I Need Some Ideas For Lunches!

 

Chris: I make a Balsamic Chicken Salad that has only 6.2g of carbs and 20.7g of Protein. It makes 6 servings.
3 cups of cooked chicken breast, diced, cold
1 cup of apples, fresh,chopped,diced

1/2 cup of diced celery (I leave out)
2 fresh green onions, chopped
1/2 cup chopped walnuts
3 tbsp balsamic vinegar
5 tbsp olive oil
pinch of salt and pepper to taste
Toss together the first 5 ingredents
In a small bowl whisk together vinegar and oil
Season with salt and pepper, mix well.

 

Chris - I know the feeling. Good thing you are asking for help on it. I fell into going back to old habits. Now is the time to try out some of the new recipes, easy to heat leftovers work well.

I made some sloppy joe meat that I used to get me through some tough times, hot dogs, kelbassa (sp?) I try to do a different spin...try creating cheese balls that you can just eat or wrap in meat.

Recently, I was dying for a hamburger...you know hold in your hands not cut with a knife. Cathy suggested that I try putting my meat between two pieces of lettuce...OMG (as my girls would say) It was like heaven...just changing the way I handled it made a bit difference!


Bev , thanks for the recipe! I think it will be a great addition!

 

That sounds like a good salad Bev. I'm going to get the ingredients and try that today!

Do you like tuna Chris? Those pouches of tuna are quite good as are the pouches of chicken....I like the lemon pepper flavor ones.
Also, something I like to make that has low carbs....drain a can of chicken, shred it up with a fork and add mayo, and peas (though I'm not sure how many carbs are in peas), I like Lesear brand peas and I just eyeball how many to add, usually about half a can (drain juice of course), and add salt and pepper to taste. Make a big bowl and divy it up in small serving sizes for the week.

If I think of other ideas, I'll post some.

 

Oh GOSH - I'm sorry Chris..... I just read the second half of your post.......DUH....we ll, nevermind my food idea....I'll try to think of something else for you!!!