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Eating

The trouble with lunch

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Back when I was a worker bee, I ate a lot of frozen-food lunches. I stopped doing that when I started staying home, because a sandwich costs less and I could make them fresh.

That worked fine for quite awhile. But then I started getting a headache toward the end of the day and realizing that, hey! I forgot to eat lunch again. So I started buying the frozens again a few weeks ago. For some reason, it’s easier for me to remember to eat when I have to microwave something. Probably because it’s hard to maintain one’s enthusiasm about PB&J after the 312th consecutive day of them.

Naturally, though, I have a problem with frozen lunches, too. The meat in a frozen meal? I can’t handle it. It makes me a little queasy just to think about it, much less eat it. So I limit myself to the vegetarian options most of the time.

And there aren’t scads of them to choose from. But here are a few of my favorites:

  • Amy’s has a great array of vegetarian options, such as mattar paneer and cheese enchiladas. The brand is one of the more expensive ones, though. Fortunately, our local organic discount emporium has them pretty regularly.
  • Ethnic Gourmet’s Gujarati Vegetable Curry
  • Lean Cuisine’s butternut squash ravioli is delightful.

    This was a very rambley way of saying that frozen lunches work for me. What’s your go-to lunch?

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    Bad idea, Motrin

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    I used a baby sling with Pete. I liked having him close, and it was nice to be able to use my arms. I stopped using it, though, because it made my back hurt. According to a recent ad from Motrin, I should have popped a few pills and powered on through.

    I’m betting a few someones in Motrin’s marketing department are looking for new jobs today. While I don’t think it’s a particularly good ad, I didn’t really find it offensive. Other moms, though? They were furious. So much so that Motrin pulled the ad.

    I think they were trying to be snarky and hip. But really, if there’s a group of people you shouldn’t be snarky toward? It’s women with young children. Because they’re tired, and their hormones are out of control. Or maybe that’s just me.

    What do you think?