Monday, July 22, 2013

Rock The Lunchbox {with Giveaway}



We all want to send our kids to school with a nutritious, healthy and yummy lunch but that is not always that easy. Between busy schedules and picky kids it gets all too easy to just pack what we know they will eat. Especially if our kids don't eat all the good food we pack.


And that is the reason that Honest KidsAnnie's OrganicOrganic Valley and Stonyfield YoKids teamed up to bring you resources, lunch ideas, coupons and How-To videos from fellow Moms. All in one place! At www.rockthelunchbox.com you can find all the resources you need to pack a great lunch and best of all: coupons! And if you share a lunch of your own you can win a lunch prize pack filled with coupons and/or products from the sponsors above!

Enter to win a lunch prize pack weekly at www.rockthelunchbox.com

Wait you want a second chance to win? At the end of my post I will give away the same lunch prize pack to one lucky reader! So stay with me :)


Here are some lunch ideas including the sponsors above:


1. Bunny Lunch in Laptop Lunches


This bunny themed Laptop Lunches bento lunch contains:
  • a Stonyfield YoKids strawberry yogurt
  • Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies
  • two mini bunny shaped sandwiches
  • cucumber slices
  • two grape tomato flowers
  • Annie's Organic Berry Patch Bunny Fruit Snacks
  • Organic Valley Low Fat Milk

2. Leftovers in Easylunchboxes


Leftovers make great lunches the next day! We filled our Easylunchboxes with:
  • Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies
  • homemade coleslaw with radish flower
  • homemade bread
  • BBQ chicken - shredded
  • strawberries
  • a YoKids Smoothie and
  • an Honest Kids Berry Berry Good Lemonade juice pouch

3. A hot lunch in Laptop Lunches


If your work place or school has a microwave you can sent food to be warmed up for lunch - just place the Laptop Lunches container with the food to be warmed in the microwave and enjoy this warm lunch. Packed in a Laptop Lunches bento box:
  • Annie's Shells & White Cheddar pasta with carrot flowers
  • Annie's Organic Cheddar Bunnies
  • Annie's Organic Berry Patch Bunny Fruit Snacks
  • a sliced peach
  • a YoKids strawberry Squeezer
  • an Honest Kids Berry Berry Good Lemonade pouch
I hope I could give you some lunch packing ideas. For more ideas, coupons and a chance to win a lunch pack prize check out www.rockthelunchbox.com!

Would you like to win a lunch prize pack from the sponsors above?
Just enter my easy, one entry Rafflecopter for a chance to win here:

UPDATE: Laptop Lunches generously offered to send the winner a Laptop Lunches Bento Lunch Box! So now you can win a brand new lunchbox AND the lunch pack prize! Thank you Laptop Lunches!

a Rafflecopter giveaway
US residents only. Winner must respond within 48h via email or a new winner will be drawn.

Disclaimer: I received free products to showcase in my lunches. However, I am sharing this and hosting the giveaway because I wanted to share this resource and a few fun lunch items with you. This is not a sponsored post.



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85 comments:

  1. Little Miss LOVES Annie's Gluten Free Cocoa & Vanilla Bunny Cookies! I love that they're artifical free, safe for her allergies, and non-gmo. :)

    Great lunches, Nina!

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  2. I thought I would hate packing lunches everyday. You just have to think outside the box. My son is more than THRILLED to take leftovers each day or something fun. I am having a blast :)

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  3. I pack my son school lunch everyday! His favorite is peanut butter and banana wraps!

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  4. I am anxious about poaching my son a lunch everyday for his allergy needs at school. These lunch ideas and lunch boxes are very helpful and makes it a little less stressful!

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  5. I personally pack leftovers but my son is a picky eater and doesn't enjoy them. So I am gathering ideas to use for him and can't wait to try different things with him.

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  6. Ooh, the peanut butter and banana wraps are a great idea, Carmen--I'll have to try that! My kids love whole wheat mini bagels, so I usually make their sandwich on that, with yogurt, fruit and a sweet treat, like a cookie or a kiss. It's hard to come up with ideas for everyday, so I love blogs like this to inspire me :)

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  7. I love packing leftovers (so simple) but fun lunches with variety and colors are the best!

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  8. We pack lunches everyday. Thankful for good old peanut butter and jelly :)

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  9. Love packing my sons lunches for daycare and getting super excited about packing them for pre-k. I am definitely going to use the peanut butter banana wrap idea!

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  10. I love to pack things like cubes of grilled ham steak, fresh fruit, yogurt, and a cheese stick.

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  11. I love any and all lunch containers for my kiddos! I love getting creative with their lunches. I have one non sandwich eater and one non meat eater. Would love this pack for sure!!!

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  12. My little guy loves my homemade pizza pockets. I make a huge batch and freeze them which makes it super easy in the morning. I add fruit and water and he's a happy kid.

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  13. I love packing anything made fun using cookie cutters!

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  14. I am a cookie cutter junkie, it turns our boring palates into something creative to get the day going. Monkeys eat sammies every day for school so PB&J, just PB, just jelly, just this or that...I eat salads most of the time again boring unless I play with my toppings :)

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  15. I would love to make these for my kiddos. My daughter hates eating sandwiches so I have to come up with something different for her. This would be great!

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  16. My daughter loves crackers and turkey pepperoni, just like a "real" lunchable. She will get yogurt or applesauce, fruit or carrots, and a 100% juice pouch (we like the Landers Disney ones).

    Packing lunches is really the only thing I'm looking forward to about back to school.

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  17. I love finding different foods they will eat but variations on quesadillas is a common food I pack.

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  18. I made my oldest son ham and cheese roll-ups skewered with a pretzel stick :)

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  19. My son's favorite is lunch is pretty traditional: PB sandwich, apple slices, and carrot sticks.

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  20. Loving these photos! I think my kids would love a lunch like this. They are both sandwich every day kind of kids.

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  21. turkey sandwiches, a fresh veggie and fruit juice

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  22. turkey sandwiches, fresh veggies and fruit juice!

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  23. My kids love left over pizza in their lunch.

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  24. gorgeous healthy lunches, Nina! I'd pack any of the lunches you put together! Great job!

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  25. Strawberries, salami and a whole wheat bun. the lunch box comes home empty every time!

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  26. We love to pack leftovers like Lentil soup.

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  27. We have the YoKids brand in our local grocery, the sproutlets love the tubes. Pickle's favourite thing to take is yogurt, I think he could live on it. I'm slowly sneaking in the fruit ones!

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  28. I love packing fresh veggies and berries for myself and the kids. My kids looooove fresh veggies ^_^

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  29. I love packing strawberries and blueberries for my kids! He also get excited to have pasta for lunch at school/

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  30. I love ham sandwiches! I try and mix it up by using different mustards or putting different veggies on it. I also am a big fan on ants on a log :)

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  31. i love to pack some sandwiches, fig bars, fruit a little bit of everything

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  32. I love to pack leftovers for lunch any time I can. It's a fantastic way to save both money and time, and to prevent waste. I also love to pack special little extras to make the person eating the lunch smile. A sweet treat or a love note, or a sticker ~ just something special to perk up their day. It makes me happy to know that they are happy!

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  33. My kids like homemade lunchables - natural ham or turkey, cheese, whole grain crackers, fresh fruit, and sometimes I put in veggies (that they usually don't eat :/).

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  34. My twins really like cubes of ham, cheese and bread on a pick...I guess its more exciting to eat it that way ;)

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  35. Yum! I'm in need of some fresh lunch ideas. I waste so much money on (crappy!) food from restaurants or even just fast food for lunchtime. This is exactly what we need!

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  36. i start packing lunches for my daughter next month!!!

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  37. We love to pack home-made lunchable type meals with meat, cheese, crackers, and some sort of fruit or veggie

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  38. We love packing sunflower seeds, homemade quick bread/muffins, dinner leftovers, a fruit and a veggie with hummus.

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  39. Kristin Troska: I love to pack hummus and veggies.

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  40. I love making cute bento lunches for my daughter!

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  41. Fun sandwiches, cut up fruit, cut up veggies and sometimes cheese with crackers.

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  42. I Love to pack a variety of things for lunch! Fruits and veggies are important especially! If I pack it-- I'll eat it :)

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  43. I prefer leftovers or hot food..Like quesadillas...but sometimes my kids just want sandwiches :)...I especially like to pack a special treat, usually organic candy since we don't get to eat candy that often since it's not really healthy :)

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  44. quinoa salad! Thanks for chance to win.

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  45. For my son I typically pack a sandwich and sides but occasionally he'll ask for quesadillas or mac & cheese. I prefer hot foods in mine -- especially pasta dishes.

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  46. I have a tendency to pack leftovers ;-)

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  47. My kiddos LOVE homemade "cracker stackers"! I know its not the healthiest, but I give them nice healthy sides and it could be worse... I could be giving them Lunchables!

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  48. we live in a chilly all year round climate, so I love to pack my kids a hearty soup for their long day. Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  49. I like to pack pasta salad and fruits

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  50. My son wants pb&j. All the time. Kinda boring, but super easy for me!

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  51. Pb&j. All the time. Boring, but super easy for me. He won't eat anything else :p

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  52. Little miss loves her 'cheese & ham' sandwiches as well as salami, cheese & rice crackers. :-)

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  53. i'm all about pita chips and hummus

    rafflecopter: daniel

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  54. Gorgeous bento ideas. We love the annie's bunnies for gluten free options and various shaped crackers. I like the little bento sticks but hard to clean. I'm wondering if anyone has bento stuff cleaning advice. :)

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  55. Dino is so picky! Deli ham, sliced cheese, and Ritz crackers for homemade 'Lunchables' - even if I send a Capri Sun juice and a snack, he still begs for an actual Lunchable "because it has all that other stuff already in it!"

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  56. the usual---half turkey spinach and cheese samich and half almond butter and jelly samich, grapes- blackberries-strawberries or any fruit-- sliced cucumbers-celery or carrots--chobani greek yogurt tube-- and some pirates booty puffs:)

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  57. Natural PB and banana sandwiches, lots of fruit, string cheese, homemade yogurt, apple chips, almond meal muffins are some of our daughter's favorites!

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  58. I am always looking for neat & cute ways to pack my son lunch for school! Love this giveaway!! :)

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  59. My daughter is going back to public school this year and I am planning to pack her lunch. We use to have laptop lunchboxes and they made it so much fun to pack her lunch. :)

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  60. sandwiches or pasta for main course, yogurt, fruits and tiny dessert.

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  61. Love the lunch suggestions. I hadn't thought about cold bbq. My daughter would love that. Great giveaway, thank you!

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  62. What an awesome giveaway! My kiddos would love this!

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  63. I love to pack lots of protein and fruit. I know my daughter will eat them with little encouragement!!

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  64. favorites here are leftovers- with a fair amount of protein since our household thrives on that.. homemade granola/granola bars for snacks, fruit and veg

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  65. I love Peanut Butter and Jelly sandwiches with grapes and carrots :)

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  66. We love PB and banana roll ups!

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  67. I love packing healthy lunches for my son that are inspired by the children's books we read at bedtime.

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  68. I am so happy to have found this site! Even now in summer vacation I "pack" lunches just because it's so much fun. And my girl loves to see what lunch looks like every day.

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  69. I love packing leftovers to help keep my fridge cleaned out!

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  70. I love packing fruits, veggies and anything that is healthy for them in their lunches!

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  71. I love packing leftovers! My kids prefer them to sandwiches, and they don't go to waste in my fridge!

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  72. I'm a Summer Camp Director and Head Counselor. Recently purchased myself a lunchbox to match the kiddos and wished I had looked into Laptop Lunches Boxes now that I've seen this!

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  73. My daughter absolutely loves hummus (eats it with a spoon) so she usually sets hummus with cucumbers/sugarsnap peas. I usually but a cheese stick and a whole wheat muffin or lunchmeat/crackers along with it.

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  74. love the ideas, you always have the best lunches ever.

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  75. i have three picky eaters in school this year should be interesting.

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  76. Getting ready to start packing school lunches for first grade - honestly, I love it, but having inspiration like this site really helps!!

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  77. I can't wait to make super cute lunches!
    Melissa Kling

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  78. some yummy sandwiches (avocado &almond butter, almond butter & jelly, or almond butter & bananas), cucumbers, grape tomatoes, rice cakes, organic juice boxes, refried beans, brown rice pasta with vegan pesto, and more!

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  79. Would so love to win this! Love all the ideas...just learning about all of the cool stuff that can be done for lunch!

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