On Dec 30 2009, 12:27*pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> "aem" > wrote in message
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> > On Dec 29, 3:44 pm, "jmcquown" > wrote:
> >> It's been a long time since I packed a lunch. *I prefer a hot lunch, not
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> >> cold sandwich. *I definitely won't be eating fast food. *(Also no salads,
> >> thank you very much.) *I'm going to be cooking a lot more, mostly on
> >> weekends, and taking leftovers for lunch. [snip]
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> > When I worked I seldom took lunches, and then it was usually what you
> > say you're going to avoid--sandwiches or salads. *I don't think what
> > you're planning is wrong but I do think that a steady diet of
> > leftovers will get old. *On the occasions when it does, think picnic
> > food for a change. *Lots of things are good cold or at room temp.
> > Chicken--fried, roasted, or Chinese red-cooked--avocado halves filled
> > with shrimp or crab, potato or pasta salad, etc. ad infinitum. *Here's
> > a link to a NY Times/Mark Bittman article from 2008 with 100 picnic
> > ideas:
> > *http://tinyurl.com/5n8okz
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> Thanks for the link! *I'm odd in that I don't like cold food or raw veggies
> *In the past I'd cook several large meals on weekends and have leftovers
> to freeze for lunch during the week (or later on). *I didn't get sick of
> leftovers because I wasn't necessarily eating something I'd just had for
> dinner the night before. *Oh, and that's the other thing: *I was often too
> tired to feel like cooking when I got home at night. *I cooked up a storm on
> weekends *I just can't remember all the stuff I made specifically with
> lunch leftovers in mind. *As I said, it's been a while.
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> Jill

One thing I do is make casseroles and freeze them in a pan for mini-
loaves. Then I wrap each one in a sheet of wax paper. I get a box of
1000 squares at a local store. In the morning, I can grab a mini-loaf
of whatever I want and heat it at lunch time. It travels well, and
doesn't take up much space in the freezer, and gives me a lot of
variety.