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#449 – Nutella Sandwich Lunch

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It’s World Nutella Day today, so in celebration of that naughty chocolate and hazelnut spread I snuck a little sealed sandwich into my lunch box today. Sealed sandwiches doesn’t work so well with the seed loaf I’d usually buy, so I decided to go all the way to the dark side and get a loaf of standard white sandwich bread.

#449 - Nutella Sandwich Lunch

Today’s Lunch:

  • Nutella filled sealed sandwich,
  • chicken mayonnaise sandwich (hiding under the Nutella one),
  • selection of vegetable crudités, including celery sticks, baby corn, carrot sticks & baby tomatoes, and
  • a little tub of strained yoghurt with some Thai pesto stirred into it.

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14 Days of Zespri – Day 12

Posted on 21 September 2013 by | Leave a comment

This is going to be my last packed lunch for the 14 days of Zerspri challenge. I’ve really enjoyed eating my kiwifruit lunches and I’ve loved being able to add some new items to my lunchbox collection. I opted to keep things simple with this lunch so I’ve got a sandwich, a little salad, some crunch veggies and a kiwi hanging out in it personal side cart.

Tomato salad and sandwich lunch

Today’s lunch:

  • A cheese and pickled jalapeno sandwich on low gi multiseed bread,
  • a simple baby tomato salad with spring onions,
  • a few sugar snap peas
  • and a kiwifruit.

Zerspri are currently running a campaign called Occupy Lunchbox through which they’d like encourage parents and children (and anyone else who packs lunches) to make healthy choices when packing lunchboxes. The ambassador for the campaign is a cutie called KID Z, check her out in the video below to hear all about what she stands for as the face of the Occupy Lunchbox movement.

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14 Days of Zespri – Day 10

Posted on 18 September 2013 by | Leave a comment

Ten days into the Zespri kiwifruit fourteen day challenge, I can hardly believe it. I may not have posted every single day, but I’ve been eating at least one kiwi a day since this challenge started. I’m feeling a little lighter, a little healthier and a whole lot more inspired. I’ll definitely not overlook these fuzzy fruits with the jewelled middles if I see them when out doing our weekly grocery shopping.

Kiwi Coleslaw and Kassler Lunch

I used today’s allocation of kiwifruit in an Asian flavoured coleslaw. I mixed it with sliced celery, julienne ginger, grated carrot, thinly sliced red and green cabbage, a sprinkling of sesame seeds and a drizzle of soy sauce. This is a delicious fresh version of a coleslaw, a lot lighter than mayonnaise laden variety, and is a good partner to the salty smoky kassler.

Today’s lunch:

  • Kiwi coleslaw with celery, ginger, carrot, red cabbage, green cabbage, kiwifruit and sesame seeds,
  • a little blue bear bottle filled with soy sauce to drizzle over the coleslaw just before eating,
  • a sliced kassler chop and
  • some baby tomatoes.

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#446 – Spek Wrapped Spanspek Salad

Posted on 27 February 2013 by | 1 comment

#446 - Spek Wrapped Spanspek Salad

When I bought this spanspek (also known as cantaloupe) I knew that I wanted to eat it with prosciutto or a similar style cured ham. The only cured ham the supermarket had at the time was something called spek which I’d never tried before. That didn’t stop me from buying it though. I’m not going to lie, the alliteration in the title tickled me, but I found the flavour of the spek was too strong for the melon.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Cubes of spanspek wrapped in spek and
  • a salad with shredded cabbage, red onion, sugar snap peas and baby tomatoes.

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#445 – Sausage and Salad Lunch

Posted on 20 February 2013 by | Leave a comment

#445 - Sausage and Salad Lunch

The lunch in today’s post is an example of how I often plan for lunches by organising an extra portion of food at supper time. On this occasion we had a fairly lazy dinner of sausages and salads from our local German deli. I divided the food into three portions (one for me, one for my boyfriend and one for my lunchbox) and packed my lunch at the same time as I dished up supper.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Sliced debreziner sausage,
  • German potato salad,
  • a few quartered baby tomatoes and
  • mixed bean salad.

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#444 – Nectarine and Chevin Salad Lunch

Posted on 18 February 2013 by | Leave a comment

#444 - Nectarine and Chevin Salad

Hello out there! Is there anyone out there? I really hope so, it’s been way too long since there was a new post around here. With this post (and more to come) I’m hoping to revive my dear blog and also healthier lunchtimes for me. So without further ado, here is what’s in today’s lunch box.

Today’s Lunch:

  • A salad of nectarine slices and goats milk chevin
  • on a bed of mixed salad leaves, red cabbage, sugar snap peas, shaved carrot and baby tomatoes .

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#439 – Smoked Chicken Salad Lunch

Posted on 30 June 2011 by | 2 comments

#439 - Smoked Chicken Salad
While I was constructing this salad in it’s bowl I was gently reminded of performing similar activities years before. When I was young(er) and my parents would have guests over for a braai I was often entrusted to make the green salad that would accompany our meal. This was a job that I took most seriously. I remember spending ages chopping and slicing the ingredients laid out by my mom. Finally (and most importantly) I deliberated over how to arrange said ingredients into intricate patterns, trying not to repeat arrangements previously used. I guess some things haven’t changed.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Salad with mixed leaves, smoked chicken, baby tomatoes, feta and spring onion.

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#437 – Lentil and Bacon Salad Lunch

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#437 - Lentil and Bacon Salad

As much as I try to keep my lunches healthy and lean sometimes it’s nice to break the rules a little. Who can resist a piece of yummy bacon anyway? I think I struck a nice balance between the sweet, smoky, crispy bacon and the lentils and other crunchy veggies in this salad.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Lentil and bacon salad with mixed lettuce leaves, red onion, carrot, mange tout and baby tomato,
  • some grapes and
  • a plum.

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#434 – Tomato Pasta Salad Lunch

Posted on 19 January 2011 by | Leave a comment

#435 - Tomato Pasta Salad

Pasta salad is one of those dishes that is perfect for packed lunches. It’s meant to be eaten chilled so you can prepare it in the evening and stick it in the fridge. Then in the morning pop it into one of those lunch cooler bags with a little ice brick and it’ll stay perfectly cool until lunchtime. A great summertime lunch that is also a wonderful vehicle for a few of your daily fruit and veg servings.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Pasta salad with mini pipe rigate, yellow peppers, cucumber, spring onions, baby tomatoes and feta cheese all tossed in a light tomato sauce.

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#433 – Caprese Wrap Lunch

Posted on 17 January 2011 by | Leave a comment

#434 - Caprese Wrap

So here we are, a couple of weeks into 2011 and probably just getting the hang of writing 1 and the end of the year instead of that mischievous 0. By now we are all trying to make the transition from holiday mode to work mode whether we had an end of year break or not. For me work mode also includes getting back into my routine of packing lunches for myself. For the first packed lunch of the year I chose a basic almost school lunch combo of tortilla wraps and fruit. Perhaps not very exciting but it fulfilled it’s destiny of filling my tummy and helping me stay awake during the late afternoon slump.

Today’s Lunch:

  • Caprese wraps – tortillas filled with baby tomatoes, slices of mozzarella cheese and lettuce,
  • a grape, apple & rooibos juice box,
  • a doughnut peach and
  • some grapes.

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