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  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    A packet of flavoured noodles (8p to 30p depending where you buy them), pour in a mug of boiling water and leave. I did this and they were fine 5 hours later.
  • dutchy
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    A vegetable biriyani with lentils that was made on Thursday, has been transported to our place of work by both of us highly successfully until today! The food was heated at 7am, put into pre-warmed food flasks, and consumed, still piping hot, at 12.45pm. I think anything 'saucy' is a winner in these, ie. curry, pasta, stew etc. As someone has already said, however, be sure to pre-warm the flask with boiled water for a few minutes before filling it with food.

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  • kr15snw
    kr15snw Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    Well in my effort to lose weight / get healthy I started to take leftover style meals to work every day. Spag bowl, currys, stews and soups etc. This was great as I just popped it in the microwave.

    Well I've just got a new office and there is no microwave! Plus its right in the middle of the city centre so Im tempted by fast food and many many restaurants. This could cost me a fortune if Im not careful!

    I've been looking around at food flasks, and like the thermos microwavable ones as I can pop the food in the night before then ping it in the microwave in the morning before i go to work.

    Has anyone used it though, and is it any good? Or does anyone else have any reccomendations?

    I definately prefer a hot lunch, sandwhiches etc bore me!
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  • i had a food flask, but it was like a normal flask with a wide neck for soups etc. I would say though that i have always found that when i heated it in the microwave before putting in the flask it never stayed as hot as when i heated it on the hob (when it would still be piping at lunchtime)
    and i would always fill it with boiling water to heat up the flask while i was heating the food...
    this backfired one day when i forgot to empty the hot water out before pouring in my soup mind you.. very hot watery mess....
  • no.1swimmum
    no.1swimmum Posts: 1,509 Forumite
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    I am afraid that I have tried numerous food flasks - some costing quite a bit and not found one yet that actually keeps the food piping hot by lunchtime, the last one I bought from Lakeland went back for a full refund when food was barely luke warm by the time DH came to eat it for lunch, I even tried wrapping them in a terry teatowel and them a plastic bag! What I really want is an old fashioned glass food flask if anyone know where we can get one let me know as it would come in handy for son at Gala's he really hates cold pasta!
    Fibro-Warrior
  • kr15snw
    kr15snw Posts: 2,264 Forumite
    The thermos microwave one gets goodish reviews, its just annoying not knowing if it will really hold the heat long enough. I leave the house at 8, so would need it to last about 5 hours!
    Green and White Barmy Army!
  • I used to use a food flask when I went hiking in the winter and the key was to make sure the food is absolutely piping hot before it goes in the flask and also, as others have said, warm the flask with boiling water (put the lid back on) while you're heating up your food. I used to eat my food straight out of the flask sitting on a plastic bag in the snow and it was wonderful - it may not have been as hot as I would have chosen to have it at home but I'm not sure.

    I think I paid about £15 for mine, and it paid for itself in two or three trips because we had previously had something hot in a pub for lunch.
  • jinny
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    http://www.sainsburys.co.uk/sol/shop/home_and_garden/cookware/flasks/107336831_thermos_food_flask_05l.htm
    I use this for soup, I fill it up with hot water first while I heat the soup up. Then use the water to wash my porridge bowl at 7am. The soup is still piping hot at 12.30 for lunch.
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  • Pink.
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    Hi kr15snw,

    I use a food flask I bought from Asda for my sons lunches. I bought it about two years ago and it cost around £5 and keeps the food hot until lunchtime (around six hours after he leaves home in the morning).

    These earlier threads may help:

    food flasks

    Lunches to go in a Food Flask

    what should i look for in a flask?

    I'll add your thread to the first link later to keep the suggestions together.

    Pink
  • Is it at all possible to get a microwave in the new office? If enough colleagues wanted one they might be up for it. Having said that my colleagues leave the microwave filthy so I've recently gone the food flask route, and agree with the comments here that it's not piping hot but good enough. I tend not to have meat at lunch so am not as worried about temperature (and let's be honest, even if I was having meat I probably wouldn't bother that much!)
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