About this item
Longing for more than yet another limp salad? Tired of tussling with the kids over junk food lunch kits? Sounds like you've got the lunch box blues. J. M. Hirsch has the fix.But it isn't a cookbook. Because when it comes to lunch, nobody has time to break out a recipe to bang out a brown bag special. Busy people need lunch ideas. Lots of them. And those ideas need to be healthy, fast, easy, affordable, and delicious.That's what Beating the Lunch Box Blues is - an idea book to inspire anyone daunted by the daily ordeal of packing lunch. Jammed with nearly 200 photos and more than 500 tips and meals, this book is designed to save families time, money, and their sanity.Whether you want to jazz up a grilled cheese, turn leftover steak into a DIY taco kit, or make pizza "sushi," Hirsch has it covered. And because the best lunches often are built from the leftovers of great suppers, he has also included 30 fast and flavorful dinner recipes designed to make enough for tomorrow, too. Crazy good stuff like short ribs braised in a Rosemary-Port Sauce, Hoisin-Glazed Meatloaf, and kid-friendly classics such as Turkey Sloppy Joes and American Chop Suey.With ideas this easy and this delicious, there's no reason to let the lunch box blues get you down.
About the Author
J.M. Hirsch is a James Beard Award winning writer and editor. He is editorial director of Christopher Kimball's Milk Street, a Boton-based food media company with public television and radio shows, a magazine, cookbooks, an online school and e-commerce site. He is the former national food editor for The Associated Press.He lives in New Hampshire with his son, husband and two cats. He has written four cookbooks, including "Shake Strain Done," "High Flavor, Low Labor" and "Beating the Lunchbox Blues." He has edited several others, including "Christopher Kimball's Milk Street: The New Home Cooking" and "Milk Street Tuesday Nights."
