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Posts tagged “Brown Bag Meals”

Getaway Gear: To-Go Ware Stainless Steel Food Carrier

Remember that tiffin lunchbox we recently showed you? We just bought another similar one, and we love it already! ...

Best To-Go Picnics
London

Picnicking is an indispensable part of a British summer. If you have escaped to London, or are otherwise stranded in town and need of a little escape from making your own lunch, pick up a prepared pic...

Deal Alert: Tiffin Lunch Pails at World Market

We've often encouraged you to pack your lunch, and we've mentioned how much we like insulated bento jars and Indian-style tiffin stacking containers. But stainless steel tiffins are often rather expen...

What Did You Eat for Lunch Today? Pesto Chicken Sausage and Garden Tomatoes

We'll show you our lunch if you tell us yours! What did you eat for lunch today? We took care of those tomatoes we mentioned yesterday......

What's For Lunch? Vanilla-Honey Yogurt, Strawberries, Salad, Bread and Homemade Butter

We had the loveliest lunch a couple days ago. We gathered up all the leftover bites and nibbles left from two or three nights of dinner and plated them up for a lunch that was very satisfying. ...

Top Chef Finale Menu: From Chicago to Puerto Rico

We can hardly wait for tomorrow’s Top Chef Chicago finale episode, and as serious fans of the show, we think it deserves a proper send-off. And by that we mean food, of course. Below, we’ve put...

What Foods Can You Carry On The Plane?

Tomorrow we're leaving to go to Switzerland for a conference, and it's going to be a long trip from San Francisco to Geneva - 14 hours! Airplane food is not known for being particularly tasty, and we...

What's For Lunch? Blueberry Yogurt and Homemade Graham Crackers

We often end up eating what amounts to nursery food for lunch during the week - simple meals of toast and jam and fruit. Here's our lunch - yogurt with honey and semi-frozen organic wild blueberries f...

New Lunch Box from Pottery Barn

We're always on the hunt for easy, stylish ways to carry lunch to work. With all the Easter leftovers, we really needed a big lunch box this morning. Maybe we should have bought this lunch box from P...

Good Product: Zojirushi Mr. Bento Stainless Lunch Jar

We love brown-bagging our lunch; not only is it more economical and better for our waistlines, but it's also a good way to get rid of last night's leftovers. One of our favorite grown-up lunch boxes ...

Breakfast for Lunch: Steel-Cut Oats with Dates, Coconut, Cinnamon and Pecans

Do you ever eat breakfast for lunch? Today we wanted a bowlful of those pearly steel-cut oats, hot and fragrant. Here are the other things we threw in... ...

Food Safety 101: How Long Can I Keep Leftovers?

With the USDA ground beef recall fresh on our minds, we are brushing up on our own food handling practices. Do you know how long you can leave that potato salad on your buffet ? What temperature meat ...

Tip: How to Remember Your Lunch

It's back to work this week, and since holiday leftovers should be long gone by now packing a home-cooked lunch takes a little more thought. But the most challenging part of taking a healthy lunch to ...

Brown Bag Thursday: What's For Lunch?

What's for lunch today? Are you taking time out for a hot lunch on a cold day? Eating out? Brown-bagging it? Still eating (heaven forbid) Thanksgiving leftovers? Here's our lunch today: leftover p...

Brown Bag Meals: What Did You Pack For Lunch?

Did you take our challenge from yesterday and pack your lunch today? What did you pack? We couldn't take a picture of our lunch today, so this is a cheaterly photo of a lunch from last week - lefto...

Brown Bag Meals: Pack Your Lunch Tomorrow

The pace of city life speeds up in September and October, and during Kitchen Keeping month we want to reserve a little of that rush of energy for our eating and our kitchens. In that spirit, here's ...

Brown Bag Wednesday: What's in Your Lunchbox?

Let's talk lunch again. Here's ours - a modest lunch today: homemade rosemary foccaccia with black currant jam, a couple slices of deli cheese and a handful of unroasted almonds. Some days we prefer...

Brown Bag Thursday: What's for Lunch?

Let's talk lunch again - we found so many good ideas for brown-bagging it last time. Here's our lunch - leftover dill and yogurt chicken salad - even better the next day - salted cucumber slices, an...

Brown Bag Thursday: What's for Lunch Today?

Here's our lunchbox today: leftover brown rice and sliced roasted pork loin with sauteed bok choy and mushrooms. It's Thursday - what are you eating for lunch today? Did you bring something to th...

Soup Hack: 365 Split Pea Soup

Inspired by Brown Bag Thursday and this post about cooking a good lunch starting from a can of soup, we present you with the latest of our soup hacks. Whole Foods' 365 Everyday Value brand is econom...

Aladdin's New Lunchbox: Move Over, Mr. Bento

We took a guided tour of this new lunch box for grown-ups at the Housewares Show. You asked us for more pictures . . . Aladdin emailed these over today. This lunch box is broad but relatively thin; t...

Brown Bag Thursday: The Office Toaster

We have a toaster at our office that sees regular, extremely frequent use. Our office mates have a habit of bringing bread and English muffins in and toasting them throughout the day for breakfast and...

Brown Bag Thursday: What's In Your Desk?

Look under your file folders, next to the stapler, or in your bottom desk drawer on top of, say, last year's annual report. What are you eating at work and where are you hiding it? One reader wrote i...

Brown Bag Thursday: Hellmann's vs. Homemade Mayonnaise

Mayonnaise is a main part of many lunches: tuna salad, salad dressings, turkey sandwiches and more. British food writer Elizabeth David called mayonnaise "the beautiful shining golden ointment." Whil...

Brown Bag Thursday: Breakfast for Lunch

Cooking first thing in the morning feels special. For me, it's a way to kick off the day doing a few minutes of something I love. I stand at the stove for just a few minutes stirring and gathering my ...