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Mmm...nothing better right now than mashed potatoes and gravy from KFC

What about figs? They are really tasty and can be savory or sweet, paired with a lot of different things and are definitely not the normal ingredient - would be more Iron Chef than say....corn or something. :)

Diet Vanilla Coke - oh wait, they stopped making that. :(

I don't generally, but I certainly wouldn't think that you were weird for doing so. When I travel, I go to the grocery stores, and I love to try their mustards (full disclosure: I am a mustard addict) and often buy a jar and have it in my hotel room to put on random things, like fresh veggies from the local market. :) Now, that might be weird.

Have you thought of a veggie pizza? Just buy a pizza crust/mix and put it in a jelly roll pan, ideally, and spread cream cheese on top and then chop some fresh veggies (olives, tomatoes, carrots, zucchini...) on top! Easy! :)

Otherwise, gazpacho is really easy. Basically, you just put all of the ingredients (they vary, but usually include olive oil, tomatoes, peppers, bread...) in a blender, turn it on, and let it do it's work. Chill it and there you go!

Okay, let's put it this way: I love cereal so much that when I moved overseas for a few years and found out - much to my dismay - that they did not produce plain, yellow-box Cheerios there (my absolutel favorite hands down), my dear, loving father slow-boated me six boxes at a time (which actually cost more than the boxes themselves by a couple of times) and I rationed them out to myself (one bowl a day - no more), so that they would last.

Definitely Mel-O-Glaze! That is the best one that i have found. If you need a quick fix, Byerly's and Lund's grocery stores have decent ones, though they go quickly.

Cans, tins, pouches...it's all fair game for me!

Bring back Gale Gand!!!! And the rest of the originals of the Food Network that relaly made me want to cook! The newer shows just make me want to reheat something in the microwave and call it a day. :(

I am currently on strike, actually. I love to bake, and I generally do it all the time, but a couple of weeks ago I just basically got completely fed up with the fact that no one at work appreciates it anymore. It's expensive, I do it a lot, and I even cater to various requests....but does anyone say thank you? Or anything like that? Nope. The come and grab the food and leave. Crumbs everywhere, never thank me, tip me, nothing. Some of them have now even gone so far as to demand that I make more, even on busy weeknights when I have other things to do. They come over when I am out of things and ask me why I didn't have any left or why I didn't tell them specifically that there weren't many left earlier, so that they could come over to get some.

Okay, I am whining, but essentially I am just upset with it all and fed up with spending all of my time baking for people that either don't care, demand it or don't even thank me. It isn't fun anymore. I am supposed to bake all of my entries for the State Fair coming up before I leave for China for a couple of weeks, but I don't even feel like doing that much, I am so upset. I need some inspiration to get me going again in the kitchen, that's for sure.

Well, in case the school has a rule against it, I woudl avoid peanut butter, but if he isn't picky, perhaps almond butter and jelly snadwiches. Almonds are really healthy and the almond butter is just as tasty, if you ask me. Or add honey, instead of jelly.

I am also a huge fan of chopped veggies and a dip, if you have an insulated bag which will keep it cold (extra crunch that way).

Hummus is good either as a dip or on a bagel with some veggies and maybe some natural (i.e. no nitrate/nitrite) meats (Hormel has some that I really like).

Whole-wheat crackers with a little cheese and some cold cuts work well...at least for me sometimes, with some grapes maybe.

I always preferred Molly Ringwald's lunch :)