Packed school lunches
On January 18th, school lunch was nilagang baka (boiled beef) and cabbage wedges. The beef was simmered until tender the night before so it was just a matter of adding the cabbage in the morning. To be more precise, we had nilagang baka for dinner the night before. Before adding the vegetables, I set aside enough meat for the kids’ lunch the following day.
Normally, I add a lot of vegetables when I cook nilagang baka but the kids’ favorites are cabbage and kalabasa (squash). Since I only had a quarter of kalabasa the previous evening, I had to put all of it into the nilagang baka dinner. I had a large head of cabbage though so I managed to save a quarter for the next day’s school lunch.
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If my mom gave me packed lunches like you did when I was a kid, I think I would have been uberly fat now. So I guess I was “lucky” I survived on cafeteria food!
Nah, how could you get fat when the amount of food is controlled?
Hi, Connie!
I always have to prepare packed lunches for my kids and my husband, so I appreciate this entry. I will try this soon. It looks very simple and won’t take so much time in the morning.
Thanks. I enjoy your recipes. I’m making the puto tonight to go with my dinuguan I cooked several days ago.
Dex, yeah, packed lunches need to be simply and not too time consuming to prepare. Otherwise, mornings in the kitchen would be totally insane.
hey there,i just logged on you’re site yesterday(while fishing for the java rice recipe) and i must say i’m very impressed!!!sobrang helpful po ang inyong site.i truly commend you for coming up with one…
i’m a housewife/homemaker turned food entrepeneur.i sell sandwich rolls,tacos and flavored fries and softdrinks for my beverages.
i’m planning to add chowfan or rice bowl to my list.i have scouted your blog for recipes and got some but i don’t know how to compute for the production cost,i don’t want to sacrifice the taste but i also want it to be affordable since my market are mostly students.i hope you could help me on this as well as give me tips kung ano pa po ang pwede kong i-serve na easy and fast to whipped up.
thanks and more power!god bless!
hi connie! i would like to know if the fried rice won’t spoil easily or smell funky if “nakakulob” in lunchkits ( lock n lock). i’d love to have my son bring baon at times i’m not so busy and the fried rice idea seemed very good. am just wary of the spoilage issue. thanks for any input.
chunky, just don’t pack the rice right after cooking. let it breathe for a few minutes.
thanks for that tip. i am now confident to pack some delish fried rice recipes from your blog…you got me so excited to plan for those meals ( the choice and combinations are too many), it will not be repeated too often, so hindi siya magsasawa. thanks again.
ms connie,
i’m just curious how your kids are able to have nilagang baka for lunch? do they have one of those thermal type of baonan?
thanks,
bambi
Bambi, yes, fully insulated lunch bags. Coleman.