Working from home can present some challenges. If you’re like me, you don’t like to eat out a ton, so you’re left to your own devices in the kitchen, especially at lunch time. Here’s a recipe for a work-from-home salad that will leave you satisfied and enriched, at least nutritionally.

First, some background. This salad comes to me via my partner, Jill, whose mother made a taco salad very similar to this one. However, as Jill puts it, the Work-From-Home Taco Salad is updated, with a more urban, more bourgeois twist. The original taco salad from Jill’s childhood called for Kraft Catalina dressing, Nacho Cheese Doritos, and iceberg lettuce.

1. Lettuce. Fill a bowl with your favorite lettuce, ripped up into bite-size pieces. I’m a huge fan of organic butter lettuce. That’s bourgeois update number one.

2. Kidney Beans. Crack open a can of fiber-filled kidney beans and lay them on top of the lettuce. I like to drain the juice first. Place the remaining beans in a tupperware for tomorrow’s Work-From-Home Taco Salad. UPDATE: I’ve had a flood of emails about kidney beans. I personally think they are vital for success here, but I am not going to be dogmatic. You can use black beans if you want.

3. Tortilla Chips. Here’s the fun part. Grab a handful of your favorite tortilla chips, flavored or not, and crumble them in your hands. Sprinkle the ensuing mess onto your burgeoning Work-From-Home Taco Salad. Now go and wash your hands.

4. Avocado (if you have it). Carve up an avocado and drop in some of that mushy green stuff for added flavor. I like to add a little lemon juice to my unused avocado to keep it from turning to yuck in 5 minutes. Bourgeois update number two.

5. Cheese. This is optional for you vegans out there. I like to chop up a cheddar cheese stick.

6. Dressing. There is only ONE dressing that can be used on this salad successfully. It’s called Annie’s French Dressing, and it is the third bourgeois addition. You can use other dressings in the French dressing genre, to be sure, but you will always wonder if you’ve truly made the best Work-From-Home Taco Salad. Apply it liberally, as if you’re getting ready to shampoo a very dirty dog.