A quick lunch for hubby

Hubby and I have been looking into reinventing the lunch after eliminating most processed foods from our diets. After taking a good hard look at the things we put into our lunches I almost had a heart attack. TONS of sodium and preservatives not to mention an unbalanced meal. Sorry folks but a well balanced lunch does not include a sandwich, chips, cookies, and apple sauce. I would like to challenge you to really read the labels of the items you are putting in your families lunches, and I bet you would find your selves shocked.


Now that we are over the shock lets look at how to reinvent your lunches. After much reading I personally loved the Japanese Bento lunch system. The theory behind the Bento lunches is to provide a midday meal that is filled with colorful healthy foods. You can buy a bento system such a this http://www.laptoplunches.com/ but I personally made my own "bento system" with BPA free containers from The Container Store. Using reusable containers won't create waste, and keeps plastic out of our landfills. You want to make sure your containers are BPA free though... VERY IMPORTANT!! Lets get to the lunch now!

Meal contents: Oven "fried" wings in buffalo sauce, carrot sticks, veggie dip, organic strawberries (on the "dirty dozen" please buy organic), and bulk central market animal crackers.

Method: To oven fry my wings I preheated the oven to 425 and tossed the wings in olive oil and laid them out on my stoneware bar pan. I cooked them for about 10 min then took them out and flipped them over and continued to cook them on the other side till done and crispy. You can toss them in a store bought sauce or make your own. I would recommend making you own because I found that the store bought ones have way to much sodium in it. You could even just toss them in a hot sauce like Tabasco, or Louisiana Hot Sauce. Then I just cut up the carrots and fruit.

Packing: I separated the carrots and strawberries with the container of dipping sauce, and the wings are on the other compartment of the container. I put the whole container in a lead free lunch box, and to keep it chilled I put in a non toxic ice pack.

And the verdict is: Hubby loved it. Says the wings were crispy and delish!