Hi, everyone! Stepping into Emily’s shoes today. It’s a delight to be here.
How on earth is it August?
When I was a kid, summer seemed to last forever. I’d spend hours face down in a clover patch, happily imagining an entire world of tiny people living underneath a canopy of heart-shaped leaves.
Now that I am a grown-up, summer blows by in a blink. I was just racing to sign my kids up for summer camp, and now I’m thinking about what to pack for school lunches, one of my least favorite things to do.
But done it must be. So I spent some time scrolling through New York Times Cooking in search of some high-protein lunch ideas for my kids. In that spirit, here are a handful of easy, protein-rich weeknight dinners whose leftovers pack up beautifully in a lunchbox.
1. Cowboy Caviar
I love making this recipe, which I adapted from Helen Corbitt, to eat alongside grilled chicken for a late summer dinner, and to pack as leftovers into containers for school or work lunches. I pack extra-thick corn chips, like Fritos Scoops, for dipping into this satisfying corn and bean salad. (You can also just mix the chips right in like Hetty Lui McKinnon does in her brilliant salad. Croutons are so ’87.)
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