Thursday, November 19, 2009

My creative space - lunch duty


Lunch Duty, originally uploaded by quiltingmick / michelle.

On most mornings my creative space is at my kitchen bench. Lunches are not my forte. I can't handle eating boring sandwiches, so I try and get a little inventive so I can enjoy my lunch and not be tempted to eat out most days.

A couple of years ago I got some Fit & Fresh containers - one a bento-style lunchbox, and the other a salad container. They come with ice packs which was handy when I rode my bike to work in the hot weather. Earlier this year I discovered a Flickr group for not only photographing your Fit & Fresh lunches, but all lunches! So exciting to see what people take to work for lunch ... although maybe that's just me. So most mornings I photograph my lunch and add it to the groups, because I'm a bit weird like that.

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Edited to add - these are not kids' lunches. They're for me! I don't feed my children anything ... mainly because I don't have any.

30 comments:

  1. Wow you make a really pretty lunch! I usually just take vegemite ryvitas and a banana to work.... probably not photo worthy.

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  2. This is fantastic! Can you see the change of seasons and moods in your lunch when you see them together?

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  3. Perhaps I should start packing my lunch... all yours look much more tasty than what I usually throw together at noon!

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  4. Ok that does seem a little weird! But I can see I could get into something like that. What a great way to keep inspired about making your lunch.

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  5. I love this sort of creativity & I love the fact that there are people documenting it.

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  6. I think this is great! And inspiring me to put some thought into my lunches again.

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  7. So organised! and so well fed! and ...I need to see this group- I am so low on lunch inspiration-this looks like just what I need to study!Well done you!
    Annamaria ;)

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  8. At first I thought you had about 24 children and you were getting school lunches organised! I was feeling pretty deflated about my own kids lunchboxes but hey! It's your lunch! Looks beautiful, a lovely mosaic of colourful food xo

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  9. that's really cool! bet you get lots of ideas from there too. i'm with you, not really a sandwich girl either, this all looks yum!

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  10. Great idea - put a creative spin on making lunches! Not sure how long I could stay motivated and creative...sure to revert back to the wholemeal nutella special. (that's what they ask for!)

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  11. I wish I was that good and making my lunch, mine usually consists of a big handful of lettuce leaves in a container and a can of tuna - so uninspired!

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  12. Gee thanks for all that , I'm going to feel guilty for the rest of the day thinking oF the lunches I made for my kids this morning , nah not really , lol !!

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  13. Never, ever have I seen a creative space contained within...um...plastic containers. And they all look so appealing! I commend you your healthy eating too :)

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  14. Wow! I think this is fabulous! They look so wonderful and all together like that it's like an artspiece! Great space :) K

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  15. That's a lot of grapes and mandarines... suppose they're not too sticky and easy to pop. Looking yummy. I feel like a nice piece of fruit now. xo m.

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  16. Hey! You're making me hungry!

    I eat lunch at home every day, but yours look way better than mine. ;)

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  17. How cool! I've just made a quick run to the shops to buy the ingredients for my lunch - it's cool indulgence all the way with a roll, prawns, avocado and green! Mmmmm - perfect for this stinking day!

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  18. wow, i am so impressed. those lunches look amazing. i feel like a very bad mother now. will have to lift my game

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  19. Wow I want lunches like that...It seems I am quite the opposite. Always scrounging for bits and pieces in the fridge. While making sure everyone else in the house is good to go...YUM

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  20. i also have those Fiot & Fresh containers, got mine at Spotlight. that ice pack is fantastic. Would you be interested in a catering job in Adelaide... just for me that is. I love yummy lunches!!! I'm really lazy in the monring and usually have a can of spaghetti with toast whipped out of the cupboard. Not inventive at all :(

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  21. Yummo - great inspiration to jazz up my luchbox! Thanks!

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  22. Wow! Can you come make lunch for me?? You make a packed lunch look great!

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  23. YUM! Do you take 'lunch orders'.Surely I am not too far away! Peta

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  24. What a creative idea taking photos of your packed lunches. Love it!

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  25. oooh! your lunches look so nice! i'm way to lazy for lunch packing so regularly! xo

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  26. This makes me feel guilty that I buy my lunch when I'm working in the studo. You're excused for not doing your homework until you get your overlocker fixed :)

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  27. That is the most creativeness I have seen this week!! Healthy and colourful... I have some new ideas for our lunches now...YAY...

    xo Steph

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  28. Very Creative indeed. I wish I ate that healthy!

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  29. Yum!! What a fantastic place to visit for inspiration when lunch gets desperate (which happens often around here).

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