Gastronomics

[radegund]

The trouble with staying at home, of course, is that I have to think about lunch. At work there are scores of eateries within spitting distance, given a good flick of the upper body and a following wind, so I step out at lunchtime each day with a pleasant sense of possibility pervading my every gesture.

Not so at home. Here, lunch has to be planned and then conjured out of the motley assortment of foodstuffs that find themselves, through no fault of their own, in our kitchen. The state of my arm at the moment means that serious choppage is out of the question, and when you add to this a mild but persistent headache and a general feeling of can't-be-arsedness, strange meals are likely to result.

Yesterday, for instance: two raw carrots, a hard-boiled egg and a brace of ageing bananas blended in about a pint of milk (childhood comfort food, that last bit - yum!). Today, I may rise to toasted cheese sandwiches.

So I'm curious now: What sort of stuff do you have for lunch when you're at home for the day?

Comments

[cangetmad.livejournal.com]

I almost always have cous cous with something like tomatoes and sunflower seeds in (unless it's summer, then tomatoes and feta cheese chopped up). Everything generously doused in some sort of vinegar and oil, of course. Because with cous cous, you can have a hot meal, which is particular to the staying-at-home experience, but it also takes almost no preparation. Tomatoes need chopping, though.

If I'm feeling the need for comfort food, I have pasta with just cheese and lemon juice. I have absolutely no idea where that comes from, at all. And, clearly, the Atkins diet would not be for me, for I am a slave to carbohydrates.

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[glitzfrau.livejournal.com]

Yes, cous-cous is magic - tomatoes and broccoli for me. Or, quick stir-fried vegetables with Thai curry paste and a few noodles. Or, some defrosted soup from the freezer. (There's oodles in there, you know, Radz!) Or... plain and simple leftovers. Or even simpler toast.

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[radegund.livejournal.com]

Cous-cous: the forgotten carbohydrate! Hmmm. You, Glitz, have the ultra-quick-yet-tasty-meal thing down pat. I tend to let myself believe that anything nice will take aaaaages, moan, whine, so I'll just boil an egg and feel sorry for myself. To be combatted :-)