My Balanced Lunch: 6/24/13

My Balanced Lunch: 6/24/13

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My balanced lunch today was a salad with butter lettuce, red onion, sungold tomatoes (from the farmers market!), grated carrot, raspberries and homemade honey mustard dressing. On the side I had leftover vegan meatballs in marinara sauce. These were homemade, frozen and then thawed out for a easy lunch.

Here’s the breakdown:
Protein: vegan meatballs
Vegetable: lettuce, red onion, sungold tomatoes, carrot, tomato sauce — tomatoes, herbs, onion
Carbohydrate: raspberries
Fat: dressing

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My Balanced Lunch: 6/24/13

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