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Does brown-bagging one's lunch (or breakfast or dinner) count? Or should the meals be consumed at home?

What about leftovers? Do they count for a second (or third) meal?

I LOVE to cook, so this one's gonna be easy.

I cook all the time! Yay! Love it.

I do most of my cooking on weekends, and then eat leftovers for most of the rest of the week.

It sounds to me like they would count - after all, you spent the time to prepare the meal oh-so-lovingly, and homecooked meals are not often eaten on the go, so you'll have to sit down and enjoy the meal.  I think that qualifies as "preparing and eating with intention".  Although, I'm pretty sure peanut butter and jelly sandwiches don't count.  :) 

We'll be having grilled salmon and steamed cauliflower tonight for supper.

I have this one in the bag!!! Yessss!! I already make lunch 5 times a week and bring it to work. I also at least cook dinner 4 times a week. Yahooooo

No problem on this one.  We made smoothies two nights ago (mixed frozen berries, banana, soy milk) and froze them.  That has been dessert (so I am no longer crying about my Stephen Colbert's Americone Dream from Ben and Jerry's).  For dinner I make a ton of food and then we have left-overs to bring for lunch at work or, like last night, a quick reheat instead of ordering take-out.  Having friends over for a game night tonight is the perfect excuse to have our fourth dinner of the week at home.  We will try to do a weekly game night and hope this continues through winter.

I would say YES definitely!  

Week one accompli.

I cook breakfast most days.

Two fried cage-free eggs on a whole wheat burrito that has been topped with refried beans and warmed in a microwave.  Add a splash of organic ketchup and I'm all set.

yes- i think bringing your food to work totally counts! (even if i also ate a piece of pizza later in the day:). i love to cook. this is my very first finished task of my very first challenge. later joiner so hope i can catch up!

I almost always cook my meals. Last week was a tasty pot of chicken soup for dinner. Lunches were roasted chicken with roasted winter squash with spinach and cranberries. Breakfasts have been oatmeal or scrambled eggs on an english muffin.

This week I have been eating spinach quiche, or spinach and three bean salad for dinner. Breakfast the same deal.

I always cook at least one meal a day at home so this was easy.  I can't wait for my CSA to start in spring to make this even more fun!

Another week accomplished.

I very good salad on Friday night.  Lettuce, avocado, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, grated romano and parmesan, sliced hard boilded eggs and broccoli slaw (from TJs).

man...i got to the point where i ate so much take-out at my job that i could really feel it in my soul. i HAD to put it on a plate and use a real fork and knife just to not get depressed. i notice a real difference even when i just make a simple sandwich for myself. my boyfreind has a real gift for making his plates of food look delightful before he sits down to eat, even if they're just leftovers and i admire that.

I love to bake but not so much to cook meals....but since I joined this challenge late and had to combine this home-cooking with "no sugar" and "whole-grainy", baking was out.  I managed though!

okay, getting impatient so I'm clicking the button, seeking the green check.  I've posted recipes, I cook every week and bring bkfast and lunch to work every work day and cook dinner most evenings.... there! done!

Every meal of this challenge so far has been prepared at home. With the snow we just received, there really won't be any plans to go out the rest of the week. So I can safely mark this one off.

My bank account was happy with this one.

After making dinner tonight and my lunch for tomorrow I am totally feat accompli!

Mission Accomplished!!!!  I didn't realize until like 2 days ago that leftovers count as a "home cooked meal".  I was only counting the food the first time around.  Therefore, all of these are fresh cooked meals.  

I made a meal on:  1-11, 1-12, 1-16, 1-17, 1-19, 1-20, 1-21, 1-24 (twice), 1-26, 1-28, 1-30 (twice), 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, 2-7, 2-8, 2-9, 2-10, 2-11.  

Glad I did this.  I feel it definitely made me healthier (and saved money!!!!)

I first discovered how much cheaper and healthier it was to eat at home the first year I joined a CSA. I had so many veggies at all times that I didn't want to go bad, that I was basically forced to abandon takeout for the length of the growing season. I found myself with extra cash and having accidentally lost 5 pounds. Of course, the northeast in winter is not so good for farms, so I have a tendency to fall back into takeout ruts during the colder months. I was glad to have this challenge to motivate me to keep up the cooking. This week's 4 meals: Poached eggs & sauteed spinach on a whole-wheat English muffin for snow day breakfast, whole wheat sweet potato muffins with toasted pecans, cardamom and ginger, potato leek soup, tomato vegetable soup, and tonight I'm making chana masala. I've been making big batches of soups and then taking them with me for lunch, which has been a huge savings from the soup place down the street, which charges seven bucks.