One easy way to get a raised-eyebrow at work
March 9th, 2009
Dear random white collar office girl,
Despite your admirable effort at curbing your consumption to lose some of the extra winter survival storage, I can see you looking askance as I prepare my mid-day meal. How could you not? It’s freakin’ enormous, colorful, and assembled by hand each day.
The only thing you should know - which might make your head explode - is that my mixing-bowl-sized lunch salad has the same number of calories as your Lean Cuisine. It probably doesn’t even cost that much more, especially if you didn’t stock up while Smith’s had frozen dinners on sale. Not to mention far fewer amounts of scary additives and processed grains in that teeny tiny little tray that spins around in the microwave defrosting with gusto.
Smug much, me? Yep. Sorry. It’s Monday.
So this was just an excuse to brag about your healthy salad while the rest of us finish our bacon-explosions…right?
What’s the meat in the picture? Almost looks duck-ish.
Comment by John — March 9, 2009 @ 2:11 pm
Nah, on that day the meat happened to be some rare steak.
I took a photo with my phone of the salad described in the post, but it didn’t upload correctly, alas.
Comment by Andrea Lin — March 10, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
I’ve been bringing little salads into work since you posted this…not nearly as elaborate, though. Good call!
Comment by John — March 25, 2009 @ 10:19 am
You didn’t mention the most annoying thing about those Lean Cuisine frozen planks: They smell like an open sewer. I have to close my office door every time one of my coworkers nukes one of those toxic slabs.
Comment by Rico — April 29, 2009 @ 3:44 pm