Lunch for the week 10/29/17

There is a farmer's market in the area that I've gone to since I was a kid, with a dairy store next to it that has excellent food).  It's late in the season for fresh "summer type" veggies, but I found the makings for salad, and cheaply too, end of the season lettuce.

This week's lunch

With the end of the season the farmers are wrapping up summer and lettuce and corn and tomatoes in favor of eggplant and apples and pumpkins, I saw butternut squash, and may get some, there's a recipe for soup ...

But back to last week's shopping expedition.  I found red leaf lettuce and romaine at one of the booths and got some, wash some leaves, throw them in the lunch cotainer, add microwaved chicken bits, croutons, dressing, and pseudo chicken pCesar psalad.

The lettuce is fresh out of the ground, and beause it's the end of the season, some of it's wilted or limp, so I had to make sure to wash and tear off what's not edible.  It ended up being about a third in the garbage, but it's the end of the season, make do with what's left.

It still managed to make a decent salad, and a good lunch.  I can't make all four lunches and store them in the fridge, so it's going to be a challenge to get up and make it for the next three mornings, but I think it'll be worth it.  I like this kind of salad, though it's usually just the romaine lettuce, the red leaf just look so appealing on the table.

What I would change

More lettuce, and probably toss a dessert into the lunch bag.  The salad was a little light for a 10 hour day, and I don't want to start digging into the holiday candy because I've got the just got home munchies.