Showing posts with label lunches. Show all posts
Showing posts with label lunches. Show all posts

Thursday, September 2, 2010

More planetbox lunches

These are packed ready for tomorrow.

Mine ...

Orange segments (in big dipper), more of that yummy chicken pasta salad, strawberries and blueberries, vegie sticks (with hommus in the little dipper), almonds, dried apricots and peanuts



Miss E's school provides lunch. But she will be home tomorrow

These are the magnets she picked ...





And her lunch

Caterpillars (celery with peanut butter and sultanas), dried apricots, cherry roma tomatoes, chicken drumstick with brown rice, strawberries and blueberries and a few choc dots in the teeny tiny middle tray for fun. And oranges in the big dipper for a vitamin c boost to chase her cold away ...

Wednesday, September 1, 2010

Our first planet box lunch


Strawberries (fresh from a roadside stall in Maleny of course!)
Vege sticks (with hommus in the little dipper)
Orange segments (from our tree)
and a Chicken pasta salad. Which by the way is easy. And YUM.

I think I like this new way of being accountable for what I eat. Sure beats a jam sandwich.

Things I love - the planet box!

We do our best to reduce the amount of plastic we use in our home. I know the use of plastic for food storage has a big question mark over it, and with some of the health problems I suffer I just like to reduce the amount we use, and especially for Miss E.

We also like to pack lunches without using a heap of cling wrap and plastic baggies. They cost a lot of money - they are wasteful - and contribute to our rubbish problems.

I was so excited to get to try the PLANET BOX




On their site they describe it as a "Lunch transportation system". The different sections encourage you to pack a balanced lunch (One for sandwich/pasta etc, one for fruit , one for vege, and the teeeny tiny centre one for the occasional treat)

The containers seal well, and as long as you don't pack liquid they seem to keep the food where it should be.

They also come with two sealable individual containers, for yogurt, dressing etc ...




Magnets on the front allow you to customize the planet box and are a fun gimmick for the little ones!




I love the concept so much, I am going to use it to pack my lunch for the next day, even though I stay at home most days. That way I can plan what I want to eat in advance, and it is easy to eat when I want to. Hey - now that the weather is beautiful I can even grab a book, my planet box and coffee and go outside or to the park!

So far I am thrilled with the planet box. It's a great organisational solution for lunch for us. I'll post pics how we use it as time goes on!