When it comes to lunch, tuna fish offers it all. It’s high in protein and flavor, and it’s economical too! But more and more people are concerned about tuna due to questions about sustainability — specifically issues of overfishing and damage to ocean ecology. There are also questions about high levels of mercury.
And yet I do love my tuna fish sandwiches! So I went to an expert with this question: should I feel guilty buying and eating canned tuna?
This week, I’ve been sharing the plan and menu for a casual weeknight dinner party I threw with our neighbors and their little kids. Today, we’ll reveal how it all came together, how we kept it comfy and cheerful for the little kids while still making it a special night for us all. We hope it shows you, like it showed me, that dinner parties don’t always have to be elaborately planned affairs, but can simply be a bigger, prettier version of your everyday family meal. Warning: you may be inspired to throw impromptu weeknight or weekend dinner parties all the time now, so grab your crayons and come on in!
When it comes to a stylish lunch, the Japanese art of bento reigns supreme. We showed you some clever and playful bento arrangements yesterday, but today I want to just talk about the boxes. Traditionally, bento boxes were made out of wood. Here are five really beautiful examples from Japantique.
St. Patrick’s Day is one of those holidays that brings out the best and worst in food. There’s a lot of delicious beer drinking (a good thing), and Irish soda bread (another good thing), but then there’s that whole trend of using green food dye to turn everything you eat green (the bad thing). But if you are tempted to go all out on St.Patrick’s Day, have no fear! You can put away your green food coloring, and try these green things instead.
For some the challenge of making lunch is simply to remember to bring it to work, or trying to prep ahead of time. For others, it’s trying to perfect the art of the truly beautiful lunch bento box. One of the places that emphasizes the later, of course, is Pinterest.
A rough search for lunch ideas on the social media site and you will be inundated with the most intricate and sometimes alarming kyaraben bento boxes. Whether your making these for kids, or for yourself, here are a few lunches to inspires you.
Yesterday for The Cooking Cure we asked you to ponder three important questions related to your lunch habits and what you want to change. Are you a bored luncher? Well-intentioned, but don’t follow through? Or are you a serial lunch buyer?
We checked out the #cookingcure hashtag to see how Day 7’s assignment went for you — here are some highlights!
When we began to brainstorm an original recipe to create for our No-Stress Neighborly Nosh Gathering, we knew we wanted a vegetable side dish that even a picky kid would love. A single link of Italian sausage (leftover from a previous pizza night) actually inspired the dish. It wasn’t enough to create a main dish around, but it was just enough to add a little something extra when tossed in with a head of broccoli and a handful of pantry ingredients. A stretch of the imagination later, a flavorful veggie bake was born.
It wasn’t until about a year ago that I became an avid sandwich eater. Before the fateful day when I consumed The Perfect Sandwich, I never understood the appeal – why not just consume the ingredients in salad form? Why did everything turn out so soggy? But lo’, sandwiches have so much more to offer when done right.
You see, it’s all about the quality of the ingredients (especially bread), and awesome spreads and lots of textures. These 15 sandwiches have all that going on and then some. It’s about time you made your lunchbox proud.
This week The Cooking Cure tackles all things lunch. If you’re sick of eating leftovers every day, are looking for fresh ideas, or simply want to bring your lunch to work, this is the week to hop on the bandwagon. Yesterday’s assignment was to remember everything you had for lunch last week.
We checked out the #cookingcure hashtag to see how Day 6’s assignment went for you — here are some highlights!
