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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I can't get my kids to eat anything cold that is supposed to be hot. I can do pasta in the thermos, but they complain that chicken nuggets, quesadilla, etc get soggy (because they steam in the thermos), [/quote]

True. Anything that needs to be crispy and hot will get soggy in a thermos. The things that you can keep hot in a thermos is soup, chowder, biryani, spaghetti and meatballs, pasta, stew, chilli, mac and cheese etc.  Adjust the liquid because sometimes the food will thicken a bit - grits, risotto, polenta, upma, halwa etc all tend to become a bit dry.  The  best part with thermos is that you can actually use leftover dinner from the fridge, reheat well and then give it for lunch.

When I make nuggets, quesadilla or even stuffed parantha - I cool it down first before wrapping in foil.  It prevents it from being soggy though it is still cool when they eat it.

Same goes for hot dogs and pizza. I cook it first, then cool it and then wrap.  Sometimes my kids prefer the leftover pizza from the fridge and I wrap it without warming it.  It all depends on what your kid wants to eat, how finicky they are, what time is their lunch period, and if it is winter or warmer season.  There have been some school years where my kids were taking thermos packed food and then there were some years where the lunch box only had ice packs in it.

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