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Posted on Oct 4, 2007 in Bento, Eggs, Fish or Seafood, For Kids, Freezing, Lactose Free, Onigiri or Sushi, Parent Hacks, Rice, Tips | 11 comments

Making lunch for the first day of preschool

Bug started preschool on Monday, which means packing a lunch every day for his morning program. He’s going to a Japanese immersion preschool, so bentos are the...

Posted on Jul 31, 2007 in Freezing, Parent Hacks, Tips, Vegetarian | 31 comments

Tip: Edible ice packs

Packing lunches in such a way that the food stays fresh and safe is important for all of us, but the feeling of responsibility is especially strong when you’re...

Posted on Jul 31, 2007 in Freezing, Pasta or Noodles, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 9 comments

Tip: Freezing spaghetti cups in Tupperware

Having a stash of individually portioned lunch staples in the freezer can rescue you on busy mornings when you don’t have leftovers to pack. When you have time to...

Posted on Jul 12, 2007 in Freezing, Parent Hacks, Pasta or Noodles, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 21 comments

Tip: Freezing unsauced pasta

Regular readers may remember my post on freezing sauced spaghetti cups in individual servings for speedy packed lunches, but you can also freeze unsauced, cooked pasta...

Posted on May 4, 2007 in Freezing, Tips | 31 comments

Speed technique: Freezing ginger

I like to keep a knob of ginger on hand, but I often don’t use it all up before it starts to shrivel up and lose its potency. Last week a friend gave me a whole...

Posted on May 2, 2007 in Bento, For Kids, Freezing, Lactose Free, Onigiri or Sushi, Poultry, Rice, Tips, Tofu | 24 comments

Ice blanket and inari sushi lunch

Morning prep time: 12 minutes. Everything was leftovers today except the fruit and inarizushi stuffed rice pockets. We had rice with dinner last night, so I let it sit...

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