Packed Lunch Ideas

I'm not supposed to be eating deli meats these days, which certainly curbs my packed-lunch style, so I've been looking for inspiration.

Homemade Granola Bars (including nutella recipe)
Using a lemon to make an exciting lunch
Ploughman's Lunch and variations

I don't find most of these inspiring, but I'll post a link anyhow: Kitchn Lunch Ideas

These look better: Better Kitchn Lunch Ideas

I'm intrigued by this idea for keeping avocado fresh: Avocado Freshness.

Friday Friendly Pierogie!

Surely mushroom pierogie should be forbidden on non-meat days, too, seeing as they are so delicious...

Pierogie wrapper
Pierogie mushroom filling
other fillings (many veggie, but not all)

More (Friday Friendly) recipes

Here's another great Friday-Friendly meal: spaghetti with broccoli cream pesto. Also: Blue Crimini Quiche. And Caramelized Shallot and Gruyère Quiche with Rosemary Crust sounds utterly fantastic.

Huevos Rancheros breakfast sandwiches are also, coincidentally, Friday Friendly and look fab.

A little less Friday Friendly (although I could substitute black beans for ground beef; another good filler is rice, which I added this time in addition to beef), are these Beef and Bean Burritos. Ree Drummond's version is also a good basis for burrito inspiration.

Roasting Chickens, etc.

Having recently roasted a chicken, I want to keep a record of all the sites that inspired me this time around. I also looked up whether I should wash my chicken first before roasting, and the most recent consensus of Health Authorities is not to wash chickens, which is great because I think it's a strange step.

Roast Chicken ideas:

Top 10 Steps to Making a Perfect Roast Chicken
Basil Lemon Roast Chicken
Williams Sonoma Roasts Chicken

Here's an article on getting over the common problem of needing to eat lots of sugar and starch every day that a friend posted on Facebook. It seemed interesting: Beat Your Sugar and Starch Addiction.

And finally, a Friday-Friendly Recipe that actually looks really yummy:

Mario Batali's Baked Pasta with Mushrooms and Mozzarella