Packing a lunch...

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 11:29 am

mommar wrote:get a thermos for soups, and mac and cheese

i've had a helluva time finding a good thermos! they used to be standard-issue with each lunchbox, but not so much any more.

she loves soup and i make AWESOME home made mac n cheese.

mommar · Post by **mommar** » September 1, 2006 11:29 am

buffettbride wrote:
mommar wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
SharkOnLand wrote:Fluffernutter. Yeah, it's a sandwich, but it's so much more.
I actually tried to find real "Fluff" so I could send that with her once a week, but no luck here in Denver.

My son's preschool is totally peanut-free so I couldn't ever send a Fluffernutter with him.
If you want to PM me your address I'll be happy to pick up a container and ship it to you
For realsies??????

I wouldn't say it if I didn't mean it

mommar · Post by **mommar** » September 1, 2006 11:30 am

buffettbride wrote:
mommar wrote:get a thermos for soups, and mac and cheese
i've had a helluva time finding a good thermos! they used to be standard-issue with each lunchbox, but not so much any more.

she loves soup and i make AWESOME home made mac n cheese.

I'm on my way to Wal-Mart among others.........but I'll check that out while I'm there too

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 11:31 am

bravedave wrote:
We bought our daughter a wide-mouthed thermos with no glass components ("unbreakable"?), because we try to avoid the sandwich slumps too. She routinely uses this to carry hot lunches to school. It's just the right size for a kid's portion of mac&cheese or soup, and the food is still hot (sometimes very hot) when she opens it for lunch.

Where did you find one? I've looked all over, and maybe I'm just a doofus, but I haven't been able to find a good thermos anywhere.

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » September 1, 2006 11:31 am

rednekkPH wrote:Caesar salads are goovy.

WHO THE HELL ARE YOU AND WHAT HAVE YOU DONE WITH FRANK???!!!

bravedave · Post by **bravedave** » September 1, 2006 11:33 am

buffettbride wrote:
bravedave wrote:
We bought our daughter a wide-mouthed thermos with no glass components ("unbreakable"?), because we try to avoid the sandwich slumps too. She routinely uses this to carry hot lunches to school. It's just the right size for a kid's portion of mac&cheese or soup, and the food is still hot (sometimes very hot) when she opens it for lunch.

Where did you find one? I've looked all over, and maybe I'm just a doofus, but I haven't been able to find a good thermos anywhere.

I found one in the grocery store on the "can't-figure-out-where-to-stock-this-stuff" Aisle.

Target had them too.

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 11:35 am

bravedave wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
bravedave wrote:
We bought our daughter a wide-mouthed thermos with no glass components ("unbreakable"?), because we try to avoid the sandwich slumps too. She routinely uses this to carry hot lunches to school. It's just the right size for a kid's portion of mac&cheese or soup, and the food is still hot (sometimes very hot) when she opens it for lunch.

Where did you find one? I've looked all over, and maybe I'm just a doofus, but I haven't been able to find a good thermos anywhere.
I found one in the grocery store on the "can't-figure-out-where-to-stock-this-stuff" Aisle.

Target had them too.

I tried that aisle at the grocery store, but no luck. I'll be at WalMart and Target this weekend anyway, so I s'pose I'll find one then. I figured they'd be all over with the school supplies a few weeks back, but nuffin'.

A thermos would go a long way in solving this problem! (Last night I made this incredible cajun pork and sweet potato stew that the kids just LOVED and it was a shame I couldn't really send them with some today).

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » September 1, 2006 11:40 am

CAN YOU PM ME THAT RECIPE MALLORY??? THAT SOUNDS YUUUUUMMMMMY!!!

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 11:42 am

sunseeker wrote:CAN YOU PM ME THAT RECIPE MALLORY??? THAT SOUNDS YUUUUUMMMMMY!!!

Of course! It was totally a no-brainer, so even I could cook it!

sunseeker · Post by **sunseeker** » September 1, 2006 11:46 am

YUM!! I can't wait!!

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 1, 2006 11:49 am

If you can't find a thermos at your local store... I found this website just now http://www.lunchboxes.com/thermoses.html

I'd stay away from the flasks for the kids, though. Maybe get one for yourself

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 11:54 am

SharkOnLand wrote:If you can't find a thermos at your local store... I found this website just now http://www.lunchboxes.com/thermoses.html

I'd stay away from the flasks for the kids, though. Maybe get one for yourself

Oooohhh. Neato! Thanks!

jackiesic · Post by **jackiesic** » September 1, 2006 12:04 pm

buffettbride wrote:
rednekkPH wrote:Will she have acess to a fridge? If so, garden/caesar salads and fruit salads are good changes of pace.
Nope, but I do send little ice packs in he lunch so salads are a go. She thinks Caesar salads are groovy.

I'm also gonna make a buttload of pasta salad to send 'cause she likes that a lot.

and for protein you can always toss some leftover grilled chicken or some tuna into the pasta.

jonesbeach10 · Post by **jonesbeach10** » September 1, 2006 2:18 pm

Whatever happened to the days of packing a turkey or salami sandwich, a bag of chips, juice box, and apple in a brown paper bag?

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 1, 2006 2:27 pm

You can put ramen noodles in a thermos and they will stay hot.....that was always a favorite of Caitlin's.....
great to trade for cookies and twinkies, she used to say.

SharkOnLand · Post by **SharkOnLand** » September 1, 2006 2:28 pm

jonesbeach10 wrote:Whatever happened to the days of packing a turkey or salami sandwich, a bag of chips, juice box, and apple in a brown paper bag?

When I was in middle school, this was the 'cool' way to take lunch. It wasn't cool to eat school lunch or take a lunchbox... of course, we usually just got milk at school instead of a juice box, but hey...

pbans · Post by **pbans** » September 1, 2006 2:36 pm

buffettbride wrote:
mommar wrote:get a thermos for soups, and mac and cheese
i've had a helluva time finding a good thermos! they used to be standard-issue with each lunchbox, but not so much any more.

she loves soup and i make AWESOME home made mac n cheese.

Anybody else having a Steve Martin/The Jerk flashback??

Oh, I'm picking out a thermos, for you
Not an ordinary thermos, for you
But the extra-best thermos, you can buy
With vinyl, and stripes, and a cup built right in
I'm picking out a thermos for you
And maybe a barometer too
And what else can I buy, so on me you'll rely
A rear-end thermometer too"

buffettbride · Post by **buffettbride** » September 1, 2006 2:37 pm

pbans wrote:
buffettbride wrote:
mommar wrote:get a thermos for soups, and mac and cheese
i've had a helluva time finding a good thermos! they used to be standard-issue with each lunchbox, but not so much any more.

she loves soup and i make AWESOME home made mac n cheese.
Anybody else having a Steve Martin/The Jerk flashback??

Oh, I'm picking out a thermos, for you
Not an ordinary thermos, for you
But the extra-best thermos, you can buy
With vinyl, and stripes, and a cup built right in
I'm picking out a thermos for you
And maybe a barometer too
And what else can I buy, so on me you'll rely
A rear-end thermometer too"

i think of that synonymously every time i utter the word thermos.

Jollymom21 · Post by **Jollymom21** » September 1, 2006 6:11 pm

Tequila Revenge wrote:"Lunch apples" almost always ended up in the trash, but sliced apples were eaten or shared. Go figure that one out.

I've found that sliced apples sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar in a ziploc-type bag (with all the air squeezed out) was always a winner!

Dally · Post by **Dally** » September 1, 2006 6:32 pm

Jollymom21 wrote:
Tequila Revenge wrote:"Lunch apples" almost always ended up in the trash, but sliced apples were eaten or shared. Go figure that one out.
I've found that sliced apples sprinkled with cinnamon and sugar in a ziploc-type bag (with all the air squeezed out) was always a winner!

now THAT sounds good!

btw, Mal.....could you PM me that recipe too....it does sound YUMMY!!!!

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