We’re teaming up with fellow food bloggers to host a Brown-Bag Challenge, a month-long initiative to eat consciously and save money by packing a lunch each weekday instead of eating out. Join us here and share what you're eating onFacebook and Twitter with the hashtag #brownbag.

Today marks the end of the third week of Healthy Eat’s brown bag challenge and I’m still going strong. I will admit, these last few days were a little rough as my pantry is running low. Also, because of a few late nights at work I came home tired and unmotivated to cook. So leftovers for my brown-bag were also running low.
 
Yesterday’s lunch was a rehash of my previous day’s leftover, roasted chicken with veggie ragu. I loved it so much I didn’t mind eating it again. I had my usual watermelon to go with it and snacks ran along the same line…yogurt, fruit and shakeology.
 
Today’s lunch, though pieced together, turned out to be pretty yummy. Using the last of my whole wheat sandwich thins, I made a turkey sandwich.  Since I’m out of carrots to dip in my white bean hummus, I used the hummus as a spread instead of dejion mustard or low-fat mayo. Thanks to fellow brown bag challengers I learned that little trick. I topped my sammie off with some fresh green leaf lettuce that was thankfully delivered this morning from my CSA. Farm Fresh To You rocks!
 
One down note, I totally forgot to pack a tomato to add some color to my sandwich, but on an up note I did score a free apple from a generous coworker. Guess they had too many so he/she brought them in for the office. I was happy about that since I’m out of water melon and needed something with my sammie. The apple was perfect and hit the spot.
 
Rounding out today's brown bag I packed yogurt, blueberries, shakeology and some whole wheat cherrios.
 
Man, I never thought I’d make it this far and I must admit I’m pretty proud of myself. I wonder if I’ll keep this up once the challenge is over. I hope so.