So what's my lunch? Well, I'm ashamed to admit it's all carbs, no fruit/vege content - but it is quick, easy, cheap, and lasts me through to the end of the workday (maybe with a mid-afternoon piece of fruit, or chocolate if I can't resist).
That's right, folks - my weekday lunch, every day (except for the occasional splurge on a bought lunch) is a bagel. And I guess there's variety, right? Poppy seed, sea salt, blueberry, jalapeno cheddar...
Because I'm lucky enough to live so close to my work I come home for lunch. Our office doesn't have a break room, just a kitchen in the middle of the work area, so this is an excellent way of ensuring I actually take a break. It also means I don't have to pack my lunch in the morning - I just take a bagel out of the freezer to defrost and off I go! (by the way, the photo is from a weekend lunch - one of those bagels is a Mr Cake bagel! I could definitely not cope with two bagels in one go)
I guess it's true - I do love my bagels. Lucky Wholly Bagels is just across the road, and that they sell their bagels by the bakers dozen for $20. And that the Wellington Entertainment Book includes a buy-one-get-one-free on the bakers dozen.
Are you a creature of habit or can you not bear eating the same food all the time?
Hi! I'm Rosa, a.k.a. Mrs Cake, and I live in Wellington, New Zealand. I love food in all its forms, my fabulous family, and a bit of good old-fashioned Kiwi DIY. This blog started around food but has evolved to include some other bits and pieces - I hope you'll join me for the journey!
Aw I love the bagels from Wholly Bagels! :D
ReplyDeleteI love bagels too! Do you have a filling that you have more often than others? :)
ReplyDeleteI have the same breakfast most of the year:porridge oats soaked overnight in milk and passionfruit yoghurt with dried cranberries or chopped up dried apricots.It's along the lines of Bircher meusli.
ReplyDeleteOh,and there's nothing wrong with carbs :)
I enjoy your blog,
Marie
C - you'll have to come visit us then, you can look out the window longingly at it or nip across the road whenever you get peckish.
ReplyDeleteLorraine - I'm pretty lazy for lunch, and most days just have cream cheese or butter (I try not to have butter too often but it is soooooo good with the jalapeno cheddar bagels and the rock salt bagels). I think fresh tomato, cream cheese, and lots of freshly ground black pepper and sea salt is my favourite - simple but soooo good.
Marie, your breakfast sounds so yummy - I might have to try it sometime. I'm not sure that I'd be very good at remembering to prepare it in advance, though... I don't think carbs are too bad - I love them too much to really think of them as naughty - but I always feel like my lunch should be more balanced, like I should have salad or something very vegetable-y. ;-) But it works for me so why not?