Quick, uninspired lunch

I was working from home this Monday and had ZERO motivation for what to make for lunch. I think after I went through a spell of total excitement about making new foods, figuring out how to creatively use them in leftovers, etc I maxxed out and now I've lost any real inspiration for awhile. Admit it - all you foodie folks hit a little burn out once in awhile. You may not even feel the DESIRE to eat, much less come up with an idea of what to make...you just know you NEED to eat.

So that's what happened Monday. I was working from home, didn't have any idea what I wanted, was IMing with Sharon about what I'd made the night before, what I could dig from the freezer, etc....and then this sorta came to me.

I boiled some pasta. While the pasta was boiling I cubed up some leftover marinated (lemon juice, oregano, basil, pepper, garlic salt, olive oil) grilled chicken from the night before (NOT fun to grill when there's five inches of fresh snow on everything!), busted off some frozen pesto I made last year (note to self on bag: "needs cheese, nuts"), grated in some fresh parm, drizzled in some olive oil, and dumped in a couple spoonfuls of bi-color corn from a can (the rest was saved for dinner). As soon as the pasta was done cooking, I drained it and dumped it in the bowl with everything else, using it's heat to thaw the pesto and warm everything up.

Here - not too bad for zero motivation, hunh?


Didn't taste too bad actually!!