i just found a new lunch spot

We all go through i t - we say we're going to make our own lunch so that we can save money and eat healthy but do we actually do it....I say I do it about 50% of the time. It's not that I'm lazy, or that I don't have food in my fridge, I just actually dispise making my own lunch. Don't ask me why - it's just that way!

So working downtown, you get your usual chip stands, food courts, subways, McDirty and thai places and expensive sit down restaurants but after a while that all becomes boring and adds pounds to your hips and your budget which between you and I - don't like either.

So I'm always on the look out for that "healthy/cheap" lunch spot and today I think I may have found my new fave spot.

It's called VITAE MINE http://www.vitaemine.ca/ Their site is not up just yet and neither is their interac but I totally give it a thumbs up.

As far as I could read, everything was organic, fresh and even had tofu for you fellow vegetarians. They even had Gluten Free cakes. They're priced reasonably well - I ate for $12 - I had the Modena's Greatest Chicken Balsamic Tiny Sandwich - and it's not tiny at all - its a 6 inch sandwich on your choice of white, 12 grain or spicy cheddar bread, then you get a choice of 4 vegetables with your base (spinach, mixed greens or mesclun mix), then on top of that you get the balsamic sauce, your choice of cheese and any other topper such as eggplant, olives, tapinade etc - then it's grilled to perfection! Nom nom nom!!! Plus I had a large raw drink called Apple Sunrise (seen below) a mix of fresh orange and apple juice - squeezed right in front of you.

Then for my afternoon snack, I bought some Almonds with cranberries, honey and sea salt...talk about satisfying your sweet and salty tooth!!

It's a pretty open space, very clean and bright - although relatively new, I give it my full thumbs up!

Although you can't see their menu on line just yet, I assume it will be up and running shortly, so in the meantime, here are a few items that caught my eye!

Tiny Sandwiches or Tiny Salads $6.00

Mighty Sandwiches or Mighty Salads $9.00

To any of these great recipes, add 4 topper veggies of your choice - green and red peps, sliced tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, onions, shredded beets, cabbage and carrots.

Cool Curry Chicken

Chicken breast baked with our Indian coconut curry dressing topped with a dollop of cooling Kefir

Thai Fightin' Chicken

Baked chicken breast kicked up with carrots and cucumbers, slammed with cripsy noodles and K.O.'ed wth sesame tamari sauce.

Zen Macrobiotic Salad

Tossed buckwheat pasta with shredded carrots and cabbage, sprinkled with sesame seeds and pickled ginger slices. Drizzled with organic raw blue agave nectar.

Smurfy-Hemp Salad

Friendly blueberries and cheery hemp seeds dropped onto cucumbers, paired with goat chees and drizzled with Omega-rich hemp oil

Pumpkin Pumkin and Feta

Pureed pumpkin nestled in your greens and scattered with tamari pumpkin seeds and feta pieces and drizzled with our organic sesame tamari dressing (I think i'll try this one next!)

Go check it out - corner of Laurier and O'Connor (140 O'Connor)