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“What’s for Lunch?” Pasta and Salad!

March 10, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Long gone are the days when eating healthy (and eating vegetarian) meant eating raw celery and drinking a glass of water. Today’s ProfHacker column provides two easy vegetarian lunch options that move us far beyond the boring lunches of old: Tomato Salad and Pesto Pasta.

“What’s for lunch?” Bean Salad!

March 3, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

The past few weeks we’ve written about the activities we can do to get ourselves through a very busy part of the semester. Another of those strategies is having this salad recipe for lunch. It’s an easy recipe: if you can open a few cans and stir, then you can make this salad!

What’s for Lunch? Poblano and Corn Chowder!

February 24, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Poblano peppers are usually used in sauces, salsas, and soups. These Mexican peppers are a cousin to the green bell pepper, but Poblano peppers are stronger. When they are roasted, and combined with sweet corn, you have a lovely chowder that is good for cool or warm weather.

What’s for Lunch? Cafeteria Food!

February 17, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

It happens to us all: we forget to bring lunch. So what does a busy higher-ed person do for food? The campus cafeteria!

What’s for Lunch? Mushroom Quesadillas!

February 10, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Our versatile lunch dish for today includes mushrooms! You can use mushrooms in many lunchtime favorites (salads, sandwiches, soups), but today’s lunch, Mushroom Quesadillas, are very easy to prepare and even easier to heat for a good lunch.

What’s for Lunch? Citrus Salad!

February 3, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

My local grocery store, in an effort to sell more of their products, makes samples of foods and plies customers with those samples. All this in the hopes that the customers will like the food and will purchase those items. Their tactics work. Today’s salad is one of those samples.

What’s for Lunch? Sausage and Rice!

January 27, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Today’s six (major) ingredient recipe is for a dish that is versatile and easy. You can simply make some for dinner, then have left overs for lunch! See? Easy! Seriously, though, the recipe has great versatility. You can include all six major ingredients, or you can choose to leave one (or more) out of the recipe or you can replace them with other things you might have on hand.

What’s for Lunch? Salmon and Sweet Potato Chowder!

January 20, 2010 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

Welcome back to a new semester and new series of lunch ideas! Today’s choice? Salmon and Sweet Potato chowder.

What’s for Lunch? Cookies!

December 16, 2009 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

In this week’s edition of “What’s for Lunch,” we offer cookies. These are not the Internet-type cookies we might write about here at ProfHacker, but real cookies. What better way to celebrate the end of so many year-end events?

What’s for Lunch? Breakfast!

December 9, 2009 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

As the semester grinds to a close for many of us, the thought of preparing thoughtful, healthy, and easy-on-the-budget meals disappears. We have papers to grade, exams to give, meetings to attend, decisions to make, all before a date that is fast approaching. We are tired and we are stressed. But we still have to eat.

What’s for Lunch? Chicken Soup!

December 2, 2009 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

It’s the end of the semester for most of us. We are overwhelmed with work. Fatigue has set in. So has the cold weather. Perhaps we aren’t taking as good a care of ourselves as we should. We aren’t getting the exercise or sleep we need. We rely, not on the “What’s for Lunch” column to provide healthy food options for our lunchtime meals, but fast food chains for sustenance. Our immune systems weaken. Our colleagues are sick. So are our students. Ultimately, we find ourselves coughing, sneezing, and feeling achy all over.

What’s for Lunch? Leftover Turkey!

November 25, 2009 in Food, Life by Billie Hara

We at ProfHacker are a productive bunch. We do things (or, try to do things) that save us time and energy, and we try to pass those hints along to you. So, this week’s “What’s for Lunch” column concerns itself with Thanksgiving, which is tomorrow. We are getting a jump start using left overs (that aren’t yet left over).