IN MY BELLY

1. Lundberg Rice Chips - Discovered these hippy chips while I was in Hawaii, but of course they sell them at Whole Foods. Really crunchy...kinda like tortilla chips but made with brown rice. My favorite flavor is the Honey Dijon, but they're all good and slightly healthier than standard chips or Frito Lay Scoops.

2. Grilled 5 Spice Chicken Sandwich from Out the Door in the Ferry Plaza building, my 2nd home. It's expensive for a Vietnamese sandwich ($8!), but there's no weird chicken knuckles in there, like you might get for $2 on Clement Street.

3. In my concentrated efforts to save money, I've been trying to bring my lunch to work lately. Don't laugh, I'm trying to buy a house, and I don't have rich parents. They are still extremely lovable, just not rich. Anyway, Moosewood frozen dinners are my current favorite lunch-on-ice. Same Moosewood as the famous vegetarian cookbooks. The Farfalle & Spinach Pesto Sauce is really good. There are baby portabellos in there, the pasta isn't gummy and the portion is just about right for lunch.

4. Rigatoni with sausage, tomatoes and cream. Ooh! I made this recipe (see recipe section) for dinner the other night. So easy and D was really impressed. So I was I...even ate it for lunch the next day. Which I rarely do unless I'm trying to save up for a house! The recipe calls for farfalle, but you can use what you want, and I added sauteed mushrooms and random sausages that were in the fridge. Random sausages are always nice to keep on hand...