Lunches This Week: From Curry to Proscuitto and Beyond
With a short week thanks to a day off on Monday to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and a few people out of the office, I decided to combine the week’s lunches into a single post. Leftovers dominated the week again, with only one purchased lunch all week (The Don, today).
Tuesday
Manmeat brought in an interesting concoction of whole wheat pasta with turkey meatballs and broccoli in a red sauce, which he has lately been calling “gravy,” much to the chagrin of The Don. While it sounds like a rather…interesting…combination, it certainly smelled good when he brought it by for the photo shoot:
The broccoli looks like it was placed on top at the last minute and not part of the meal to begin with; as a broccoli lover, I can accept this.
I brought in leftovers of what my wife calls a “Spanish Rice Bake,” which we occasionally make for the very reason that it makes great leftovers. A combination of rice, chicken, a green bell pepper, a jalapeno and chopped tomatoes all baked to perfection, it’s a solid winter meal (the jalapeno helps warm you) and a nice shock of carbs for the afternoon lull at work.
Wednesday
Manmeat had another container of the pasta he made, so I didn’t end up taking a new picture. But I can assure you the broccoli was again placed on top.
I brought in the leftovers of a pot roast that my wife and I made and ate after the Jets game on Sunday. Seasoned with a combination of rosemary, thyme and a small bit of oregano, the pot roast turned out to be a good leftover and reheated well, which you can’t always say about red meat. Coupled with carrots, yams, pearl onions and potatoes, while the helping wasn’t that big, it was more than enough to fill me for the afternoon.
Thursday
Manmeat changed it up a little bit on Thursday, bringing leftovers of a curry chicken with cauliflower and an extra jalapeno that he made at home, served with white rice. I’ve mentioned before that I am not the biggest of curry fans, but Manmeat keeps bringing it in and I have to admit that I am willing to give it another try.
I brought in some leftover steak that we had at home, along with broccoli and rice pilaf. The steak was made without a sauce or rub, so I added some Costa Rican Lizano salsa on top, one of my favorite sauces for meat. My friend Jake has previously written about this sauce on his food blog and gave me a bottle of the sauce for my birthday last year. Thanks again, Jake.
Speaking of Jake, he is a reader of my lunch posts and asked to be included, so here is what Jake ate yesterday for lunch at work (a grilled chicken breast with proscuitto, muenster, lettuce, tomato, mayo on a whole wheat roll purchased at Bowery Kitchen in the Chelsea Market):
If you click on the picture, you will get quite a zoomed view…
Friday
Three mentions today, as we finally got a picture of The Don’s lunch. After realizing this morning that his daughter finished all of the cold cuts in the house, The Don went to the sneeze salad bar downstairs and brought back quite an eclectic mix of food: sesame chicken, kiwi, orange, roasted potatoes, roasted carrots and a spinach salad with cranberries and “little oriental orange things.” I think you can see them all in the picture:
Manmeat had more of his curry chicken that he brought in yesterday, but put it into a different container. He also commented that it tasted better today because the curry had more time to settle, whatever that means. However, before he ate the curry chicken, he also threw down a miso soup that he got when ordering Japanese food last night:
I came in with possibly the most boring lunch of the week: a buffalo chicken sandwich with avocado and honey mustard, a bag of some type of healthy tortilla chips, a diet coke and an apple. Needless to say, I’m still hungry.
Until next week, bon appetit.
Welcome to the curry train!
It hasn’t happened yet, but I’m close. I bought the ticket, just need to board.