Topic: lunch

‘I Haven’t Eaten Lunch Away From My Desk In 20 Years’: 8 True Stories

âI Havenât Eaten Lunch Away From My Desk In 20 Yearsâ: 8 True Stories

Sometime within the last few weeks, eating lunch away from one’s desk suddenly became the cool thing to do. Arianna Huffington challenged her staff at the Huffington Post to eat lunch away from the office. McDonald’s launched an ad campaign promoting the joys of leaving the office to eat, “free from the fear of crumbs in our keyboards.” A woman who lived in France for four years wrote a wildly popular article for Slate about why America should embrace the “long, leisurely lunch hour.” But optimistic ads and news stories about trendy offices ignore the fact that for many of us, eating lunch at our desks is a way of life. Here are eight stories from hard-working employees (and business owners!) who aren’t falling for the latest fad. Meet the military recruiter who’s getting sick of reheated leftovers, the woman who worked six days a week in order to avoid taking lunch breaks, and the guy who hasn’t eaten lunch away from his desk in 20 years. More »

Meatless Monday: 10 Vegetarian Pack-and-Go Lunch Recipes

Meatless Monday: 10 Vegetarian Pack-and-Go Lunch Recipes

This morning we posted about how to eat better at work—which is always easier said than done, especially if you’re trying to keep it vegetarian for Meatless Monday. Salads devoid of protein or carbo-loading on meat-free pizza and pasta is more likely to lead to an energy crash (and subsequent graze on vending machine snacks), so we culled our favorite food blogs for some easy pack-and-go options that don’t contain meat, and won’t leave you starving. More »

Cutting Back At Lunch Won’t Make You Eat More At Dinner, Researchers Say

Cutting Back At Lunch Wonât Make You Eat More At Dinner, Researchers Say

Is skipping meals, or eating low-cal meal replacers, a good way to lose weight? We’ve all heard the arguments against it—that eating less at one meal only causes you to eat more later, that losing weight takes an overall eating overhaul. But a study coming up in the October issue of the journal Appetite says, actually, eating one reduced-calorie meal and then whatever you want for the rest of the day could be an effective way to lose weight. More »

Summer Seasonables: Pernod-Marinated Apple and Fennel Sandwiches

Summer Seasonables: Pernod-Marinated Apple and Fennel Sandwiches

Stuck in a sandwich rut? Try this unusual but tasty apple, fennel and baba ghanoush sandwich. It packs a fulfilling crunch, because it’s heavier on produce than the deli-meats or cheeses that plague most sandwiches. Apple, fennel and healthy bread make these a nutritious lunch or afternoon snack choice, but the Pernod and baba ghanoush dresses them up enough to serve as tea sandwiches at a picnic, party or shower, if you wanted. More »

New/Old Health Trend: 6 Reasons to Brown Bag It Instead of Buying Lunch

New/Old Health Trend: 6 Reasons to Brown Bag It Instead of Buying Lunch

Here’s a mid-afternoon riddle: What has been around too long to be called a “health trend” but has more benefits than half of this year’s diet books? Oh, the headline gave it away, didn’t it. Brown bagging your lunch instead of ordering take-out is one of the best ways you can boost your health, happiness, and even your savings; the real riddle is why everyone isn’t doing it more. The reality is, most of us get busy with things other than cooking (happy hour, perhaps?) and let the sandwich-packing habit slip. More »

Banning Paperbagged Lunches Is Not The Way To Make Kids Healthier

Banning Paperbagged Lunches Is Not The Way To Make Kids Healthier

Do you pack your child’s lunch for them to take to school? You neglectful, thoughtless parent, how could you? That’s what a Chicago elementary school thinks of you, at least.

The Chicago Tribune recently reported that Little Village Academy on Chicago’s West Side is insisting, nay, forcing parents to refrain from packing their child’s lunch. Instead, the school requires students to buy the prepared meals at school which they claim are far more nutritious than what their parents can provide. This is all being done in the name of healthy eating. More »