I'm Biggie: avid cook, speedy lunch packer, mom in San Francisco, & former expat fluent in Japanese. 
Mac and cheese lunch
Contents of Bug’s lunch: Grapes, blueberries, chicken salad, and shells and cheese doctored with sauteed asparagus, onions, hot dogs and tomatoes.
Morning prep time: 4 minutes, using leftovers and store-bought deli items (chicken salad from Costco). The leftover shells and cheese had been in the refrigerator in a microwave-safe container and had a gummy texture, so before packing I added a splash of milk and microwaved it for 20 seconds to bring the texture back to normal.
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June 5th, 2007 | Categories: bento, for kids, meat, pasta or noodles, poultry | 
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June 6th, 2007 at 9:18 am
Hi Biggie, When you re-heat things like that do you then cool it down before packing it?
June 6th, 2007 at 9:24 am
20 seconds in the microwave just made it a little warm, not hot. I did let it cool down a little, but it didn’t have far to go (and I didn’t want it cold, otherwise the texture would get nasty again).
June 6th, 2007 at 12:16 pm
Hi,
I just discovered your site. Just love it, you must spend a fair amount of thought to make the grub appetising for a toddler. Kudos
Completely fab, gives me ideas to jaz up my lunch. However living in the tropics (in a developing country) means a completely different take on what is available, so will be trying to substitute the best I can.
June 6th, 2007 at 2:21 pm
Ah,okay. we couldn’t do that as it would sit on the school shelf in an insulated bag for a few hours. Shame, as it sounds/looks really tasty. I’ve located somewhere in the UK that sells Bento boxes but also there’s a guy who has started importing the laptop lunch boxes.