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Posted on Apr 27, 2007 in Bento, Eggs, Freezing, Pasta or Noodles, Poultry, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 12 comments

Pasta salad lunches & frozen fruit cocktail

Morning prep time: 5 minutes. This was all leftovers, nothing made just for this meal. We had leftover Greek chicken pasta salad from Costco that I had doctored (adding...

Posted on Apr 13, 2007 in Bento, Eggs, Freezing, Meat, Onigiri or Sushi, Rice | 28 comments

Travel, and speedy meatball lunches

First off, I wanted to let everyone know that Bug and I will be traveling to Philadelphia for a week starting today (4/13/07), so my blog updates will be sporadic...

Posted on Apr 3, 2007 in Freezing, Organize, Parent Hacks, Tips, Tutorial or How-to | 33 comments

Magnets to track freezer inventory

A number of my speedy lunch tips involve making food ahead of time and freezing it in individual portions to throw into a packed lunch. Keeping track of what’s in...

Posted on Mar 20, 2007 in Bento, Freezing, Phyllo or Pancake or Other | 13 comments

Speedy pancake lunch: freezing pancakes

Morning prep time: less than 5 minutes. The other weekend I made blueberry buttermilk pancakes for breakfast, so I made some extras in mini sizes at the same time and...

Posted on Mar 19, 2007 in Freezing, Parent Hacks, Tips, Tutorial or How-to, Vegetarian | 20 comments

Speed Bento Technique: Freezing chopped herbs

Speed Tip: Pre-chop and freeze your most commonly used herbs and aromatics for when you’re cooking a dish in a hurry. I’ve got green onions (scallions or...

Posted on Mar 15, 2007 in Freezing, Onigiri or Sushi, Parent Hacks, Tips | 13 comments

Speed Bento Tip: Store pre-cut nori in freezer bag

If you pack a lot of onigiri (rice balls) or decorated rice in the morning, speed up your morning prep by pre-cutting nori into shapes and sizes you use often, and...

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