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Break Room Dining: Wrap of Variety

I was in a rush when I was leaving to come to work tonight. I threw some things in a bag to bring for food. In the bag there was:
a bowl of lettuce
tub of 40 spice hummus
a jar of pickled jalepeno slices
a tub of Earth Balance
package of small flour tortillas
a bag of walnuts
bag of whole [...]

Finding Myself: It’s One Of Those Days – To Ingulge or Not To Ingulge

I’m on a quest, adventure, journey, whatever you want to call it, to find a better way to eat my way through the rest of my life. Yes, you could say that sounds a bit food obsessed, fair enough. I can’t argue with that (stranger things have happened).
I won’t ever deny that food is an [...]

Finding Myself: Life After Cheese, Or A Fine Immitation

I am very pleased to have enjoyed 40 years of macaroni and cheese, cheesy pizzas, cheese dip, Rotel, cheeseburgers, tacos with lots of shredded cheese…and more. Every bite was delicious. I would never say anything to the contrary.
The thought of homemade tuna noodle casserole with tons of Velveeta (yes, it’s cheese in my world) makes [...]

Break Room Dining: Steel Cut Oats Salad

Another Friday night at work and another break room ‘cooking’ experience to chronicle. Today I decided to bring some bags of leftovers to see what kind of magic I could come up with in the dead of the night, starving, working, and without a stove.
I did find an old steak knife in the break room, [...]