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Published by Biggie on August 9th, 2006 tagged food jar, glutenfree
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Fast! Leftovers from a meal a friend made us, plus a saute from yesterday’s bento.
- braised osso bucco with fennel
- Korean sauteed garlic stalks and red bell peppers
- jasmine tea-flavored rice
- marinated mango strips
READ MORE:
- Need for speed: A mommy’s lunch manifesto
- Food safety for packed lunches
- How to pack a bento lunch and use “gap fillers”
- Choosing the right size bento box
- Biggie’s list of top speed tips, tutorials and equipment reviews
Published by Biggie on August 9th, 2006 tagged food jar, glutenfree, lactose free, meat, rice, salad, thermal lunch jar | Comment now »
Today I’m trying out two different Fit & Fresh lunch containers with built-in cold packs for carrying salads.
This container is designed to keep soups hot in the top section (insulated and microwaveable 12 fl. oz. bowl), and two cups of salad cold in the bottom (cold pack in the lid, which also has a built-in 2Tb dressing dispenser). The lunch itself is warm lasagna a friend made us with Italian sausage and portobello mushrooms (and extra sauce), and the salad is red leaf lettuce, cherry tomatoes, mangoes, Swiss cheese, pine nuts and green onions with ranch dressing. X-posted to the bentolunch community & Flickr.
It fits together and has a strap similar to the Mr. Bento-type lunch jars, but is much lighter. Utensil holder is on the carry strap. This is a pretty good size and weight, but I think my husband is going to be embarassed carrying this on the subway (time to think about what I can rig up as a carrying case). (EDIT: I can’t recommend this product as the ice ring broke the second time I used it. Others on Amazon report the same problem — bad ice ring design. Too bad, it was an ingenious concept.)
Here’s the salad container:
Holding four cups of salad, it’s pretty huge (too much for me). Next time I’ll try packing a side dish and slice of bread inside the container. It’s also heavy because of the large cold pack in the lid and 4Tb dressing dispenser. I can see this being more useful for picnics where I’d pack salad for multiple people.
It also comes with a plastic spork and knife that I’ll probably replace with something nicer.
READ MORE:
- Need for speed: A mommy’s lunch manifesto
- Food safety for packed lunches
- How to pack a bento lunch and use “gap fillers”
- Choosing the right size bento box
- Biggie’s list of top speed tips, tutorials and equipment reviews
Published by Biggie on August 7th, 2006 tagged food jar, meat, pasta or noodles, salad, thermal lunch jar | 8 Comments »
Somen two ways: it can either be dipped into the warm curry, or eaten as is with the somen tsuyu sauce. I packed the curry in my small 300ml Nissan Thermos food jar, and the rest in my two-tiered 600ml bento box. Lighter than the full-on thermal lunch jar, and this should fit nicely into my husband’s messenger bag.
- Thai yellow curry with shrimp, broccoli and red pepper
- two layers of cold somen noodles curled into bite-sized nests for easy eating
- somen tsuyu (sauce to be squeezed over the cold noodles)
- English cucumbers cut with a wavy slicer
- the last of the cherry tomatoes
- little pudding with a tiny spoon tucked below
READ MORE:
- Need for speed: A mommy’s lunch manifesto
- Food safety for packed lunches
- How to pack a bento lunch and use “gap fillers”
- Choosing the right size bento box
- Biggie’s list of top speed tips, tutorials and equipment reviews
Published by Biggie on July 14th, 2006 tagged bento, curry, fish or seafood, food jar, pasta or noodles, tips | 1 Comment »
A new way to pack lunch. Rice packed separately in a 300ml thermal food jar by Thermos Nissan — kept the rice soft and warm for five hours. Shrimp and peas in a 350ml Asvel bento box (with clear lid).
* shrimp in chili sauce with onions (recipe from berry_mix’s mom)
* Chinese quick-fried snow peas
* rice
From Thermos Nissan: a 300ml small thermal food jar for hot soups, stews, curries, rice, etc. (or cold items like yogurt, cold soup, salads, etc.). Dishwasher-safe. This has excellent heat retention: better than all thermal lunch jars I’ve tested, and better than all-plastic thermal food jars because it’s metal. They make a larger version
as well for bigger appetites, and I’ve seen this sold at big stores like Target.
The lunch with both lids on.
READ MORE:
- Use the “rice lid” technique to pack stew and rice together in thermal lunch jars
- Food safety for packed lunches
- How to pack a bento lunch and use “gap fillers”
- Choosing the right size bento box
- Biggie’s list of top speed tips, tutorials and equipment reviews