Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Cooking Games and School Lunches


If you’re trying to figure out how to throw together a fast school lunch without worrying about eating cafeteria food or heating things up, you’ll need to get creative. Cooking games with school lunches almost never involve heat, but if you invest in a good thermos, you can do pretty terrific things with school lunches. Here are just a few suggestions of ways to improve your school lunches.

Soups. In a high-tech thermos, store your piping hot soup from the morning and you’ll have warm, if not hot, soup a few hours later at lunch time. The soup you boil in the microwave can be poured into a thermos. Sip it straight out of the thermos or pour it into the attached cup lid for a yummy, filling lunch.

Sandwiches. Toast a sandwich in the morning and it won’t be soggy by lunchtime provided you don’t include mayo or mustard. Toast a ham and cheese and store in the lunchbox wrapped in foil. It might be warm, but it’s better than a soggy cold sandwich. You can do the same thing with quesadillas whipped up in the mornings.

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