08/29/2025
Effortless Lunches!
🍅Tomato Stuffed with Tuna, Capers, Basil, and Pine Nuts
Drain a jar or can of tuna. Flake into a bowl and toss with capers, toasted pine nuts, and chopped basil. Drizzle with olive oil and season with a pinch of salt and black pepper. Hollow out a tomato, then fill it with tuna salad.
🦐White Bean Salad with Shrimp and Pickled Peppers over Arugula
Combine rinsed canned white beans with a drizzle of olive oil, a squeeze of lemon juice, and salt and black pepper. Mix in halved cooked shrimp and a few chopped pickled peppers. Serve over baby arugula
🌶️Hummus with Roasted Peppers and Red Onion in a Whole Wheat Pita
In a blender, combine rinsed canned chickpeas with a clove or two of minced garlic, tahini, olive oil, fresh lemon juice, a pinch of cumin, a pinch of cayenne, and salt and pepper. Puree until smooth. Put the hummus in a whole wheat pita layered with roasted red peppers, sliced cucumbers, and thinly sliced red onions.
🥗Whole Wheat Pasta Salad with Blue Cheese, Fresh Corn, and Arugula
Slice the kernels from a cob or two of sweet corn. Prepare whole wheat pasta; when it's almost done, add corn, cook for 20 seconds, then drain pasta and corn and briefly run under cold water. Drain well. Place arugula in a large salad bowl, add pasta and corn, and coat lightly with olive oil and a drizzle of balsamic vinegar. Season with salt and pepper; toss well. Crumble some blue cheese over the top.
🥒Couscous with Cucumber, Mint, Feta, and Watermelon
Prepare whole wheat couscous according to package instructions. Meanwhile, peel, seed, and thinly slice a cucumber and cut a wedge of seedless watermelon into small chunks. Toss the couscous, cucumber, and watermelon in a bowl. Throw in some crumbled feta, slices of scallion, and torn mint leaves. Whisk together one part red-wine vinegar to four parts olive oil and fold into the mixture just before serving. Season with salt and pepper.
Enjoy!
