Tomato Sandwich

I was irrationally excited for my lunch today - a tomato sandwich. It sounds simple (because it is - only four ingredients: bread, tomatoes, mayonnaise, and salt) but it's heavenly. I know there are some crazy non-tomato-eaters out there (both of my brothers-in-law), but for everyone else this sandwich is the best thing to eat in the height of summer tomato season. Instead of a traditional sandwich, I made these like a tartine. Mayo on both slices of bread, topped with tomatoes, and sprinkled with salt. It was a little easier to eat this way because with a traditional tomato sandwich the tomatoes often slide out. I tried two ways here. One with grape/cherry tomatoes first topped with slices of bigger tomato, and one with bigger tomato slices topped with cherry/grape tomatoes. The first version was slightly less messy to eat. I want to eat this every day until October. 

Slow Cooker Black Bean Soup

So my slow cooker is my new toy, hence the multiple slow cooker posts this week. This soup is super easy, tasty, and healthy. I've frozen it in individual lunch size servings so I can just pop it in the microwave at work. It made five individual servings. (Got the recipe from Smitten Kitchen.)

Ingredients:
1 tbsp olive oil
2 medium size red onions, chopped
1 medium size red bell pepper, chopped
1 medium size green bell pepper, chopped
4 garlic cloves, minced
4 tsp ground cumin
1 16-oz package dried black beans
1 tbsp chopped chipotle chiles, from a can
7 cups hot water
2 tbsp lime juice
2 tsp kosher salt
1/4 tsp ground black pepper

Best Lunch - Burritos

Often I have to run out during lunch and end up spending like $10 on a little salad. I hate spending lots of money on lunch just because those are the only options. I do bring leftovers a lot, but not every day. Then I decided I should make some burritos and freeze them, wrapped individually, to take to work for lunch. Also, if I made them myself, I knew I could make them taste just the way I like, and be sure they're actually pretty healthy at the same time. I made 8 the other day and Jamie flipped out and loved them so much he begged me to make more, so last week I went to the store and loaded up on supplies.