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Posted on May 16, 2007 in Bento, Lactose Free, Poultry, Rice, Tips | 12 comments

Chicken two ways, mini strainer & bowl

Contents of Bug’s lunch: Butternut squash and zucchini with Korean barbeque sauce, roast chicken, blueberries, cherries, yellow rice (from Daisy...

Posted on May 8, 2007 in Parent Hacks, Tips | 33 comments

Food safety for packed lunches (updated)

(This post was written for today’s The Daily Tiffin, where it ran in their Tiffin Tuesday column. It’s a refresh of my original post on food safety for...

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, 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...

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 25, 2007 in Beans, Bento, Leftover Remake, Meat, Pasta or Noodles, Recipe, Tips | 20 comments

Peas and egg scramble lunches

Morning prep time: 8 minutes. Last night we had yakisoba (Japanese fried noodles with meat and veggies), so after dinner I pre-packed our boxes with the leftover...

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