SCHOOL LUNCH CONTAINERS

WE'VE HAD A FEW LUNCH CONTAINER SYSTEMS OVER THE YEARS

The foundation for a good school lunch starts, not with food, but, with the containers you send the food in.

Wow, what a good quote I just made up!

Over the years we have had a variety of lunchboxes and for the most part they have all done the job well.

Classic metal box lunch system - apparently not cool for the grade 3 crowd

We started out with a Lock & Lock system. It is an ideal size, with removable compartments that allow a lot of flexibility - the container can hold a sandwich one day and the next day can be transformed into four small containers of [insert food such as chickpeas, chicken, tomatoes, lettuce]. 

These containers are durable - we have been using them consistently for eight years and they are still in mint condition.

Here is a video showing the lock and lock system and how we used it:

Last year we were given a premium lunchbox - A GOGREEN LUNCHBOX - to try out. We teamed up with FENIGO.COM who gave us the lunch containers to review.

The Gogreen is a big container split into different compartments - I think calling it a Bento Box would be fitting. It holds a ton of food (great, for our giant eaters) and it keeps everything in...as in no leaks, even with wet foods!

The Roots Lunchbox from Costco was what Elliott used for his lunches most of last year. He did not like the big Gogreen box ... and I have a feeling taking a giant green lunchbox out of his backpack somehow embarrassed him. So, we bought him a 'generic' lunchbox - the ROOTS one from costco.

There are many other ad hoc containers we use - tupperware, ziplock, sistema. Most of these were smaller containers used for specific purposes like holding sauces, dips, yogurt.

Tupperware snack containers - still going after 10 years

Kids love dip for veggies. Great for ketchup, sour cream, tartar sauce (maybe?)

You might be surprised to learn that we found some of these at the dollar store. Including this very useful yogurt container that keeps yogurt and granola (toppings) separated.

Rubbermaid yogurt container / separator

To see this container in action, here is a little video for you. Be prepared to laugh.