Salad Bar Tuesday heads West

The gauntlet was thrown. The challenge was on. Could we replicate the Salad Bar Tuesday experience on Cape Cod at the corporate office in Middletown, NY?

We think we've made a good run at it. Here's the list of participants and their contributions:

Patrick Mullen:

• Fruit salad
• Hummus
• Crackers
• Fresh mozzarella

Richard Hoover

• Sliced cantaloupe
• Fruit salad
• The thunder and the noise

Kurt Lozier

• Baby spinach
• Peas
• Chickpeas
• Dried cranberries
• Tortilla strips for croutons
• Tomatoes
• Cucumber
• Mushrooms
• Cutting board and Rachel Ray knife
• Feta cheese
• Shredded carrots
• Newman's Own Olive Oil and Vinegar

Sean Polay

• Spring mix
• Chopped celery
• Chopped green onions
• Mini pepperoni
• Smoked salmon
• Goat cheese crumbles
• Dried cranberry, raisin and strawberry mix 
• Spicy sprouts
• Snow peas
• Newman's Own Light Roasted Garlic Balsamic
• Riceworks Sweet Chili chips
• Snickerdoodles

The photographic evidence:



We have such an obscene amount of food, Salad Bar Tuesday is definitely extending into dinner for me. And I thought eating healthy on the road would be a challenge.

It's the healthiest Tuesday meeting we've ever had, and we liked it. We're already plotting our strategy for the next one. We're ready for our chapter assignment, too, though we think adding Merry to our title -- making it Merry Men of Middletown -- has a nice Robin-Hood-like ring to it.

Why Salad Bar Tuesday?

Salad Bar Tuesday (SBT) has become a weekly staple upstairs at 319 Main. It all started when Catheren and I were debating on what to bring to lunch the next day.
Jamie: What are you doing for lunch tomorrow?
Catheren: I don't know, I have salad toppings, but no lettuce
Jamie: I have lettuce, but no salad toppings
and so it began.

How does it work? Every Tuesday there are at least 6-8 of us in the office that bring in salad pieces/parts. From lettuce and cucumbers, to bread and cheese we have seen it all. Some of the favorite contributions range from Amy's chickpea salad to Judy's peas and Catheren's cracker croutons.

We have also started to incorporate soups or chili when one of us feels like getting fancy or we have left overs from the weekend.

It is a ton of fun and we highly recommend trying it at your place of work. You can make it your own too by starting it on your own day of the week! Try out SBW and let us know how it works for you!