Modern Lunch
CBC Books | | Posted: November 21, 2019 8:31 PM | Last Updated: December 3, 2019
Allison Day
Meals in jars and adult-appropriate lunchboxes will actually make you look forward to lunch now, especially when recipes like Chicken and Cucumber Ribbon Salad with Peanut Butter Vinaigrette, Tomato Sourdough Soup with Cacio e Pepe Socca Triangles, and Walnut-Crusted Avocado, Feta, and Eggs with Pesto Rice are waiting for you. Find inspiration for delicious lunches to eat at home, too, like Greek Chopped Salad with Crispy Peppercorn Salmon, and a new take on the classic ploughman's lunch. Spend weekends with friends gathered around easy-to-assemble platters and picnic baskets, and enjoy homemade brunches that rival any restaurant's. And, if you're someone who likes to improvise, Allison shares her staple recipes and tried-and-tested strategies for mastering meal prep, as well as ideas and combinations for quick, on-the-fly lunches that encourage creativity but promise satisfaction — even if you have to dine at your desk. (From Appetite by Random House)
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From the book
Life is too short to eat a bad lunch. Yet, in our culture, the midday meal is a forgotten opportunity to reinvigorate ourselves with food that makes us happy and energized. It has to be fairly quick and easy, and that often means resorting to convenience foods. There seems to be no middle ground: it's either buy lunch or pack something sad. So I'm here to help you formulate and practice new rituals (I know some of you are already on your way!) to maek homemade, balanced and delicious lunches materialize. I'm not suggesting that you have to cook a from-scratch, freshly prepared sit-down meal every day — it can be just as special when prepped ahead (your new "leftovers"), especially with a touch more attention and creativity put into the ingredients used, presentation and packing than what we're used to. I promise, the reclamation of lunch is simple!
From Modern Lunch by Allison Day ©2019. Published by Appetite by Random House.