A Week of Yumbox Lunch Ideas

I am not a great meal planner, I have to admit. I like being spontaneous when it comes to food but with four kids it just doesn't make sense to not plan ahead. As my kids are getting older and more activities are crowding my calendar, I am trying to be better about at least buying fruits and vegetables in bulk and having an idea what everyone will be taking to school. Since my kids differ in ages and appetite, that requires an actual shopping list and a plan.

Today, I am sharing a weeks worth of lunches packed in our original yumbox. Side note: the purple yumbox is an older model that my daughter still uses and the pink one is the new upgraded version of the original.

6 YUMBOX LUNCH IDEAS FOR YOUR WEEK AHEAD:

This Elmo inspired lunch contains:

• Annie's Cheddar Bunnies
• apple wedges
• peanut butter dip
• kiwi fruit
• an Elmo jelly sandwich
• a grape and almond butter snack

This Hello Kitty inspired lunch is filled with:

• cheese crackers
• cucumber and red pepper
• peanut butter crackers
• Hello Kitty cream cheese sandwiches
• apple wedges
• a few fruit snacks

This Mickey Mouse themed lunch contains:

• Annie's Cheddar Bunnies
• peanut butter crackers
• a piece of banana
• peanut butter dip
• apple wedges
• Minnie Mouse jelly sandwiches

This fairy bread lunch is packed with:

• a tube yogurt
• two cookies
• apple wedges
• blueberries
• peanut butter dip
• fairy bread Nutella sandwiches 
• carrot sticks

This snack lunch is filled with:

• a tube yogurt
• a few cookies
• carrot sticks
• cheese crackers
• a star nut butter sandwich 
• a few chocolate treats
• spinach and mini peppers

I also added a Lunchbox Love lunchbox note.

The cute Panda pocket sandwich lunch contains:

• a tube yogurt
• cookies
• apples slices and blueberries
• cheese crackers
• a few chocolate treats
• a Panda pocket sandwich with cream cheese
• mini peppers
• Lunchbox Love lunchbox note

** These lunchboxes contain peanut butter. If your school is peanut free you can instead send WOWbutter or substitute with other ingredients that are safe :)

Rock The Lunchbox 2014 {with Giveaway}

Summer is nearly over and getting the kids ready for school is not an easy task. From school supply shopping to new clothes, teacher meetings and backpack searches it does not seem to end. In addition to all the supplies the kids need - packing lunches is just around the corner. To help you find healthy lunch ideas your kids will love Annie's Homegrown, Applegate, Honest Tea, Organic Valley, Stonyfield Organics and Rudi's Organic Bakery have teamed up with Rock the Lunchbox to bring you simple tips, lunchbox inspirations and downloadable coupons.

I created a few lunch ideas here at Mamabelly and you can win a fun pack of lunch goodies at the end of the post to create your own rockin' lunches! 

1. A drawing inspired lunch

I asked my daughter to draw a lunch she would like me to pack. This is what she came up with:

And this is how she explained her lunch. I love that she drew each individual Annie's bunny cracker! 

And here is the lunch I made for her according to her drawing:

Her Laptop Lunches Bento Box contains:

• Annie's Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies
• Grape tomato and Organic Valley cheese kabobs
• flower shaped Applegate Turkey and cucumber sandwiches on Rudi's Organic Bakery Multi Grain bread
• Stonyfield vanilla yogurt and fresh strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blueberries
• and of course an Honest Kids juice pouch and
• a spoon and cloth napkin

It was fun to talk about healthy lunch options and let her be an active part in packing lunch. Even though she is only 5 it was great for her to participate in her food choices and she loved being included. This lunch was enough for lunch and her afternoon snack (she saved the yogurt).

2. A Fun Lunch in a Laptop Lunches Bento Box

This is another lunch we packed together in a Laptop Lunches Bento box. She helped pick the ingredients at the store and helped pack the lunch. Well, and taste some of the crackers while Mom was packing them :)

• Annie's Homegrown Bernie's Farm Animal Cookies
• Cucumber slices
• a Applegate Pepperoni and Rudi's Organic Bakery Multi Grain bread kabob
• an Organic Valley cheese stick made to look like a ruler
• an Honest Kids juice pouch

3. Kid Konserve and Blue Avocado Lunch

If you normally pack lunch in plastic bags in a lunch cooler, I have some more eco-friendly suggestions for you. I love using reusable containers instead of disposable bags and Blue Avocado Rezip bags are perfect! They are big and roomy (enough room for a big sandwich or wrap) and much sturdier then those flimsy plastic baggies. I also reused a small Laptop Lunches container to hold the bunny crackers and utilized our Kid Konserve container for the veggies and dip!

This lunch is packed together with a reusable Matkins place mat and contains:

• Annie's Homegrown Cheddar Bunnies in a Laptop Lunches Bento Buddy container
• Veggie dip, carrots and celery in our Kids Konserve container
• a Stonyfield Organics yogurt pouch
• a pepperoni sandwich in our Blue Avocado Rezip bag
• and an Honest Kids juice pouch

GIVEAWAY:

You can win an amazing Rock the Lunchbox prize pack!

It contains:

• Laptop Lunches Bento
• U·Konserve Stainless Steel Container
• Blue Avocado Rezip® Bag
• Annie’s Homegrown coupon
• Applegate Organic & Natural Meats coupon
• Honest Kids coupon
• Organic Valley coupon
• Rudi’s Organic Bakery coupon
• Stonyfield Yo Kids Yogurt coupon

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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 Kids, Annie's Organic, Organic 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!

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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!

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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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