food flasks?

newlywed

Pasta?
Small jacket potato - if it fits?

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

Hi Nikkisun, what type of flask is it that you use, I tried taking hot food in a flask when I started uni but found that by lunch time it was only slightly luke warm!

afterglow_2

a casserole or stew, i have made lamb stew before for sick friends and taken it round to them in a thermos flask.
or how about very small pasta shapes in sauce of your choice!

Nikkisun

Thanks for the ideas, he loves pasta but is it ok to keep things like cheese sauce and tuna hot for this long or will he end up with a poorly tummy?

Haven't got a flask yet but Thermos do a kids one that says it keeps hot for 6 hours. Am going to test it at home first so DS doesn't end up with cold food at lunchtime!

Pink.

Hi Nikkisun,

There's an earlier thread with more ideas that may help so I've added your thread to it to keep the suggestions together.

These threads might help too:

what should i look for in a flask?

Lunch for work (merged threads)

Pink

Queen_of_NO_MATTER_WHAT

Nikkisun wrote: »

Haven't got a flask yet but Thermos do a kids one that says it keeps hot for 6 hours. Am going to test it at home first so DS doesn't end up with cold food at lunchtime!

I wonder if at 26 I am too old for a kids flask? ha

Nikkisun

Never too old and it comes in a pretty pink colour too!

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Thermos-CoolKidz-Steel-Food-290ml/dp/B000OW4DO8/ref=pd_sim_kh_4/279-8247934-1430716

sexykellylovespink

anythig you cook for tea save some for dinner day after
bolognese
chilli
potato hash
soup / broth
casserole
stew
curry

seraphina

I have a couple of thermal bento jars - which are basically food flasks with extra containers. There's a whole Flickr group (search Google for "flickr mr bento" and don't be put off by the group's name:rotfl: ) which I search for inspiration to see what everyone else has put in their thermal jar.

Lentil dhals and anything with beans travels very well. If you put your bean dish in the bottom and top it with your layer of rice it will stay even hotter for longer. I've never had a problem with my rice being overcooked though pasta can go too floppy for my liking.

Big chunky soups also work well. I also made risottos except swap the risotto rice for barley and that also travels very well, although the colours don't look so vibrant after half a day in the flask.

2cats1kid

Could you report back whether it actually works, please? I have bought 2 (one of them a Stanley, other indeterminate brand) and if I fill them at 8am they are stone cold by 11am. I am loathe to throw another £12 after a Thermos one and have that not work either.