Lunch Plans, Week One

So I went to the grocery store with no plan at all. I had no idea. I mean, I suck at making lunches. I usually make dinner, divide it into single servings, and bring the same lunch all week until my will to live is sapped and I am a broken shell of routine. Or, more often, fail to make any lunches at all, and end up eating many bowls of soup at Culver's.

As I have decided to change things, Mum and I went to the grocery store to pick out weekly lunch things yesterday after work. I really had no clue what I was doing. Here is what I ended up with:

• Cheese (cheddar, feta, Philadelphia cream, and pepper-jack.)
• Avocado
• Cauliflower (who knows why)
• Carrots (itsy bitsy ones)
• Herbs (sage, thyme, etc.)
• Berries, mixed
• Cantaloupe
• Hummus
• Tomato bisque
• Bread (sandwich and flat)
• Yogurt (plain and Pumpkin Noosa)

At home I had:

• Lettuce
• Tomatoes
• Cucumbers
• Onion
• Potato
• Peas
• A lot more stuff

And the meals I'm planning include:

• Deluxe grilled cheese sandwiches with cheddar, pepper-jack, tomato and an herb cream cheese spread with tomato bisque (this lunch is code-named Risky Bisqueness, because technically I shouldn't eat tomato at all. But it's yummy.)
• Flatbread sandwiches with hummus and mixed veggies or feta, mixed veggies and tzatziki sauce. You get the idea.
• Roasted cauliflower curry with potato, onion, and peas. I will make that up as I go along.
• Something with avocado when the avocado ripens. It needs a day or two.

That should cover meals until this weekend, when I will reassess. The plan will be to do all the prep work (cooking, shopping, and so forth) over the weekend for the following week. This will eat into my sitting and doing nothing time, but it will be better to do all of the prep at once so packing my lunch will be faster.

I'll be making vegetable stock over the weekend, then hopefully a couple different soups which I will freeze in single servings. I'll whip up a few sandwich ideas, or I'll prep some veggies to bring along with cheese, crackers, and olives or pickles to nibble on. We'll see. The goal is to have satisfying lunches that aren't just peanut butter and jelly sandwiches day after day, because I won't stick with that. I will quickly grow to resent it and then give up this whole exercise.

Wish me luck. I'm going to need it. I'll be happy if I just make it through this week and next week without crying with frustration, or sneaking out to eat something fried.