Taco Rice Bowl
2011
One thing I have realized over the years that for me to stay on track trying to lose weight, I HAVE to bring my lunch and it has to be deluxe. If it sucks, I may be tempted to stray outside my office to find food.
Which is not good, since within walking distance from my office is a Tasty Dog, Jimmy Johns, a pizza place, 5 guys burgers, a taco place, Arepa restaurant, Chinese etc!!!
I also like to make my lunch the night before so I’m not running around crazy in the morning while getting my 3 kids out the door at 3 different times.
One day this week, I literally had about 2 minutes to put something together. I looked in the fridge… I had leftover taco meat, some leftover rice and black beans, a few slices of pepperoni, some green onions, so I threw that all in a container. I didn’t even have cheese, so I knew it was going to be kind of dry…
I heated it up in the microwave at work and stirred it around and tasted it. Ummm.. not very good. It was too dry. So I looked in my fridge at work to see if I still had some salsa in there…SCORE!! A bottle of my favorite green salsa 
. I put a few healthy tablespoons of salsa in my bowl and stirred it around. PERFECTO!
Then I wondered if I had any tortillas in my freezer at work and I did. So my first sucky lunch turned out to be one of the best lunches I’ve brought in a while!
Do you try to bring lunch to work? What’s your favorite thing to make?
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oh MY, I am the SAME way with lunches – if I don’t bring a good one I am off to find something better. I like the days where I bring something that I am actually looking forward to!
this looks great to me – a bowl or a wrap of some sort are my favorites – enough to keep me full the remainder of the afternoon, and usually some pretty tasty combinations…
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That taco bowl sounds really good! I love that you acknowledge that your lunch has to be deluxe – knowing yourself sets up success, for sure!
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I do! I have to cook breakfast, lunch and dinner – no matter how busy life gets – and sometimes this is REALLY to my detriment. eek! I just can’t help it. I need a home-cooked meal at all times! lOL
Glad the salsa made it perfecto!!
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yes! i always bring lunch to work…otherwise i’d end up eating out way too much. i like to save my eating out for dinner, when i am with family and friends. instead of “eating out” for lunch, which is usually at my desk anyway!
I’m with you Jenn. I’m a firm believer in healthy home made lunches helping with the weight loss. Hope you have a wonderful Sunday.
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I’m with you – I HAVE to bring a lunch otherwise I am tempted. But I’ll admit, sometimes our mornings are beyond hectic and I walk out the door without even thinking about it, then regret it later. My goal this week is to take my lunch everyday!
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