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12 OZ, Heat & Go, Keep Food Hot & Safe, Includes Spoon & Removable Divider, Assorted Colors: Pink & Blue.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
You've got to know how to use it.,
By J "J" (Mountain View, CA USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aladdin 12oz. Heat & Go- Micro Lunch Bowl, Assorted Colors: Pink & Blue. (Kitchen)
I've been using this for my kids' "hot lunch" for 2 years. The food does not come out "piping hot", but who wants to burn your kid's mouth? We put everying thing in this, from pizza cut up small and layered with parchment paper, to soup, to fried rice, to spaghetti to chicken nuggets and tater tots. The trick is that you need to know how to maximize your heat retention. First, fill the bowl with tap water and pop it into the microwave for 2-3 minutes (longer if you are zapping more than one bowl). As soon as it's done, put the lid on (must be straight) while it's still in the microwave (so you don't scald yourself) and screw shut. I let the hot water sit in the bowl while I fix the kids breakfast and get ready. About 15 minutes before we leave, I dump out the hot water, dry the bowl and lid (only if you want to keep something crisp like nuggets, egg rolls, etc.) and put the food in. I zap it for 2 minutes, toss/stir it and re-zap for 30 seconds to 2 minutes, depending on how cold the food was going in. As soon as it is done, the lid goes on (straight)immeidately, tightened down and put in the lunch box. Avoid storing cold items in the same box. My kids have 2-tiered insulated lunch boxes from Land's End to separate hot from cold.
For crispier foods like nuggets, I first heat them in the toaster oven. When the food is ready, I dry out the bowl and lid, pop the food in and zap it for 60-90 seconds. The lid must go on immnediately, or you will lose some heat. We loathe our school's over-priced "hippy-dippy organic" healthy lunch vendor, so this is the perfect way around it. You save money by eating leftovers or food from home and your kids aren't throwing away their hot lunch behind your back. Give them what they like to eat and everyone is happy. The only drawback to this item that I've found is the lid. It takes a little practice to get it on straight the first time. If you screw it down off-kilter, it will leak both it's contents and heat. After 2 years, I think I've gotten my money's worth.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
It works, but........,
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This review is from: Aladdin 12oz. Heat & Go- Micro Lunch Bowl, Assorted Colors: Pink & Blue. (Kitchen)
This is a follow up to my previous 4 star review....
After using this item for the previous 6 weeks or so I have to rerate it as 1 star. The food won't stay warm let alone hot and today after tightening the lid in an effort to keep the food warmer longer I can't get the lid off. Its in the garbage now. End of follow up. I got one of these the other day despite its previous one star review. Its the only microwavable food jar on the market (that I could find.) This feature was important to me as the others require you to pour boiling water into it and let sit for up to 15 minutes. As a mom, I don't have that kind of time early in the morning. The first thing I did was to pour some hot soup into it, tighten it and turn upside down on the counter for 4 hours (the length of time from wakeup to lunch at my sons school.) As soon as I turned it upside down, it leaked. I tightened it further and let sit for the remainder of the time. The problem is that I had to tighten it SO TIGHT that there was no way that my son was going to be able to get the lid off at lunchtime. I had to have my husband turn it while I held it down. After the 4 hours, soup was moderately warm not nearly as warm as I had hoped. For lunch the next day I packed mostaccolli. After tightening it just enough so that my son could get the lid off I turned it upside down. No leaks. My son said that it was about room temperature when he opened it. By the way, he still had to ask a lunchroom aide to help him. Good thing to keep in mind if your school doesn't have lunchroom aides. In summary, thicker foods are much better than soup as it DOES leak. Hard to open for small children. The hotter you can get the food before sealing the jar, the better. You must microwave the food IN the container for it to work. Do NOT store your food overnight in the fridge and then try to microwave in the morning. The food will burn before you'll be able to get the jar warm, fill jar in morning. Overall, this is a great idea but just not perfected. I'm going to try to make it work for us. Kids tired of sandwiches.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Lid stuck,
By Becky "Becky" (Oakland, CA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Aladdin 12oz. Heat & Go- Micro Lunch Bowl, Assorted Colors: Pink & Blue. (Kitchen)
I bought this for my daughter's lunch box. The first two times we used it, I didn't put the lid on too tight and the food was lukewarm. The third try, we put soup in it and the lid locked on so hard that not only could she not open it, my husband couldn't get it open till 8 that night. This product is a waste of money.
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