In an effort to keep expenses down and reduce the amount of trash I make everyday, I am expiramenting with taking lunch to work in my new blue lunch box, purchased at Brooklyn Kitchen. This week, I used my left over meatballs to make a sandwich. Then I roasted some vegetables, added some arugula greens and a boiled egg and had myself a tasty little lunch.
Roasted Winter Vegetablesmakes 6 servings
1 pound carrots
1 pound parsnips
1 large sweet potato
1 small butternut squash
1/2 cup chopped parsley
sea salt to taste
fresh ground pepper to taste
olive oil
Heat the oven to 425 degrees. Cut the vegetables into 1" cubes, Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Roast for 30 minutes then sprinkle with parsley.
And it was time to go back home to New York. Here is the little apartment by the beach I was lucky enough to stay at, and which I decorated, all from Craigslist and 
