Showing posts with label Thermos Nissan 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Food Jar. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Thermos Nissan 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Food Jar. Show all posts

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Lunch With A Difference In A Thermos Nissan

Sending a tasty hot lunch or a cold lunch that is actually still cold when they eat it, needs two appliances to make it easy.

First, of course, you must have a wide mouth Thermos Nissan to send it in and then to help with all the chopping you need a food processor such as the Cuisinart DLC5BC Food Processor to save you time.

To give you and idea of what you can do, here is a recipe for Layered Eggplant Lunch Recipe:

Layered Eggplant Lunch Recipe:

What You Need:

  • 3 tbsp canola oil
  • 1 small eggplant, sliced
  • 2 potatoes, skin left on and sliced
  • 1 onion, sliced
  • 1 green bell pepper, cut into strips
  • 1 large tomato, sliced
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 tsp parsley
  • 1/2 tsp basil
How to Make It:

  1. Place the oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
  2. Heat the oil to hot but not smoking.
  3. Add the eggplant and potatoes.
  4. Layer on the onions.
  5. Layer in the pepper strips.
  6. Last lay the tomatoes on the top.
  7. Sprinkle with the garlic, parsley and basil.
  8. Allow the layers to simmer in the hot oil for 20 minutes.
  9. If the mixture seems to be cooking to quickly lower the heat to medium low.
  10. Mixture may seem slightly dry but do not add water.
  11. Continue cooking 15 minutes or until vegetables is fork tender.
  12. Use a spatula to remove in sections and layer into a wide mouth thermos.
Serves 4

This dish is great out of a thermos. Sprinkle a little parmesan cheese over the top before eating.

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Keep Lunch Hot In A Thermos Nissan 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Food Jar

Keeping your lunch hot in a Thermos Nissan 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Food Jar is the very best way to have a tasty lunch when it is cold. Imagine how much more fun your kid's lunches can be if you send them all to school with a tasty and nutritious hot soup. Here is an example of a recipe you can use:


Thermos Tomato Bean Soup

What You Need:

  • 1/2 can (8 oz) condensed tomato soup
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 parsnip
  • 1/4 c red lentil
  • 1 tsp onion powder
  • 1/2 tsp garlic powder

How to Make It:

  1. Place the soup in a sauce pan.
  2. Add ½ soup can of water to the soup.
  3. Grate the carrot and parsnip into the soup mixture.
  4. Add the red lentil.
  5. Sprinkle in the onion and garlic powder.
  6. Place the sauce pan over medium heat.
  7. Bring to a quick boil.
  8. Once boiling place the heat on low and continue cooking 10 minutes.
  9. Pour into a warmed Thermos Nissan 16-Ounce Stainless Steel Food Jar.
Serves 1

There are many variations to this soup. Try grated zucchini. Add rice or cooked pasta to the mix. Use canned beans instead of lentils. If you use lentils be sure they are red not green lentils. Green lentils take awhile to cook down.