The Lunch Box: Ideas for Lunchtime
How do you lunch?
The midday meal can be hard to navigate. Many of us are on the go – at the office, at school, between commitments – and it’s hard to pack food that’s nourishing and natural. Too often we can fall back on old habits (like fast or prepared food), or get stuck in a rut (PB&J, anyone?).
The Indy Winter Farmer’s Market has posed a challenge – to view packed lunch as an avenue for something creative, delicious, and, as a bonus, a way to use market ingredients! The IWFM plans to hold their first ever packed-lunch competition on Saturday, February 25th (see here for details).
In the meantime, IWFM asked us to give a lunchtime menu a try. Here’s the lineup – we’ll be releasing the recipes throughout the week!
Basil Egg Salad
Recipe here
Eggs from Homestead Heritage
Basil from Eden Farms
Whole Wheat Sourdough Bread
Bread from Muddy Fork Farm
Baked Butternut Squash Chips
Recipe here
Squash from Homestead Growers
Apple
Apple from Wild’s Apple Farm
Tags: Apples, Bread, Butternut Squash, Eggs, Healthy, Healthy Eating, Lunch, Lunch Box, Market, Natural
4 Comments
Cara
06 Feb 2012 10:02 am
mmm, I can’t wait to see your recipe for the butternut chips!
Melinda Neely
07 Feb 2012 03:02 pm
This looks great and I can’t wait for more ideas. I struggle with lunches, and am really making an effort to cut out meat for this meal (much to your advice a while back). Those butternut chips look good, too.
Keep the ideas coming!
Alicia @ The Humble Foodie
07 Feb 2012 03:02 pm
Yum- the basil egg salad looks great, and I am seconding the comment about the butternut squash and parm chips. Can’t wait to see the recipe!
Tiffany {A Clove of Garlic}
08 Feb 2012 12:02 am
Brilliant lunch menu. I am looking forward to the butternut squash chips recipe!
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