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Beating the Lunch Box Blues
Fresh Ideas for Lunches on the Go!
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About The Book
But it isn’t a cookbook. Because when it comes to lunch, nobody has time to break out a recipe to bang out a brown bag special. Busy people need lunch ideas. Lots of them. And those ideas need to be healthy, fast, easy, affordable, and delicious.
That’s what Beating the Lunch Box Blues is—an idea book to inspire anyone daunted by the daily ordeal of packing lunch. Jammed with nearly 200 photos and more than 500 tips and meals, this book is designed to save families time, money, and their sanity.
Whether you want to jazz up a grilled cheese, turn leftover steak into a DIY taco kit, or make pizza “sushi,” Hirsch has it covered. And because the best lunches often are built from the leftovers of great suppers, he has also included 30 fast and flavorful dinner recipes designed to make enough for tomorrow, too. Crazy good stuff like short ribs braised in a Rosemary-Port Sauce, Hoisin-Glazed Meatloaf, and kid-friendly classics such as Turkey Sloppy Joes and American Chop Suey.
With ideas this easy and this delicious, there’s no reason to let the lunch box blues get you down.
Product Details
- Publisher: Atria Books (September 3, 2013)
- Length: 208 pages
- ISBN13: 9781476753584
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Raves and Reviews
"You'll wish your mama had packed you these lunches. Fast, easy, healthy and delicious!"
– Bobby Deen, host of Cooking Channel's "Not My Mama's Meals"
"This is not your average “been there, done that” lunch-packing idea book. This is revolutionary. This will change lives of many a parent (starting with me)."
– Melissa d'Arabian, host of Food Network's Ten Dollar Dinners
“J.M. Hirsch gets you thinking out of the (lunch) box by inventing alternative ways to prepare and package the usual suspects, introducing completely new ideas (pizza sushi anyone?) and offering terrific strategies that makes it seem so do-able. Heck, he makes lunch box cuisine fun!!”
– Sara Moulton, host of public television's Sara's Weeknight Meals
"Balanced, clever lunch-time fodder – just the recipe for happy kids, every day of the week."
– Jamie Oliver
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