6 make-ahead staples for quick weekday lunches

It's no fun preparing lunch while you rush to work. Use your weekends instead.

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Though we enjoy throwing food together on the fly, sad desk lunches often result when not enough time has been put towards planning our midday meal. Let's face it: Early mornings are not an inspiring time to plan your lunch.

Here are our favorite ways to get ahead on your weekdays before the week even starts:

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  • Start with starches. Make some basic brown rice on Sunday afternoon — it will serve as a canvas for your lunches all week. Or you can go for some more dressed-up options, like cauliflower couscous, freekeh with fennel and mint, or orzo salad. These dishes keep well in the fridge and can be thrown into a salad, added to leftovers, or just eaten by themselves.

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