Lunch!

It may come as no surprise that I love lunch. It’s such an awesome meal of the day, one that I think most people don’t pay enough attention to. It’s really funny how everyone focuses so much on dinner, but not lunch or breakfast, and end up eating out or binging. It’s sad, because breakfast and lunch (especially lunch!) are just awesome. Breakfast is perfect for things like pancakes, breakfast burritos, oatmeal (!!!), fruit, and the best food ever, potatoes. Lunch opens up all new opportunities! Hate breakfast food? Make dinner food! In the mood for breakfast food? You can do that too!

I know it’s weird to ramble on about food, but I was thinking about how much better a day can be when you have a really good lunch to look forward to and eat. Lately I’ve been craving salads – salads with oil and vinegar, salads with croutons, but especially salads with Cashew Tamari Dressing, which unfortunately is a local staple of Austin (if you do live in Austin though, check Fresh Plus in Hyde Park or Whole Foods downtown!). I love the flavor of it – it’s basically oils with cashew, and it’s sweet and savory. Combine that with the slightly bitter flavor of spring lettuce and grapefruit juice, and you’ve got a winning combination.

I love vegetables. Most of you already know, but I’m a vegetarian for environmental reasons. The production of beef especially pollutes the atmosphere and takes valuable grains and food away from the poor. It’s also full of saturated fats and the government subsidizes it, so that’s why you can get a burger at McDonald’s for a buck. Not to mention most meat production is cruel to the animals. Because of these reasons, I don’t eat any types of meat or beef byproducts (milk, butter) with the exception of cheese. Furthermore, every single nutrition finding that scientists make always points back to the same exact thing: vegetables are really good for you. I don’t like to talk about it because people tend to get very touchy about it, but understand I’m not pushing my beliefs or feelings on any of you. I encourage you to eat what you want and what you like, and respect others to do the same.

Food is so important to who we are and how we feel, and I feel so much better now that I’m eating a variety of fruits and vegetables. When I first went vegetarian, it was really hard to know what to pick and what to buy, and it took awhile to stop eating spaghetti and macaroni and cheese only and start eating more vegetables. Despite loving vegetables, it’s not something you really think of a lot of the time.

Other foods that are awesome for lunch: pesto sandwiches/pasta, frozen veggies and freshly baked bread, hardboiled eggs, potato anything, bananas, apples, pickles. My favorite lunches are when I throw a variety of small snacks in my lunchbox – nuts, a banana, a pickle, a slice of bread, an egg. Then I can snack as I get hungry and not overeat! It’s awesome.

What is your favorite lunch? What’s your favorite meal of the day? What sorts of things do you enjoy eating most of all? How do you perceive food in general?

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