A Perfect Work-From-Home Lunch
I work from home, and while it’s how I’ve always worked, it still presents a few challenges. Namely, structure and discipline. One trick I rely on is to schedule a lunch break. Easy to say, but the ritual of leaving the desk, moving into another room, and, most important, stepping away from the screen, can be difficult.
I find if I have prepped a lunch ahead of time, it reinforces the lunchtime ritual and provides incentive to move out of the bedroom or living room-cum-office and take a break. I don’t have to be bothered with deciding what to eat at the last minute, or daydreaming about it throughout the morning, so when I am suddenly famished and likely to graze and snack to quickly fill the void, I can reach instead for my pre-packed lunch.
Farmers Borrowing Less and Tractor Sales Soar
Thursday Apr 22nd, 2021 From the Ag Information Network, I’m Bob Larson with your Agribusiness Update. The USDA is looking to buy as much as 485,000 cartons of domestic grapes for the school lunch program and other federal food and nutrition assistance programs.
According to www.thepacker.com, bids from U.S. grape shippers are due April 27th.
Accepted bids will be announced by May 11th, and fresh grape deliveries are to be made between May 31st and July 28th.
Questions can be directed to Nick Wiber at Nick.Wiber@usda.gov.
www.thepacker.com/news/industry/usda-looks-buy-485000-cartons-domestic-grapes?mkt
News by Evin Priest Emergency response call-outs from crews surrounding South Australia s Barossa Valley show the chilling moments leading up to the discovery of a man and a baby who plunged to their deaths on Wednesday. The man and baby girl died after they fell from the popular Whispering Wall, which is the retaining wall of the Barossa Reservoir, north of Adelaide. Emergency services rushed to Whispering Wall at 4.30pm on Wednesday following reports from bystanders a man and baby had fallen from the dam wall. The first responders were paramedics called to the Whispering Wall for a psychiatric incident.
Pioneer Valley veterans meal program restarting with drive-thrus
From left, Henry Matuszko, Eugene Waskiwicz, Earl Mason, and Tom Patrick at the World War II Club in Northampton for the Wednesday lunch put on by Building Bridges for Veterans in November 2018. GAZETTE FILE PHOTO/CAROL LOLLIS
Published: 10/25/2020 8:09:38 PM
NORTHAMPTON A free meal program for veterans that had been put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic will resume serving food at new drive-up locations beginning in early November. The drive-thru meal program will kick off on Nov. 4 from noon to 1 p.m. in the parking lot of the Daily Hampshire Gazette at 115 Conz St., according to Chad Wright, associate director of Building Bridges Veterans Initiative, which is organizing the program. The program will be in this parking lot from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. the first Wednesday of every month, Wright said.
Roasted red capsicum soup
Ingredients
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Turn a fan-grill to high.
Place the whole capsicums on a tray in the middle of the oven. Grill for 15-20 minutes, turning often until they are lightly charred on all sides. Place in a bowl, cover and allow to steam for 15 minutes. The skins will peel off more easily.
Meanwhile, heat the olive oil in a medium-large saucepan. Sauté the onion until tender but not brown. Add the garlic and cook for 2 minutes. Add the tomatoes and vegetable stock. Simmer for 15 minutes.
Remove the skins, stems and seeds from the capsicums. Coarsely chop the capsicums and add to the soup. Simmer for 4 minutes.