Lunches

Even before I got a job, I was very focused on changing around Joe's lunch, which almost every day is a meat and cheese sandwich.  Of course we love it when we have leftovers...but leftovers always get packed for his dinner.

I can't even eat meat and cheese sandwiches anymore, even though I hardly ever do.  I'm just so sick of making them.  And I think he's kind of tired of them too, but he never complains because he's grateful I make him lunch.

So then I got a job, and of course the first order of business is to hardcore revamp the packed lunch menu.  Last week I wasn't very creative, but this week!  LOOK WHAT I DID ON SUNDAY NIGHT.

Yes.  It's five lunches for each of us.  Sitting in the fridge and we can grab whatever we want for lunch that day (except I cheated today and took my egg mcmuffin for breakfast and my spaghetti for lunch...I'm thinking I'm going to have to make more of those ahead of time.  I also think they'd freeze well.

The menu this week is:

• Tuna sandwiches (tuna mixed and put in plastic containers, bread packed separately for optimum freshness)
• Egg salad sandwiches (same style.  I made one with a ton of pickles because I love them, and none for Joe because he doesn't like them.  I screwed up the labels though and he came home saying "Thanks for lunch honey, but next time could you not put as many pickles in?"  I was sad that he had to choke down something he didn't like, and even sadder that I had to eat a sandwich with no pickles in it!
• Burritos.  I've been converted to uncooked tortillas.  Obviously I cook them before I use them though.  I made these with chili con carne and, I know this sounds gross, but canned steak, which Costco carries now in the same type of container as tuna.  I packed the burritos with plastic containers of sour cream (Joe's had hot sauce too).  I made us each three burritos.
• Egg mc muffins - or rather, sausage mcmuffins.  Frozen cooked sausage patties from Costco.  English muffins from Costco.  Eggs from costco.  Cheddar cheese from costco.  
• Meatball pasta.  I have a policy not to pack spaghetti, because long noodles and tomato sauce are not a good combination for dress shirts.  But I made some smaller noodles, threw on a few frozen Costco meatballs, and covered it with jarred spaghetti sauce (vodka sauce actually, but same idea) and parmesan cheese.

I could totally eat this menu for lunch every week.