There’s something satisfying about finding the perfect work lunch. You want something so delicious and special that you can eat it for five days straight and still look forward to it every time. It also needs to be packable and meal prep-friendly, so you’re not clocking out for an hour in the middle of the day to fire up your oven.
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It makes sense that over the course of 10 years working on the sitcomFriends, Jennifer Aniston would have found a work lunch that checks all the boxes. And while we first heard about it back in 2010, when Courtney Cox spilled the beans totheLos Angeles Times, Aniston’s twist on the classic Cobb salad is once again making the rounds on social media.
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But according to Aniston, the salad she actually ate was “totally different,” setting the record straight in a recent interview.
“I’m sorry, I feel like I’m disappointing everybody, but that’s not my salad,” says Aniston during a Zoom interview withShape. “It looks delicious, but it’s not the salad that I had onFriends.”
While it’s not the viral bulgur salad or the recently revealed shredded lettuce salad, ourMeal-Prep Turkey Cobb Saladplays that role well. If you’re packing it for lunch, keep the avocado and dressing in separate containers, and remember you could easily customize the salad with turkey bacon, chickpeas and all of your favorite fixings.
Just be mindful of your avocado if you choose to pack this lunch ahead. You could always use up part of it in the morning on some avocado toast, then seal what’s left ina nonreactive containerand use plastic wrap to create an air-tight seal around your avocado chunks—that’s howthe pros over at Chipotlekeep their guac fresh all day
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