The Bite (Issue 47): What's in your lunchbox?

Our best lunch table-worthy recipes [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRk_0ChP0QyaHR0cHM6Ly9yZWFkLmxldHRlcmhlYWQuZW1haWwvdGhlLWJpdGUvbGV0dGVyLzQ5MzhXA3NwY0IKYxehuxxjkP5k-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAl) While I don’t have kids yet, I do look forward to the back-to-school season for two reasons. First, there’s the parade of adorable “first day” photographs that dominate my Instagram feed come late August and early September, a welcome break from doom-scrolling fodder. Then comes the shots of packed lunches, courtesy of my cooking-inclined friends who also happen to be parents. I don’t have a ton of vivid memories of my school lunches; at some point in early high school, I shifted from peanut butter and jelly sandwiches to pre-mixed salad kits and that was my new jam (pardon the pun) until graduation. These lunchbox shots posted to social media, however, make me want to up my current lunch break game. For instance, one of my friends, Amy, is a caterer-turned-stay-at-home-mom whose son started second grade this year. Every week or so she posts a picture of her son’s packed lunch, carefully arranged in a neon green (apparently, per her son, it’s “Ninja Turtle green”) bento box. Most recently it included the following: steamed white rice topped with butter and soy sauce; a mashed avocado “monster” with many, many sesame seed “eyes”; dino nuggets with Ken's Steak House honey mustard dressing; carrot sticks and edamame; and a tube of strawberry yogurt. In the past, Amy’s son’s lunches have included all manner of cute food creatures, ranging from “caterpillars” made from celery, almond butter and blueberries to a particularly unsettling clown made from lunchmeat and topped with a cherry tomato nose. “I know to some people it may seem performative — which I also feel like is a byproduct of just being a woman posting on the internet, but that’s a different story,” Amy, who asked that I just use her first name, told me via Facebook messenger. “But since giving up catering, this is a low-stakes outlet for my culinary creativity which I don’t get to flex as often as I used to, and I find myself missing that.” She continued: “Also, this is the first year that my son is back in school full-time since the start of the pandemic. I like to think maybe [opening the lunchbox] provides him some comfort in what has been a really weird transition period.” The process of digging around online for new ideas for her son’s lunches has also inspired her to take more care in what she eats midday. “There was definitely a few weeks where I was packing [my son] these fun, kind of elaborate lunches, and then I would turn around and be like, ‘Well, I guess it’s a flat LaCroix and stale Triscuits day’ for myself,” Amy joked. “I realized through this process that I deserved a decent lunch, too.” And, dear Bite readers, I believe we all deserve a decent lunch. This week, I’ve gathered some of my favorite lunch-approved recipes from the Salon Food archives. Most of them can be prepared easily in advance or only take a few minutes to pull together day-of. Maybe you’ll want to snap a quick picture of your creation. I sure hope you do, and if so, please send it my way at astevens@salon.com. — Ashlie Stevens, deputy food editor. Promotion from Beam [Buy the Dream Powder Here!] Functional wellness products made for you Hone in on taste/bedtime sugar cravings, satisfying your sweet tooth (delicious chocolate cinnamon taste). 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you don't miss anything! What to make for dinner this weekend This weekend my neighborhood is going to be taken over by stages and booths for the Chinese Mid-Autumn Festival. Vendors cooking traditional foods will line the streets and I already know what I’m going to be buying: mooncakes and scallion pancakes. While mooncakes tend to be a seasonal delight for me, I could live on these crisp, flaky pancakes flecked with little specks of pungent green onion. Thankfully, they are incredibly easy to make at home. Over the last year, I’ve used Mary Elizabeth William’s [Quick and Dirty recipe](~/AASU4wA~/RgRk_0ChP0RmaHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuc2Fsb24uY29tLzIwMjEvMTAvMjgvdGhlLXVsdGltYXRlLWNoaW5lc2UtcGFuY2FrZXMtYXJlLXZlZ2FuLS1hbmQtd2F5LWJldHRlci10aGFuLXRha2VvdXQvVwNzcGNCCmMXobscY5D-ZPhSG3RyaXN0cmFtYmFsZHdpbjg1QGdtYWlsLmNvbVgEAAAAJQ~~), which was inspired by Kristina Cho's "[Mooncakes and Milk Bread](~/AASU4wA~/RgRk_0ChP0QpaHR0cHM6Ly9ib29rc2hvcC5vcmcvYS8yNDY0Lzk3ODA3ODUyMzg5OTdXA3NwY0IKYxehuxxjkP5k-FIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAl).” “It's a great quick and dirty recipe because you can, if you have dill, if you have tarragon or if you have basil that's looking a little sad in your fridge, grab it and throw it in this dough and give it a second life,” Cho said. “And it's really delicious." For a quick dinner, make a plate of these pancakes. Feel free to incorporate crumbled Chinese sausage or cooked bacon into the batter if you want something a little heartier. 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