Picnic at Home

My daughter is home from school today and I thought it might be fun to pack lunch for a picnic at home (it is 24 degrees outside and way to cold to actually have a picnic outside).

My daughter helped make this cute and simple Thanksgiving inspired lunch:

• a "Turkey" cheese sandwich with mayonaise in our Fit&Fresh Lunch Sandwich Pod
• baby carrots and hummus in our Fit&Fresh 2 Cup Chilled Containers and
• orange slices in our other Fit&Fresh 2 Cup Chilled Containers. 

I packed my lunch in the Fit&Fresh Soft Touch Meal Carrier:

• chocolate Chex Mix
• baby carrots with hummus
• and a Turkey, cheese and lettuce sandwich

It was really fun to pack lunch together and picnic in the living room. Plus, my daughter was so excited she wants the same lunch again tomorrow for school!

For more Fit&Fresh lunch ideas head over to my friend Kristie from Beneficial Bento! She has a great round up posted today!

New Lunchbox Fun

I love lunchboxes. Period. And I love when they make lunch packing and lunch enjoying easier.

Here are a few new ones I am trying out with the kids this week and today's lunches. Which lunchbox is your favorite lunch box currently? Leave me a comment! I'd love to know what works for you!

This lunch is for my 5 year old daughter. She loves to have a choice but really only needs 1/2 a sandwich, fruit, veggies and a dry snack. I love that the Lock & Lock bento box only takes up a little more then half of her lunch cooler so I can add a thermos or reusable drink bottle and it still fits into her small Kindergarten backpack. Plus, the two inserts are removable and you can tailor the lunchbox to your daily needs. Great for small eaters. In the bento box today is packed:

• cucumber slices
• orange slices
• a 1/2 a chocolate spread sandwich
• pretzel crackers

My daughter also brings a daily snack and this Sistema snack box works great for us. She loves applesauce and almost daily brings an applesauce pouch and a small dry snack or veggies. Today we packed a GoGo Spqeez Apple Banana pouch and some left over homemade mud buddies. To make lunch more fun I added a cute topper to make her smile.

This is our new Fit & Fresh Lunch Pak Carrier and I already love the versatility! It fits a whole sandwich for my 4th grader in the bottom of the box and the top tray fits into the same box. You can attach an ice pack to the bottom of the top tray and the lid which makes this easy to pack and your food easy to keep fresh! We are also trying out the Kids' Squeeze Water Bottle. I love that the opening is wide enough to fit ice cubes and because it is a squeeze bottle it is ideal for lunch and for using it during during school in the afternoon. Packed today is:

• a Turkey and lettuce sandwich with a fun topper
• orange wedges
• cucumber sticks and
• homemade mud buddies

Did you spot the fun bento pick? I found it at bento USA and love that you can write on it with a food safe marker. Perfect for entertaining and adding a fun element to lunch!! 

For my picky 8 year old I love using the Goodbyn Bynto right now because it just works for him. It fits just enough food and has just enough space for a little variety. Well, and it perfectly fits our favorite Zbars. That is a good reason to choose a lunchbox right? We packed for him:

• cucumber sticks and two grape tomatoes (fingers crossed the bento pick actually makes it back home today ;)
• orange slices
• a 1/2 chocolate spread sandwich
• pretzel crackers
• and a CLIF Kid ZBar Protein

Here is where I got my new lunch gear (contains affiliate links):

LOOK! Lunch!

We woke up tired on a foggy and rainy day. I think I will need a lot of coffee today to get going.

I packed my 3rd grader a silly lunch with:

• strawberries
• vanilla yogurt with sprinkles
• a cereal bar
• grapes
• and a Hulk and Captain America PBJ sandwiches

What I used to make this lunch (contains affiliate links):

Look! Lunches with Love for the week of 2/18 - 2/21

I normally don't post a weekly round up but this week has been so busy that I had no time to blog any of our lunches. So here they are - starting on Tuesday since Monday was a day off:

Tuesday:

Our Easylunchboxes were packed to the brim with left over red peppers, carrot slices, green grapes, strawberries, Pepperoni and salad sandwiches on honey wheat bread and a big slice of gluten free home made banana bread (left over from the long weekend).

Wednesday:

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A cute Peek-a-Boo preschool lunch - of course in our Easylunchboxes. We packed cheese crackers, all natural apple sauce, green grapes, a few strawberries, a cereal bar and three CuteZCute Animal Palz pocket sandwiches filled with chocolate spread.

Thursday:

Again in Easylunchboxes a cute Bear lunch filled with cheese crackers, a gluten free chocolate chip muffin, apple slices, three CuteZCute Bear pocket sandwiches filled with chocolate spread and a cereal bar.

Friday:

We packed a cute bento lunch to-go in our Fit&Fresh Sandwich Pod filled with two CuteZCute Lamb pocket sandwiches, orange quarters, carrots slices and ranch dip and Annie's Bunny Grahams.

We also packed our Goodbyn Bynto with a happy Onigiri, left over sweet & sour chicken, two different gluten free cereal bars, gluten free Annie's Bunnies and orange slices.

What I used to make lunch (contains affiliate links):

Fit & Fresh Review

Fit & Fresh approached me recently to review a few of their popular lunch products. We already have a few Fit & Fresh products that we love so I was curious and excited to try a few more products from their lunch line.

The first item we tried was the Bento Lunch Kit – Sun Swirls:

A bento lunch box with it's own case in these fun sun swirl colors! I love the quality of the lunch bag (great for both boys and girls) and my kids loved the look of the laptop like bag!

The bento lunch kit comes with the lunch bag, a lunch box, two small containers with lids and built-in removeable ice packs in the lid. The liunchbox is microwave, freezer and top rack dishwasher safe!

We loved packing a bento style lunch in the lunch box with 

• orange slices
• grapes
• Goldfish crackers
• a gluten free cereal bar
• a ham and cheese star sandwich and
• animal crackers

The bento lunch kit is very versatile, easy to use (even for small hands), colorful, and easy to clean. The large conatiner holds up to 3 cups of food and the small containers hold up to 0.75 cup of fruit, snacks, applesauce or yogurt and the new lid makes them leak resistant! We have packed everything from applesauce to yogurt and fruit dip and love that the new lids keep the food in the containers!

And the size? Perfect to grow with your child or if you have several children using the bento lunch kit you can pack depending on every kid's appetite:

• Middle Schooler (big appetite):

Goldfish crackers, grapes, a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a pumpkin second layer and a gluten free cereal bar.

• 3rd Grader (Medium appetite):

Goldfish crackers, grapes, a whole peanut butter and jelly sandwich with a pumpkin second layer and a gluten free cereal bar.

• 2nd Grader (small appetite):

Goldfish crackers, grapes, a small pumpkin shaped peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

Another fun lunch product combination was the Kids' Soft Touch Lid Lunch Pod and the Kids' Dip N' Dunk Snack Container:

My kids love dips of any kind and the Kids' Dip N' Dunk Snack Container is perfect. We packed peanut butter and celery but the possibilities are endless. I loved the ice pack in the lid that ensures the dip stays cold until lunch time. So, no matter if your kids prefer Ranch dressing, yogurt and honey or nut butter you know the dip will be cool and fresh until lunch time! The size of the vegetable or fruit container is very generous and fits a good amount of fruit and veggies for my kids! 

Also pictured above is the Kids' Soft Touch Lid Lunch Pod. We loved the size for all ages (4-11). Packed here are an apple sauce, orange slice, a gluten free cereal bar and an entire peanut butter and jelly sandwich cut into puzzle shapes. Again, we loved the ice pack in the lid which kept both the fruit and sandwich nice and cold!

I also packed a fun preschool lunch in the Kids' Soft Touch Lid Lunch Pod recently and you can see that it is easy to pack as much or little as you want! This Halloween themed lunch pod contains:

• a CuteZCute cheese and nori sandwich
• grapes
• yogurt with Halloween sprinkles and
• a few ghost shaped tomato chips

We were also lucky enough to get to test the Liam Kids' Chiller Lunch Bag - Comic Yo:

And all the boys loved the print. We do have to take turns with this one since it is both roomy and has a great design!

One of my favorite features of this bag is the little mesh bag that you can use to hold a napkin, utensil or ice pack!

It fit both one of our big Thermos FUNtainers and the Kids' Soft Touch Lid Lunch Pod with room for another ice pack, napkin and utensil.

We also tried the Gabby Kids' Chiller Lunch Bag – Hoot:

Again, the print won over the practicality and design immediately! Plus, we love the cute pocket on the outside that can hold extra food or utensils!

This lunch bag is even roomier due to it's unique shape and held a juice box, apple, the lunch pod and a cereal bar easily with a napkin, utensil and ice pack fitting neatly in as well. Plus we had room to spare!!

Overall, we loved all the Fit & Fresh products we tried. The unique design that incorporates the ice pack into the lid makes it easy in the mornings ( I keep both the lid and ice pack in the freezer) and I know that my kids' food will still be fresh and cold by lunchtime. My kids really loved all the fun colors and designs and I appreciated the fun, easy to use design, easy of cleaning and versatility of all the products! And of course, all products are BPA free, the cooler bags have an easy to clean PEVA lining and all products are dishwasher, freezer and microwave safe!