The easiest of easy lunches!

Whole Foods makes a tuna and cranberry salad that I absolutely love. But it's also... tuna salad, and I just can't get myself to spend $5 on a little container of TUNA. So I recreated it at home for a fraction of the price. It really couldn't be easier. One day I might try re-hydrating the dried cranberries by soaking them in water but this way is so delicious, it's like- why bother? And since I had a huge bag of mini sweet peppers, I stuffed some tuna in them and called it lunch. This would be perfect for those days when I'm at the office and need to eat at my desk.

1 can drained tuna
handful of dried cranberries, roughly chopped
mayo (I go super easy on it because mayo is gross, you could use olive oil here, too)
garlic powder
onion powder
dash of red pepper
s&p

Mix together and stuff!

quinoa

Oh, quinoa. When I say I love you, I actually mean that I like you okay... but you're one of my most attractive options these days so I lead you on with promises of love and affection. I pretend that I think about you often but the truth is, most days I forget about you. I will give you this, though, you're good in a pinch and for the occasional nooner.

Which is exactly how I ended up with this:

It was lunchtime, I was hungry, there was baked chicken in the fridge just waiting to be thrown in something. Normally I cook quinoa in stock but I didn't have any already open. What I did have open was a bottle of white wine. So I made 1/2 a cup of quinoa in equal parts water and wine. I prefer the energy saving method. I believe that's supposed to refer to, you know, the environment or what have you, but I think of it as saving my energy. I put the pot on, let it boil for five minutes, turn it off, cover, come back 15 minutes later and tada! cooked quinoa.

The rest is just as simple. A teensy bit of butter, a splash of olive oil, shredded chicken, frozen peas, and some parmesan cheese. Done and done.