Lunchbox

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]