LOVE avocado with a bit of salt. Some days I have chips and picante sauce. Depends on what main dish I have, what goes well with it, and how hungry I am.

Oh, I almost forgot :) Once a month I get my smoothie from Tropical Smoothie Cafe for my lunch! Delicious!!!

Do you have a standard lunch or do you change it up a lot? What are your favorite things to make for lunch?