laptoplunches; + banana brown rice pudding recipe

[Guest guest]

--- ~ PT ~ <patchouli_troll wrote:

 

> These look really wonderful.

> How is the recipe booklet?

> Does it give good suggestions for

> interesting items to pack?

 

The User Guide that comes with the lunchbox is a

little under 100 pages. Only about 15 pages are

recipes. The bulk of the book deals with garbage

waste/environment, nutrition, choosing foods wisely

and things like that. There are a bunch of sample

menus - not all recipes are in the book, but many

don't even require recipes. One sample meal is a

quesadilla, green salad & dressing, sliced mango and

almonds.

 

I made something from the book the other day, which

I'll post here:

 

Banana & Brown Rice Pudding

4 servings

 

1 medium banana

1/4 cup water

2 Tbsp honey or maple syrup

1 tsp vanilla extract

1/2 tsp cinnamon

2 cups cooked brown rice

1 cup nonfat milk or soymilk (but I'm sure rice/almond

milk would also work)

 

In a medium saucepan, combine the banana, honey or

syrup, water vanilla & cinnamon. Bring the mixture to

a boil and stir. Reduce heat and simmer for 5 minutes

or until soft but not mushy.

 

Add the rice and milk and mix well.

 

Bring back to a boil, and simmer for 10 minutes,

stirring occasionally.

 

I only had one cup of cooked rice so I halved

everything but forgot to use less banana. I had about

3 oz of banana to half of the other ingredients. It

was quite sweet, but good. I could have easily left

out the 1 Tbsp of honey I used.

 

You could also add any dried fruit and/or nuts; or use

a different fresh fruit instead of banana.

 

--

Liz

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the info and the recipe.

This sounds like my next purchase!

 

~ PT ~

 

Be happy where you are otherwise you'll never be happy at

all. Be satisfied with your life, and you'll put yourself

in the optimum position to make it even better.

~ Ralph Marston

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, Elizabeth Blake <stinky_harriet

wrote:

 

> The User Guide that comes with the lunchbox is a

> little under 100 pages. Only about 15 pages are

> recipes. The bulk of the book deals with garbage

> waste/environment, nutrition, choosing foods wisely

> and things like that. There are a bunch of sample

> menus - not all recipes are in the book, but many

> don't even require recipes. One sample meal is a

> quesadilla, green salad & dressing, sliced mango and

> almonds.

>

> I made something from the book the other day, which

> I'll post here:

>

> Banana & Brown Rice Pudding

> 4 servings