Lunch should have its own thread

[May Kasahara]

About to sit down to a vast roast beef dinner cooked by my lovely friends

 

[Thimble Queen]

Left over stew from last nights tea topped with jalapeños and cheese

 

[iona]

Moroccan chicken and couscous salad with yoghurt dressing and loads of extra spinach added

 

[mrs quoad]

Cauliflower cheese, pizza, veg. Lol.

 

[May Kasahara]

McDonald's with the kids. I had a quarterpounder with cheese, fries and milk, FYI.

 

[Thimble Queen]

Cheese baguette

 

[iona]

Same as yesterday, only I ate it earlier than 5pm today and now I'm hungry again

 

[Rebelda]

Leek and potato soup. Child had a cheese roll with hers.

 

[May Kasahara]

A salad made of lettuce, cucumber, red pepper, spring onion, roast beetroot, pickled walnuts and parsley, with a big blob of hummus on the side. Much nicer than I expected.

 

[neonwilderness]

A colleague has volunteered to go into town on a burrito run

 

[Rebelda]

Lettuces, avocado, boiled egg and tomato salad.

 

[danny la rouge]

Ginger beer is one of my five a day, right?

 

[Purdie]

sunflower seed bread with chicken spread and an ice-cold latte macchiato

 

[polly]

Disappointing jacket potato with cheese and beans

 

[Rebelda]

Disappointing jacket potato with cheese and beans

Over-baked, under-baked or microwave?

 

[iona]

Chicken goujons, baked sweet potato, spring greens and broccoli. Cup of tea.

 

[polly]

Over-baked, under-baked or microwave?

Microwaved, tasteless cheese and, worst of all, NO BUTTER

 

[moose]

'Cheese' and celery sandwich. SanBitter with tonic.

 

[bluescreen]

This was interesting.

Let's Do Lunch
Food Programme

What did you eat for lunch today? Whatever you ate, according to our recent national survey you took less than half an hour to do it. Twenty five minutes twenty four to be precise.

We're living in an era of grab-and-go. It's a sector of the food industry already worth £16.1 billion pounds and which forecasts suggest could rise by more than a third by 2021. If we eat, we do so 'al-desko'... or maybe we don't eat at all.

Whether you opt for sausage rolls or sushi, last night's leftovers or a just a latte, Sheila Dillon hears what the modern British lunch break says about us. And what it might suggest about where our midday meal is headed. She meets the thinkers and cooks who believe that in time poor Britain, it's perfectly possible to reclaim your lunch break.

I particularly liked the communal sandwich making by the Dutch.
BBC Radio 4 - Food Programme, Let's Do Lunch

 

[Rebelda]

Tuna with sweetcorn and salad leaf. Some stuffed into a pitta. I left it in its oil so I only had to splish on some vinegar.

 

[moose]

Mushroom gyoza, mushroom and rice balls, thin slivers of garlic flatbread. A Veggie Colin.

 

[polly]

Feta, mashed in a bowl with fresh mint, cucumber and harissa spices in olive oil, then spread on sourdough toast. I want to eat this every day.

 

[Cheesypoof]

Smoked mackerel, scrambled eggs, ricecakes, apple and two mandarins, chocolate.

 

[farmerbarleymow]

Mushroom gyoza, mushroom and rice balls, thin slivers of garlic flatbread. A Veggie Colin.

Misread that as a veggie coffin.

 

[polly]

Feta, mashed in a bowl with fresh mint, cucumber and harissa spices in olive oil, then spread on sourdough toast. I want to eat this every day.

Yesterday, this again <3 Today, having eaten all the poor tiny mint shoots in my garden, Heinz tomato soup and toast with disgusting amounts of butter.

 

[Biddlybee]

What goes into harrisa spices?

I had two cheese toastie rolls, one with bits of ham in, one with zaartar. Cup of tea. Some black grapes.

 

[polly]

What goes into harrisa spices?

This was a mix that i bought from this place: About Us
which has dried red chili, garlic, coriander, paprika and caraway. I don't know how authentic it is!

 

[Thimble Queen]

Boy got paid on Fri so I met him for lunch before going to do the food shopping. We had hot dogs and chips. I couldn't finish cos the bread was a bit overwhelming. I got some white chocolate almond magnums on the grounds that they are medicinal (sore throat) and had one just now

 

[May Kasahara]

Ran out of time between lengthy, knackering meetings so had to shove down a quick cheese toastie in a nearby cafe.

 

[polly]

((((May K))))

Toasted sourdough with feta again but this time mashed up with preserved lemons, olive oil, green olives and harissa from a tube. Followed by a Viscount biscuit and a cup of tea.