» Healthy and tasty recipes that save time Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor hey say breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but lunch is the dish we often neglect. Trying to find the time for a healthy lunch alongside work and classes can be a challenge. It’s often thought that a day has to be devoted to future meal prep to make this feat happen, but here are three lunches which can be put together in ten minutes or less to prove that theory wrong! Egg and Avocado Toast Another avocado toast recipe! Yay! You can never have too many avocado toast recipes, especially with how healthy and quick they are. Ingredients: * 2 eggs, hardboiled * 2 bread slices, toasted * tavocado 1/8 a teaspoon red pepper flakes * 1radish, sliced 1 tablespoon chives, chopped + salt and pepper to taste lemon juice to taste Method: Put bread in toaster, then combine peeled hard-boiled eggs and avocado in a bowl. Mash bowl contents with a fork. Add in the red pepper flakes and a pinch of salt and pepper. Spread the mixture on the toast. Top each piece with the radish slices and the chives. Sprinkle on an additional pinch of salt and pepper. Spritz with lemon juice and serve. Greek Yogurt Chicken Salad Sandwich This recipe came about in the spur of the moment. I ran out of mayo and didn’t want to run to the store, so ] used the next best thing I could think of... Greek yogurt. And you know what? I don’t miss the mayo! Great for breakfast or lunch, the yogurt, fruit, and chicken pair so well together! Ingredients: + 2 bread slices 2 cups rotisserie chicken 1/2 cup red onion, diced 1/2 cup apple, diced 1/2 cup grapes, halved 1/4 cup dried cranberries 1/4 cup almonds, slivered 1/2 cup plain Greek yogurt 1 tablespoon lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon onion powder a few leaves of lettuce salt and pepper to taste Method: Ina large bowl, combine chicken, red onion, apple, grapes, dried cranberries, sliced almonds, Greek yogurt, lemon juice, and onion powder. Salt and pepper to taste. Serve sandwiches on bread with chicken and lettuce. Asian Chicken Salad This recipe is so dang easy and modifiable. You can serve it up for a large crowd, or you can put it together on any given weeknight. And it’s crazy healthy too! Note: it is not required, but for best flavour, marinate chicken for at least two hours—turning the bag occasionally. Have an idea for a story? Mlifeandstyle@theotherpress.ca Ingredients: * 2 pounds skinless chicken thighs * 1 cup teriyaki sauce * 1and 1/2 tablespoons canola oil + salt and ground black pepper * 1 head romaine, roughly chopped * 2 cups red cabbage, shredded * 11/2 cups carrots, chopped * 3/4 cup crunchy chow mein noodles * 1can (11-ounce) mandarin oranges, drained + 1/2 cup cashews, roasted + 1/2 cup fresh cilantro, chopped * 4 green onions, sliced Ingredients for peanut dressing: * 5 tablespoons peanut butter + 2 tablespoons reduced sodium soy sauce * 1and 1/2 tablespoons rice wine vinegar + 1 tablespoon of brown sugar * 1 onion or shallot, mince How to change your perspective to control your life > ‘Everything Is F*cked’ told me to forget about hope Morgan Hannah Life & Style Editor he pursuit of happiness is overrated. I’m only interested in the pursuit of conquering pain. That is the only true way of finding happiness... sitting with everything, accepting it, and then letting it all go. I was inspired to write this line after reading internationally bestselling author Mark Manson. His book Everything is F*cked has changed the way I will look at the endlessly cliché phrase “the pursuit of happiness.” I used to be obsessed with happiness and, like many other people, found myself pursuing it all the time. I would fall victim to #selfcare and YOLO, thinking that I must be the exception. I thought that I had a life chalk full of purpose—life is short so I should do everything I can to make it a wild ride. Make interesting choices. Eat that chocolate. Take that dance class. Kiss that boy. Blah, blah, blah. All I found was myself sitting with was that impenetrable feeling of “what next?” and “there's got to be more,” when the reality is, there isn't more. That is hope talking. And if I’ve learned anything from Manson’s book, it is to not waste time hoping. Hope is meaningless and fabricated by us to make ourselves feel more special or powerful. A means to an end. To give ourselves a purpose. It is useless to hope for better, as Manson says, “just be better.” It really is that easy. The main takeaways | found from his book are that as a species, we must create tools that promote greater character and maturity rather than diversions from growth, we need to learn to treat people as a means to an end, and we need to encourage antifragility rather than enabling this uber aggressive everyone’s- a-winner attitude. We are progressing the world into a bubble where we stall growth in favour of protecting everyone's feelings. We need to cut down on that fake freedom and learn to commit to reality. Commit to our friends, family, jobs, and ourselves. And that means sitting the fuck down and dealing with our pain in order to move on from it rather than trying to numb it with all our excuses and diversions. As Manson puts it in “Chapter 7: Pain is the Universal Constant” (my favourite chapter): “When we pursue pain, we are able to choose what pain we bring into our lives. And this choice makes the pain meaningful— and therefore, it is what makes life feel meaningful.” Talk about wow. | think this makes a lot of sense. Without pain, there is no joy, and because of that we must have a respect for the beauty of pain. If you're interested in finally feeling content and knowing the true meaning of happiness, I highly encourage picking up a copy of Manson’s book, life & style // no. 9 ¢ Healthy and tasty recipes that save time ¢ The fun in using checklists ¢ What's happening? ..and more Method: Ina small bowl, whisk together peanut butter, soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, brown sugar, shallot, and 1/4 cup warm water until smooth. Place in the refrigerator until ready to serve. Preheat grill to medium heat. Add chicken to grill, and cook—turning occasionally, until chicken is completely cooked through... about 10 minutes. To assemble the salad, place romaine lettuce in a large bow] and top with chicken, cabbage, carrots, cooked chow mein noodles, mandarin oranges, cashews, cilantro, and green onions. Pour the peanut dressing on top of the salad and gently toss to combine. A BOOK ABOUT HOPE Cover of ‘Everything is F*cked' by Mark Manson Everything Is F*cked. | also highly encourage looking at your life, finding those sore spots, and not hiding from them anymore. It may seem difficult or uncomfortable, but you cannot grow into the best version of yourself by remaining comfortable.