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Lunch in a Box: Building a Better Bento

Lunch in a Box: Building a Better Bento

Mozilla Firefox Accueil Saveurs d'Enfants - Des menus clé en main chaque semaine pour toute la famille got no milk Cooking Cute: a bento site Adventures in Bentomaking French Laundry at Home Hungry Baby (Homemade Baby Food) My favorite baby is ready to eat! And as her proud “Auntie Gabi,” you know I was happy and honored to help prepare her first meals. So baby food it is. Mushy yes, but tasteless never! I know babies have to be introduced to flavors slowly. (So no hummus or gazpacho. For example, one of my favorite first meals was banana mashed up with orange juice. Anyway, before embarking on this project, I took a couple little spoons full of store bought baby food (peas) just to see what I was up against. The major drawback to those store bought foods is that they bare very little resemblance to what good food actually tastes like. At least when you make it at home, you know exactly what’s in it and can get your little one in the healthy habit of eating realistic flavors. After doing some research on which fruits and veggies are best to start babies on, I came up with these yummy pairings, which mama Cole agreed upon. Mama Cole and Baby Tessa. The process is rather simple. 1.) Stuff apples with prunes.

Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles SLIDESHOW: Ramen Hacks: 30+ Easy Ways to Upgrade Your Instant Noodles [Photographs: J. Kenji Lopez-Alt] Ramen in the U.S. has come a long way. Once known only in its 10-for-a-dollar instant-lunch form—a staple of offices and dorm rooms all around the '80s and '90s—high-end real ramen shops are springing up left and right on both coasts and everywhere in between. As a half-Japanese kid in the '80s, I grew up eating instant ramen at least once a week, and it still holds a special place in my gut. That said, my tastes have changed and expanded considerably over the years, and sometimes that little flavoring packet just isn't enough. As a card-carrying member of the Ramen Transmogrification Society of Greater New York,* it is my duty, my honor, and my privilege to share with you some of our methods and recipes. For full, step-by-step instructions on any of these dishes, please click through the slideshow above. * Our membership is pretty thin right now—care to join? Simple Add-ins Mix-ins. Eggs

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