fandomhigh | Healthy Diet and Living; Monday, Period Five [ 07/20 ].

"Afternoon, guys," Daisy greeted the class with a smile and the slightest of limps; she was feeling grateful to have the counters to lean on a little. Still, despite being injured and having to be at the station early today, she'd managed to find time to bake muffins. Chocolate ones. OR WERE THEY?

They weren't, but Daisy wasn't going to say anything yet. It was sort of impressive that she still had time to bake them even with being injured and having to be at the station in the morning.

"So, last week we worked on breakfast, so now we're on lunch, which is the day's refueling station. Having a healthy, timely lunch can help curb an afternoon sluggishness or distraction, if you do it properly. So it needs to be nutritional, but not heavy. Today, we're going to work on a few options, that you can take with you and maybe have today! Or share with someone. Because that healthy eating is something that can be shared is just yet another benefit of it.

"Bento boxes are a very neat little lunch trip, especially if you make them yourself, so here's some sheets on how to make some health-focused ones and some containers to make a few today if you'd like. Bento is perfect for sharing, too.

"If you're more of a sandwich person, I've also got this Tijuana torta recipe to check out. It's black beans and guacamole, so you can give it a kick and some calcium with a little melted Montery cheese. Or maybe try a crab stuffed pita or barbeque chicken sandwich. Those last two are a bit up on the sodium for my tastes, but it's still a lot better than what you'd get if you went to most lunch meat selections. Deli meats as a secret healthy eating killer; they're loaded with preservatives and sodium, and so I highly recommend baking just a plain chicken breast and cutting it up to use on sandwiches than deli turkey or ham.

"Vegetables and the like are important for lunch, and there's a lot of really floofy vegetable salads with lemon or dill out there, but, for lunch, really, just some vegetables with maybe a nice light dip is best, which is really quick and easy to make.

"And, of course, a little desert snack. Chocolate's a big hit with you guys, and so today we'll try something with carob instead, which is a healthy chocolate substitute, used in just about everything imaginable by vegetarians. Those muffins are made with carob, actually. And you can make little candies or bites to treat yourself at the end of your healthy lunch.

"Loads of options, guys. If there aren't any questions, let's get started?"

[[ OCD ~~is on the way~~ shouldn't eat the cafeteria meatloaf! Class Roster and Syllabus ]]

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It's lunchtime!

Claire ~~Bennet~~ Butler

Eva Rodriguez

Griffin O'Conner

Sookie Stackhouse

Jill McTeague

Momoko Akatsutsumi

There are a lot of talking bits. There are also muffins. Om nom nom.

Edited 2009-07-20 12:26 (UTC)

Claire listened to the talking bits while she ate her muffin. Mmmm muffin.

Griff nibbled on a muffin curiously, knowing somehow he was going to be saddened to hear that it was good for him and he could make it himself.

Momoko was tired but here and listening to the lecture with glee. Bentos! She loved a good bento! This would be fun!

There are plenty of suggested options, but Daisy also encourages creativity and helping each other out.

Claire thought the bento boxes were adorable and decided to try making one of those.

Griff got to work chopping up boiled eggs for that egg salad bento box. A small variety of food seemed the ideal meal to him.

Momoko hummed as she moved along the ingredients. Well, in between bites of carob muffins, she was humming. She was also making some rice balls, using a bit of salmon as the filling, while she pondered the rest of her bento menu.

Lunch means less chance of needing the fire extinguisher!

Peyton wasn't sure about the whole carob over chocolate thing, but she was willing to give it a try. And was here to do whatever was required of her, of course!

"And how was your weekend, Peyton?" asked Daisy, giving her TA a smile.

"Quiet," Peyton said with a smile. "Which was nice. Just, you know, waiting impatiently to get the CDs in from the production company."

"No singing, then?" asked Daisy, sounding a little surprised. "And CDs from the production company? That sounds like there's something to that."

"Well, I sang last Thursday," she admitted reluctantly, "but the weekend was quiet."

Peyton's face brightened. "Yeah, my bio mom and I helped put together this benefit CD - got some big name bands to contribute and everything. Now I'm just waiting for them to actually be done. Should be any day now. And then, well..." she blushed a little. "I'll have an excuse to go see my bio mom again."

"Awwww," Daisy chuckled a little with her grin, "well, that's wonderful, Peyton! You'll have to let me have a sample maybe of the CD once they arrive."

"Oh, absolutely," Peyton said. "I kind of hope they'll be there waiting for me when I get back to the cabins today."

Daisy held up a hand, fingers twined. "I'll keep a hope for you, too," she offered.

"Thanks," Peyton said with a smile. "They mean a lot, you know? First step on the road to maybe having my own label someday."

"I'd hope for a connection into the biz there," Daisy said with a chuckle, "but I don't think any level of connection would help me with my voice."

"Yeah, well, keep working on your voice," Peyton said with a grin. "And in a million years when I finally get that far, you'll probably be killer."

"A million years?" Daisy chuckled. "You're quite the optimist if you think that's all it'll take, Peyton."

"Well, it could be a very small record label," Peyton said thoughtfully.

"Desperate?" tried Daisy.

Peyton just laughed. "I'm sure we could work something out!"

Daisy's available, of course, making several bento herself.

OMG, hungry now.

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