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January 11, 2006
best low carb boxed lunch evar
this may even out-do the picnic lunch i packed for me and sarah a couple of summers ago when we were on a road trip.
chicken cacciatore burgers: i made the burger part of this recipe, using chicken instead of turkey. after they cooled, i put them in little gladware boxes, one per box, and put a couple of slices of smoked mozzerella on each one before i closed the box.
parmesan bread: low-carb bread kind of sucks, as you might imagine. i eat it, but i almost always cook it in a skillet with butter, like when i make a grilled cheese sandwich. recently i started putting fine shavings of parmesan all over the bread while it's in the skillet-- it forms a tasty crust, something that low-carb bread sadly won't do on its own. that gave me the idea to do this on a larger scale, with many slices of bread on a baking sheet in the oven. i crusted both sides of the bread with the cheese, cooled them on a rack, and wrapped them in pairs in waxed paper. both my silpat and my microplane came in handy for this!
arugula: i put a handful of baby arugula salad into a ziploc.
now i can put the burger part into the microwave if i want it hot, and assemble it all at my desk.
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lunch remains the most frustrating meal of the day. i'm sure i won't cook for myself like this all the time, but i love the idea of burger variations, especially using turkey and chicken instead of beef. i ate half of one of the burgers when it was fresh out of the pan and it was quite tasty!
Posted by lisa at January 11, 2006 11:30 PM
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i have become addicted to burgers, too. and 30-minute meals is the place to find a variety of burger recipes, that's for sure.
lately, i've been taking the easy way out and buying a box of 'laura's lean beef' burgers. they come about 8 per box, in the frozen meat section, and are only 160 calories each. which totally rocks my world.
when paired with high-protein soy chips, i feel like i'm totally not on a diet.
Posted by: xta on January 12, 2006 10:44 AM
Yum -- a chicken catch burger sounds great.
Posted by: Phil on January 16, 2006 03:21 PM
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