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05 Jan, 2009

Wall-E Bento Lunchbox Art

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

Check out this incredible Wall-E bento lunch box created by master bento artist AnnatheRed. The detail is truly amazing (click the picture for a larger view). 
Don’t you love the Eva character made out of a quail egg? I wish I had the time and talent for this kind of stuff!  Maybe I could give a [...]



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The Love Food Hate Waste campaign is a government sponsored UK program that aims to raise awareness of the need to reduce food waste. Why?  It is estimated that a third of all the food we buy ends up being thrown away–much of which should have been eaten. I was shocked to read that [...]



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15 Dec, 2008

Lunchbox Economics

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

The slow economy has sparked more meals eaten in, according to the Food Management Institute Grocery Shopper Trends 2008. Seventy-one percent of Americans say they are cutting back on weekly restaurant meals, and 58 percent say they are eating more leftovers. This can be a great thing for both health and wealth. According to the [...]



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16 Nov, 2008

Packing a Green Lunchbox

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

Buy a waste-free lunch box There are several to choose from, including Laptop Lunches, To-Go Ware, Mr. Bento Stainless Lunch Jar, and Aladdin, among others. For a list of a few online places to buy a waste-free lunchbox, see our Lunch Box Resources page
Buy local or regional produce Make a habit of buying from local [...]



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16 Nov, 2008

5 Easy Dinner to Lunch Box Menus

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

If you would like to save time/energy and your sanity in packing your kids lunch every day, I suggest making a couple of dinner meals a week that easily transform into main lunchbox  foods. Here are my 5 favorite–we rotate through and cook these a couple of times during week and pack leftovers right into [...]



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11 Nov, 2008

Is that a Froose in your Lunchbox?

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

During my research for healthy lunch box ideas, I came across a drink product I had not yet encountered: Froose® .  Invented by a Mom concerned about her kids health, Froose® is made to be a healthier juice by incorporating whole-grains. After reading about the product on their site, Froose® appears to be a great [...]



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29 Oct, 2008

Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwiches

Posted by: Meg In: Lunchbox Ideas

If you get intimidated by others’ impressive lunch boxes, please don’t! Just pick up a couple of good gadgets like this one and enjoy making your kids lunch! This dinosaur cutter turns an ordinary lunchbox sandwich into 2 dinosaurs for your child to munch during lunch.  Your kids lunch box will stand up to the rest!  Inexpensive and simple, dishwasher [...]



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  • Meg: Quick followup -- I now own six of the egg molds and have tried them all out, they are great! However, the Heart and the Star shapes did not turn out
  • Meg: Kim, Thanks for visiting, and yes--aren't they awesome? You can definintely use them for onigiri (molded rice balls). Not so sure about the meatbal
  • kim: Those are incredibly cute! Do you think you'd be able to use them for other things like mini-onigiri or meatballs? Or would the shape no longer stand
  • Grassroots Movement Reducing Lunchbox Waste

    The Laptop Lunches lunchbox has inspired a grassroots movement in Redding, California known as the Healthy Lunch and Lifestyle Project (HELP). The new nonprofit environmental program was founded and is run by Executive Director Bridgette Brick-Wells.
    The program aims to create healthy lunches for kids while drastically reducing lunchroom waste. In select schools, they provide [...]



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  • New "Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids" Lunch Ideas Book

    A new book has come out by London author Amanda Grant that looks great: “Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids” (Ryland Peters & Small, 2008, $19.95).  On Amazon.com, you can get the hardcover book for $15.
    Based on an interview Grant did with the The Star-Ledger, the book seems to have a lot of great tips.  Some [...]



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  • Ten tips for controlling Halloween sugar overload

    10 tips to stop kids’ Halloween sugar overload
    (summary from The Associated Press). The AP tips are printed in Bold below, while my take on the tip & what I plan on doing is printed in regular text…
    These ideas help kids on Halloween feel neither deprived, nor sick to their stomachs:
    -Talk with your kids, before Halloween, on [...]



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About

I'm Meg, a stay home Mom of 2 interested in promoting healthy, low waste lunches for kids and grownups. I aim to present good recipe ideas for packed lunches and to analyze lunchbox products currently available. I encourage involving your kids in all aspects of food. From gardening, to nutrition, to enjoying recipes and making some up... there is a lot to learn and enjoy. Cooking with kids in the kitchen is both spectacularly messy and fun, and generally well worth the extra cleanup time...