My kindergartener wants to take soup to school. I have a campbell's soup thermos type plastic thing. I heat her soup up until it is really hot and then put it in the container. By lunch time, it is barely warm. I don't put anything in her lunchbox that is cold. Any ideas on how to keep it warmer, or what to buy. Remember, it is for a 5 year old, so it needs to be somewhat easy for her to be able to open it.
2006-09-18 14:05:32 · 6 answers · asked by Babygirl 2 in Pregnancy & Parenting ➔ Grade-Schooler
sew a rice bag of cotton cloth, fill with rice & sew it shut...heat in the micro-wave for 55 seconds...put it in with the thermos...maybe the 2 sources of heat will keep each other warm !
2006-09-18 15:33:38 · answer #1 · answered by bjoybeads 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
While you are making the soup, make sure you are preheating the thermos at the same time. You should fill the thermos with really hot water and let it sit with the lid on while you make the soup. Warm the soup up much hotter than you usually would. Then pour the water out of the thermos and put the soup into it.
2006-09-18 14:15:49 · answer #2 · answered by momma2mingbu 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keep them in a thermos. That should keep them pretty warm. Also, buy an insulated lunch box rather than the typical plastic or paper one. Do a practice run. This saturday cook him some chicken fingers, put them in the thermos and then into the lunchbox with his usual lunch fare (drink, etc) and then wait 5 hours and see if they are still warm. Oh, and do NOT buy a walmart thermos. Every thermos I got from walmart was SO cheap and it either leaked, broke, or never kept things warm enough. Look at an outdoor/camping store. I agree, the thermos brand is the best and if you put boiling water in it in the morning for 10-15 minutes, the chicken fingers should be fine by lunchtime.
2016-03-27 08:17:25 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need to put almost boiling water in the thermos. Leave it in for 5 min, then dump it out and put in the soup. I don't know why but that's what they tell you to do.
2006-09-18 15:17:27 · answer #4 · answered by Marge Simpson 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
at my daughters school they have a microwave that the teacher uses for kids with hot lunches.
a really good thermos?? i found this online. it might help. you just have to have a REALLY good thermos.
http://home.howstuffworks.com/thermos.htm/printable
good luck
2006-09-18 15:36:06 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
A cute thermos if they even have thoes
2006-09-18 14:13:23 · answer #6 · answered by Allison 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋