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A Double-Dip Worthy Weekday Lunch
by Amanda Hesser
• June 6, 2013
• 11 Comments
Every week we take a peek inside the lunches of the luckiest kids in Brooklyn. Read on, suppress your jealousy, and get a little brown bag inspiration.
A perfectly dip-friendly lunch, with an artistic touch by Addie, Amanda's daughter.
Kids love dipping things and I need to work on my dip-based lunches. Tara O'Brady came to the rescue with her addictive buttermilk ranch dressing. I poured some into containers, and then filled larger containers with sliced Israeli cucumbers, radishes, pea shoots, and asparagus for dipping, and a few slices of Serrano ham for eating however my kids want to. Over the weekend, I baked the Sunday Night Cake from Baked Explorations -- a cinnamon-scented sour cream cake with chocolate icing. That went in, too.
What's in your lunch today? See some of the twins' past lunches.
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Comments (11)
over 3 years ago jane.colton3
Even though my children have long-since left home and I no longer pack lunches- I love this feature! I wish I had been so creative when I had the opportunity and I would gladly eat any of these lunches myself- Thanks for the great ideas!
over 3 years ago Amanda Hesser
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
Thanks so much!
over 3 years ago omarz
it wouldn't work if I used Palestinian cucumbers?
over 3 years ago Amanda Hesser
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
You can use any kind of cucumber.
over 3 years ago omarz
ok so why do you feel compelled to mention the nationality of the vegetable?
over 3 years ago Amanda Hesser
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
Because this is how it is often labeled in grocery stores. I believe it's also sometimes called a Persian cucumber. Similarly the long hothouse cucumbers are also called English cucumbers. And there's a type of kale that goes by name Russian red kale.
over 3 years ago Krissy Cipolla
Thank you for sharing these, it takes me back to opening up my lunch bag every day when I was a little girl to discover what wonderful thing my mom made just for me. No matter how old I get I still miss those perfectly imperfect (leftover filled!) delicious lunches.
over 3 years ago Amanda Hesser
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
How nice -- I hope my kids feel the same way when they grow up!
about 3 years ago Yessica
Krissy Cipolla...you just made me tear up an remember how incredibly creative my Mom was and had to be with our lunch boxes. Thank you. I am calling her tonight to thank her :)
over 3 years ago ReneeL
Amanda, I think I'd like to pack this lunch for myself! What kind of containers are those?
over 3 years ago Amanda Hesser
Amanda is a co-founder of Food52.
They're called WeanGreen: http://www.amazon.com/Wean...