Leafy Journal
Notes on fresh food, school lunches and eating well in Ahmedabad and Gandhinagar.
“No time to cook” isn’t a reason to skip lunch anymore
Work pressure has pushed a lot of Indian office lunches toward instant noodles and skipped meals. A 2-minute meal removes the excuse entirely.
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Parents elsewhere stopped cooking school lunch from scratch years ago
Cooking a school lunch at 6am isn't a requirement — it's just the default nobody's questioned yet. Here's…
Gujarat eats more oil than almost anywhere else in India — here’s what that means for lunch
A real study found daily deep-fried food eaters in Gujarat were far more likely to be obese. A…
The cutoff, and why we don’t bend it
A cutoff time isn't a sales trick. It's the one thing standing between tonight's order and tomorrow's 6am…
Why we chop the bowl after you order, not before
The same desk lunch every day isn't a habit worth keeping. Here's why timing — not the recipe…
What actually goes into a 2-minute meal
A 6am alarm to cook school lunch isn't necessary anymore where this has caught on. Here's what a…
Why more people are skipping the daily cook
Other cities already treat salad bars, ready-to-heat meals and school meal delivery as normal. Ahmedabad is catching up…