Kelly Clarkson picks up a light salad for lunch at a New York City deli on Monday (October 5).
The 27-year-old
American Idol champ is in town because tomorrow, she'll be rocking out NYC's Hammerstein Ballroom with pop rock band
Parachute and Aussie twin sister act
The Veronicas.
If you missed it,
Kelly performed
a mash-up of two cover songs "
Alanis Morissette's "That I Would Be Good and
kings of leon's