What Did You Eat for Lunch Today? Pesto Chicken Sausage and Garden Tomatoes

We'll show you our lunch if you tell us yours! What did you eat for lunch today? We took care of those tomatoes we mentioned yesterday...

...they were still warm from the sun, a little dusty, and incredibly sweet and tasty. We think that tomato plants should be handed out by the thousand; everyone would just be happier if they could eat tomatoes from their own container garden.

We paired up the tomatoes with a basil pesto smoked chicken and turkey sausage from Trader Joe's. We pan-seared it a little to get it crispy on both sides. Smoked sausage is a great lunch option; you can eat it cold or heat it up quickly.

What did your lunch look like today? Have a photo? Give us a link!

(Image: Faith Hopler)

Comments (16)

I just scarfed some curried chicken pasta salad w/ grapes, cantaloupe, and celery. a delight! all that chopping was worth it.

posted by hang_on_sloopy on July 15th 2008 at 9:42am
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Ha! This game is a favorite of mine.

posted by munckee on July 15th 2008 at 10:06am
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braised short ribs with bulgar wheat, and a roasted beet & goat cheese salad.

posted by mh330 on July 15th 2008 at 10:10am
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(1) Leftover pineapple ginger-glazed salmon (2) spicy, no-mayo colesaw from How to Cook Everything Vegetarian (3) a bunch of fresh sweet cherries and apricots.

posted by jon (in Columbus) on July 15th 2008 at 10:13am
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I also had a roasted beet and goat cheese salad! And... a DQ blizzard.

posted by aleec on July 15th 2008 at 10:18am
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Went the easy route for lunch today: oven roasted chicken sub from Subway. Got the $5 footlong and plan to eat the other half for supper :-s

But breakfast this morning was a whole different story. I had two eggs over-medium on two slices of nutty whole-grain toast with mustard and a slice of cheese. Delicious!

posted by Aimi on July 15th 2008 at 10:36am
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I had friends in town from Tokyo today, so I was spoiled and brought us all to 21 club. Asparagus ravioli and grilled shrimp and gnocchi.

posted by amt230 on July 15th 2008 at 10:44am
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i made a salad with red leaf lettuce, grape tomatoes, green olives, avocado, feta, shallots, red pepper, and smoked turkey in a dijon vinaigrette. if only i had a glass of red wine to go with it!

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posted by cassiopia on July 15th 2008 at 10:47am
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I'm having some leftover scalloped veggie casserole type thing I made (potatoes, turnips, zucchini, onions, garlic, chard, cherry tomatoes, and a little bit of milk/butter/cheddar cheese) from my CSA box. And a roll.

posted by roseslaw on July 15th 2008 at 11:15am
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Leftover broad bean salad (http://www.riverford.co.uk/recipes/recipe.php?recipeid=83&catid=6) made with tomatoes, garlic, feta and some late fava beans from the weekend's market. Super yum.

posted by cluebyfourgirl on July 15th 2008 at 12:47pm
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I had sausage too, but it was polish sausage with yellow squash along with some lemonade.

posted by sally599 on July 15th 2008 at 12:55pm
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Salvaged leftovers--had a leftover chicken breast from a whole chicken cooked in Guinness, which was okay, but it was better mixed with some sliced cabbage, turned into a chicken salad.

posted by OneWallKitchen on July 15th 2008 at 1:45pm
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halal cart. lamb over rice. sigh. i did have a mango for a nice afternoon snack.

posted by sciencegeek on July 15th 2008 at 1:56pm
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Last night we just started throwing some remaining ingredients together and bam.. we had an amazing meal that I'm delighted to have leftovers of for lunch today:

Chicken breast stuffed with brie, fresh herbs from the garden, spinach and garlic, wrapped in turkey bacon topped with breadcrumbs baked in a marinara served over whole wheat rigatoni.

posted by ttbj on July 16th 2008 at 6:16am
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Today I had a boiled egg, slices of raw green peppers, a handful of grapes, a kiwi, three strawberries, and half a peanut butter sandwich.

posted by Cheryl K on July 16th 2008 at 10:49am
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I love these posts - I get such great ideas from them. Could we have one every day? Not always lunch, but maybe breakfast and dinner too?

PS-today for lunch I had leftover steak sliced thin steak over salad leaves with some quinoa mixed in. Plus a small piece of butterscotch fudge.

posted by Matilda on July 17th 2008 at 10:14am
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