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Originally Posted by cptacek
Someone here in the forums or in the blogs suggested "serving" the leftover container at the same time you serve the rest of your family. I have found that if I don't do this, the leftovers stay in their bowl in the fridge until I throw them out.
But I've been doing this lately: for instance, we had rotini and meat sauce for supper tonight. I'll put the rotini in the bottom of the zip loc bag (actually, the thin generic kind, cause I'm cheap and I'm going to eat it tomorrow) and then the meat sauce on top. I'll then freeze it. I'll take that frozen hunk of lunch to work tomorrow and put it in the fridge. This way, even if the cheap bag gets a leak, it won't leak all over. For lunch, I'll heat it up in the bag and pour it out on the plate.
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I definitely do this. It's even easier when you have designated dishes for the lunch kit. We purchased several dishes that fit nicely into my husbands lunch bag (he takes a softsided, cube-like, 12-can sized cooler). I often pack breakfast, lunch, and a couple snacks for him. (He commutes 120+ miles a day, so he needs to take a bunch of food with him for a long work day).
I have a couple different smaller Pyrex dishes with rubber lids that I use that for things going in the microwave. (Plastic bags are seldom rated for microwave use, be careful there). I also have a whole set of durable plastic containers for refrigerated foods. I often increase a salad or veggie side by at least one serving and dish that out into the lunch kit as well.