Salad in a Jar

I've been making a profound effort to pack my lunches so that I don't: 

1) Eat something terribly bad but terribly delicious at work

2) Spend extra money on lunches when I'm already buying food for home

One thing I super hate though is actually having to.. pack my lunch.. I would love, love, love to just be able to pack for the week on Sunday and be done with it. And I never really came up with a way to do that since I predominantly eat salads.....

Until now. 

If you've been perusing Pinterest for healthy eats, this may already have happened onto your radar. It's called Salad. In a Jar. And it is quite the life saver and it just looks freaken' cute. 

The thought behind this little morsel of genius is that inverting the salad with the dressing on bottom and the lettuce far away from the wet stuff will keep the salad fresh for days! And it does my friends, it sure does. The meat marinates in the salad dressing,and the lettuce stays safe and far away from anything that'll make it wilt. Also, I like to think that the mason jar with lid keeps it a lil extra fresh and crispy- but what do I know? 

Here's what I like to do: 

Add a good dose of olive oil, lemon juice, salt, pepper, and garlic powder to the bottom of the jars. 

Add your meat, for me it's usually tuna or chicken 

Add your fixins: avocado, craisins, onion, etc 

Add the lettuce, I usually use romaine and I cram it in 

Then you just screw the lid on and then eat when you're darn and ready. I usually dump mine out into a bowl and voila, salad in the correct, preferable arrangement. 

The possibilities are endless though, you could make a taco salad, nicoise salad, anything that floats your boat really. Just keep the dressing and lettuce apart like they were divorced parents at a Christmas party. 

Happy Fourth of July!

The 4th was my holiday for the year to be on call so we had to laze around the house in case I actually did get called in. But seriously, who in the heck needs a dietitian STAT? We are so not an emergent field I don't even get the point of this.  I also don't get the point of working weekends- it's stupid. But regardless, it is what it is. 

I started my morning with a delicious omelet made by my boo, made of onions, bell peppers, mozzarella cheese, Morningstar Farms veggie patties, and eggs. I also had some toast with butter and blackberry jam (which in my opinion is the jam of jams). 

After I got the go ahead that I would not be called in for the day, I worked out to one of my Firm DVDs, showered, did some laundry, and then we headed downtown for the regatta and fireworks.  We first started out at McFadden's where I had a grilled chicken caesar salad which was delicious, followed by two Miller Lites, a Corona with lime, and an I.C. Light Mango. 

We then headed over to take our seats on the river bank and watch the regatta (I also ate a basket of chicken fingers and fries). I sucked at healthy eating today- boo. 

Here's the regatta 

Close up! 

Beautiful Pittsburgh skyline

Some crappy fireworks photos that don't do it justice.

Pittsburgher's sure like their fireworks!! 

After the fireworks we ran for a bus and got home ASAP because I have to work in the morning. When we got home I threw some clothes in the wash, did the dishes, ran the dishwasher, showered, packed my lunch, and got all set for tomorrow morning. 

I DON'T WANT TO GO BAAAAAAACK!!! 

Here is my frazzled, haphazardly made breakfast/lunch: 

Breakfast: Larabar and two peaches

Snack: almonds and prunes

Lunch: PB & J with crackers and hummus

Carb fest tomorrow! Looks like veggies and protein for dinner- oh well!! 

Annndddd I'm out....

HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY!!