Lunch Box Ideas & Info

Grab some ideas for how to pack and what to pack in our convenient and colorful food containers and cooler bags:

Smaller Cooler Bags you can use With EasyLunchboxes Bento Containers

August 28, 2011

I regularly get asked about other cooler bags – will my EasyLunchbox containers fit into them? Some families prefer a smaller cooler, or one with cartoon designs, or one that will easily slip into a child’s backpack, etc. Of course I understand that my complete EasyLunchbox System (bento container + bag) may not fit the [...]

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Nutritionist Approved Healthy School Meals and Snacks

August 9, 2011

Send your kids back to school with healthy meals! Nutritionist and Eating Strategist, Rania Batayneh, makes it easy for you to prepare and pack food your kids will love. Actually, her menus work just as well for adult meals, and Rania loves using my EasyLunchboxes for no-fuss pack and go! Here she is on KOIN CBS [...]

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Organized, Clutter Free Packing Tips for Travelers – a Video Series

July 6, 2011

My friend Lorie Marerro, probably the most organized person I know, is the creator of the Clutter Diet®, an innovative online program allowing anyone to get expert organizing help at an affordable price. She’s also the author of the best-selling book, The Clutter Diet: The Skinny on Organizing Your Home and Taking Control of Your Life. In addition, Lorie’s [...]

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The Nanny and McDonalds go to School for Lunch

June 11, 2011

This is not a “feel good” post. It may even be a “feel sad” post. If you’re a reader of this blog, and maybe a fan of my EasyLunchboxes, you know that (surprise!) I’m a little obsessed with healthy lunches. I take a lot of care (if not a lot of time) to send my [...]

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Pack Lunch, Dinner, and Snacks in Just one Lunch Box

May 24, 2011

Who’s NOT busy these days? But even if you go from school or work to additional activities in the evening hours, you can stick to your healthy eating plan by BRINGING all the food you need. WATCH as I show you just how much you can fit into one of my EasyLunchbox cooler bags: And [...]

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Easy Dinners, No Stress -Thanks to the Six O’Clock Scramble

May 3, 2011

Opening up my fridge last night, in addition to the usual bread, peanut butter, milk, and string cheese, I found a bag of spinach, two chicken breasts, three ready to be discarded mushrooms, no onions, and not much else of great interest. My girls would be home from dance class shortly and I was in [...]

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Lunch Box Note Inspires a Love Song

April 25, 2011

Along with the appealing, nutritious foods you pack in lunch boxes each day for your loved ones, have you ever included a little note? A quickly scribbled “I Love You”, “Knock ‘em dead at the meeting, honey”, or “Can’t wait till you get home”? Most days, I don’t include anything in the lunch boxes I [...]

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What’s in a Lunchable? A Healthier Homemade Alternative

February 20, 2011

Learn how to make your own! My kids love the “idea” of the Lunchable. They love the idea of peeling off the chemical laden plastic seal off of an equally chemical rich plastic container that’s been sitting on the refrigerated shelf for an indeterminable amount of time. But not to worry. The food that lies [...]

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Lose Pounds and Save Money by Packing a Lunch

January 8, 2011

Do your New Year’s resolutions include the often difficult and elusive ” lose weight” or “save money”? Simply make your New Year’s resolution to “pack your own lunch”, and you will discover what many people already know: it’s much, much healthier, and it’s much, much cheaper. I’ve written a guest blog post for the terrific [...]

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Pack Healthy School Lunches – A Video Compilation

December 22, 2010

Wow! It’s not even Christmas, and I get this little video gift today that’s completely got me grinning like a little kid. Melissa Batai of Mom’s Plan, a wonderful blog about learning to live a fulfilling life on less has posted a video archive of many of the terrific lunches that she’s made for her [...]

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