What should I make for lunches? Need answer fast

I wish I could, but I have a teeny tiny freezer, that only just barely has room for the things I already keep in it. Once I get settled down somewhere, a real freezer is high on my list of priorities.

And I have nothing against salads per se (in fact, I think most vegetables are at their best raw), but I don’t like bringing in multiple containers for my lunches, so if I want anything hot in there, the veggies are going to be hot, too.

But as for the a la King: It went pretty well. I added a bit of bonestock I had frozen to the bechamel, and mixed in a couple of bell peppers, a big onion, a small can of mushrooms, a can of chopped tomatoes, and a pound of peas. I seasoned it with celery seed, garlic, parsley, rosemary, sage, and thyme, plus salt and pepper, though I might have gone overboard a bit with the celery seed.

And I think it would have gone better with dumplings rather than rice: I’ll know better for next time.

In the summer I prefer salads for lunch. One of my favorites is taco salad. I make a big crock pot of shredded beef and freeze it into 4 oz portions in ziplocks. Then all I have to do in the morning is toss some lettuce, shredded cheese and whatever else (salsa, corn chips) into a tupperware and grab a baggie of meat.

I gently nuke the baggie at lunch time and put the meat on the salad.

Chicken caeser is also good and easy. Make little baggies of grilled chicken.