Salads

I'm not actually a very good cook. I'm nervous, I'm anxious, I'm cheap... and after a long day of trying (read: merely but mightily trying) to be creative, my meals are less-than-inspiring. But I have a few tricks for lunch. I always pack, and because it is the highlight of my day, I try to pack something good. Here's today's sampling, posing for you from the bench where I ate it.
Bottom left: carrot slaw, dressed with miso-sesame. Bottom right: navy bean and tuna salad with great chunks of pickle; center (upper): broiled eggplant, pepper, local goat feta, and greens, dressed with balsamic.
It's true... in my laziness, and in the summer heat, I've opened more than a few tins of tuna. It started (?) in Australia/NZ, where I spent most of my days working or walking, and needed something easy to prepare but full of protein during the day or before bed. Excuses, excuses.