Packed school lunches

January 25, 2007 
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Today’s school lunch was breaded asohos (Sillago) which allowed me to make good use of the breading mix from the Christmas gift pack from Mama Sita. The breading mix is actually recommended for chicken but, what the heck, I decided to use it on fish. No need to season with salt and pepper — I simply dredged both sides of the fish in the breading mix and dropped them into the hot oil.

Come to think of it, I have never used commercial breading mix on whole pieces of chicken but only on strips of chicken fillets. I remember getting free packs of McCormick breading mix when we bought dried herbs and we only used them on chicken fillets. My 14-year-old daughter, Sam, finds these breading mixes useful when she’s too lazy to cook properly. See, with large chicken pieces, we prefer overnight marinating. The kids complain when the seasoning doesn’t go all the way into the meat. So I never rely on seasoned coatings that only flavor the skin.

But with fish as small as asohos, or fish or chicken fillets no more than 1/4-inch thick, the breading mix works well.

school lunch - breaded asohos

As you can very well see, the photo above isn’t as sharp as it should be. That’s because a very short lens was attached to my camera and there simply was not enough time to change lenses as the school bus was due to arrive any minute.

But blurry as the photos of today’s school lunch is, the photos of what the kids’ brought for recess are sharp and plentiful. That’s the next entry — home-baked chocolate crinkles. I will post the recipe with all seven step-by-step photos within the day. :)

[tags]school+lunch, cooking, beef, fish, tuna, asohos, breading+mix, Mama+Sita[/tags]

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8 Comments on "Packed school lunches"

  1. Gail on Thu, 25th Jan 2007 2:31 pm 

    If my mom gave me packed lunches like you did when I was a kid, I think I would have been uberly fat now. So I guess I was “lucky” I survived on cafeteria food! :razz:

  2. Connie on Thu, 25th Jan 2007 3:20 pm 

    Nah, how could you get fat when the amount of food is controlled?

  3. Dex on Thu, 25th Jan 2007 6:50 pm 

    Hi, Connie!

    I always have to prepare packed lunches for my kids and my husband, so I appreciate this entry. I will try this soon. It looks very simple and won’t take so much time in the morning.

    Thanks. I enjoy your recipes. I’m making the puto tonight to go with my dinuguan I cooked several days ago.

  4. Connie on Sat, 27th Jan 2007 11:59 am 

    Dex, yeah, packed lunches need to be simply and not too time consuming to prepare. Otherwise, mornings in the kitchen would be totally insane. :neutral:

  5. mary ann on Sat, 25th Aug 2007 8:17 pm 

    hey there,i just logged on you’re site yesterday(while fishing for the java rice recipe) and i must say i’m very impressed!!!sobrang helpful po ang inyong site.i truly commend you for coming up with one…

    i’m a housewife/homemaker turned food entrepeneur.i sell sandwich rolls,tacos and flavored fries and softdrinks for my beverages.

    i’m planning to add chowfan or rice bowl to my list.i have scouted your blog for recipes and got some but i don’t know how to compute for the production cost,i don’t want to sacrifice the taste but i also want it to be affordable since my market are mostly students.i hope you could help me on this as well as give me tips kung ano pa po ang pwede kong i-serve na easy and fast to whipped up.

    thanks and more power!god bless!

  6. chunky on Sat, 1st Sep 2007 11:48 pm 

    hi connie! i would like to know if the fried rice won’t spoil easily or smell funky if “nakakulob” in lunchkits ( lock n lock). i’d love to have my son bring baon at times i’m not so busy and the fried rice idea seemed very good. am just wary of the spoilage issue. thanks for any input.

  7. Connie on Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 12:02 am 

    chunky, just don’t pack the rice right after cooking. let it breathe for a few minutes.

  8. chunky on Mon, 3rd Sep 2007 12:59 pm 

    thanks for that tip. i am now confident to pack some delish fried rice recipes from your blog…you got me so excited to plan for those meals ( the choice and combinations are too many), it will not be repeated too often, so hindi siya magsasawa. thanks again.




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