40 ways to make a sack lunch you wouldn’t dream of trading

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Just because the expense-account lunch is largely a thing of the past doesn’t mean that you can’t still enjoy the meal, even celebrate it. Instead of depending on the kindness of menus, use a little homespun imagination.

Thinking outside the lunch box is probably the best way of getting anything good inside it.

In the comfort of your own kitchen, you can compose a lunch that’s tasty, well-constructed, a bit off the beaten PB&J track -- and, most important, portable. Imagine that you’re packing a picnic.

Here, Times staff writer Amy Scattergood shows you how: She’s put together a list of 40 ways (plus a few more) to make that sack lunch something you’d look forward to.

But what’s your favorite way to spice up your lunch box?

Photo credit: Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times