Make it a full course meal. Paleohacks Cookbooks Review No reason to stick with a sandwich and drink. In fact, you can easily have a full meal in your bag lunch, with a little planning. Why not bring soup, crackers, Chicken Parmesan, a potato salad and a piece of pie for dessert? All of these could be prepared at the beginning of the week and either kept in the fridge or frozen. While the term "bag lunch" indicates the use of a simple paper bag, that's not a good way to carry your food. It will just get squashed up and look pretty unappetizing when you are ready to eat. Instead, invest in a quality lunch box . . . bento boxes are ideal as they come with two or three levels and several compartments to make packing the food easy. You'll feel better eating food that looks as great as when you packed it and out of a nice container instead of a greasy plastic tub. Bring sauces. There's no reason to avoid sauces and such for fear of spilling. These days there are plenty of neat sauce containers and little bottles that fit neatly into your lunch box and don't spill. That means you can bring along your own soy sauce or mustard and apply it when you're ready to eat. If you don't want to invest in these items, just save up all those takeout packets of soy sauce and ketchup . Keep it cool. Not only is a tepid salad unpleasant to eat, it's not particularly safe, either. Look at insulated lunch bags to carry your food in and to keep it chilled or invest in a reusable ice pack. Hot items can either be kept in a thermos or reheated at work. Garnishes are something that lend a professional touch to any homecooked meal. If you want to impress your guests and amaze your family with the high level of your cooking, often a few simple garnishes can make all the difference. Most people know about the parsley sprig or the squiggle of salsa verde on the plate, but if you haven`t used bento cutters then you are missing out on a whole other world of garnishing! Quite simply, it's a small cookie cutter, but designed for fruit and vegetables. Japanese mothers use them to create cute food cutouts with which to decorate their children's lunches or bentos. But there's no need to relegate them to Japan, bento supplies are appearing all over the world these days and you can make use of them to turn ordinary meals into something truly special. Bento cutters come in all kinds of cute shapes, from regular ones such as circles and stars or hearts, to more complex shapes like puppies, teddy bears and cars. They are usually about an inch or less in length, though some are larger. This makes bento cutters perfect for garnishes! How to Create Your Garnishes There are so many ways to turn out cute garnishes. One way is to slice carrots thinly and then stack them up and stamp out stars or hearts. Toss these into a regular salad to make it an extra special one. Heart shaped cheese and ham make lovely adornments atop sandwiches or pizza or even your lasagna. Basically, anything remotely soft can be turned into a garnish with a bento cutter. Think about breakfast plates . . . rather than adorn the plate with a plain old slice of lemon, cut a heart out of the middle. Use the lemon hearts to float in the lemonade or orange stars in fresh squeezed orange juice. https://consumerscomment.com/paleohacks-cookbooks-review/