Bento lunches have become the norm around here; fortunately, I have moved beyond creating sad lions and learned tips and techniques to make lunch time fun for my kidlets. With two kidlets that love to hover on the “underweight” side of life, I have to work hard to make healthy food appealing.
(Otherwise, I hear about it from our Pediatrician at every visit. Sigh.)
The Bright Bin New Generation Lunchbox makes it easy to pack plenty of food for both of my kidlets, without having to pack multiple bento boxes or use plastic baggies. Seriously, this was the EASIEST way to make a bento style lunch. Thanks to the multiple compartments, I was able to offer the kidlets some of their favorite foods for a “Around the Town” bento lunch.
(yep, that’s what we call it when my kids have to eat their lunch while in a shopping cart…. sometimes Mommy has to multi-task.)
This handy-dandy lunchbox is the brain child of another busy mom, Stephanie Stiller, who created the New Generation Lunchbox after becoming “fed up with all the waste generated by the ‘traditional’ way of using plastic bags to pack a school lunch.” Sure, she could have turned to small food containers, but her children kept losing the lids.
(Been there, sister — only it’s Hubby that loses lids around here)
Her concept offers a greener and easier way to pack lunches for children and adults.
The Bright Bin New Generation Lunchbox:
- Top section can hold a sandwich or entree, meaning you can send last night’s Mac-n-cheese or Meatloaf for your child’s lunch
- Bottom tier offers perfectly sized compartments for healthy portions
- Comes with a handle allowing it to be used on its own or packed in an insulated carrier.
- All-in-one box eliminates the need to keep up with multiple containers and lids
- Offers a green lunch 100% free of packaging waste
- 100% free from BPA, lead, phthalates, and PVC
- Dishwasher safe (top-rack use only)
- Microwave safe
Another product offered by Bright Bin (and the Little Lady’s “favoritest thing EVER”) is the L’Artiste Insulated Lunch Bag. This bag is a washable bag, designed to be used with washable markers.
Get it? Your kidlet has PERMISSION to draw all over this lunch bag.
(or, you can be like this Mommy and leave a message on your Kidlet’s bag)
The L’Artiste bag offers a large compartment for the Bright Bin New Generation and a second zippered compartment that’s perfect for a water bottle or a cooling-pack.
Washing off the artwork was just as easy as packing the lunch; a little detergent, water, and some sponge action and the L’Artiste bag was ready for another creative lunch.
(I actually forgot to wash off the artwork the first day . . . I finally remembered four days later and it still washed off beautifully!)
Final thoughts? The New Generation lunchbox worked perfectly for us, allowing me to create an easy bento lunch without my usual hunt for food containers and matching lids. The box was easy for my Little Lady (who is three) to carry and open. The fact that it’s dishwasher safe is a HUGE plus for me; several of my bento boxes aren’t and I hate, hate, hate having to hand-wash them.
(in case you missed that, I hate hand-washing dishes)
The Little Lady loved coloring all over the bag and thought the box itself, with the two-tiers and little handle, was fun. That girl ate the entire lunch without her usual tendency to whine.
(Score One for Mommy and getting a picky eater to EAT!)
Purchase a New Generation Lunchbox or L’Artiste Bag (or both!):
Visit the Bright Bin website to view their collection of lunchboxes and insulated bags. The New Generation Lunchboxes come in Blueberry and Cherry and are $18.95.
Readers of this blog can use the code followinginmyshoes11 to receive 20% off The New Generation Lunch Boxes. (through December 31st)
And, just in time for Holiday shopping, the L’Artiste Bags (which come with a New Generation Lunch Box and a set of washable markers) are currently 35% on the Bright Bin site!
With this lunchbox set, there’s NO excuse for not making an earth-friendly and healthy lunch for your kidlets!
Disclosure: I received a New Generation Lunchbox and a L’Artiste bag for review; the opinions expressed in this post are my own and not influenced by anyone else.
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LOVE that lunch box. May have to pick some up.
Yeah, I have underweight kidlets too. Especially Calleigh.
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What are you doing to try and bring her weight up? I’m thinking about going back to a daily Pediasure/Carnation Instant Breakfast for more calories. Otherwise, I’m trying to focus on healthy fats. . . snacks are where I have the hardest time. I can get them to eat almond butter . . . but after that I’m out of ideas.
What am I not doing, LOL. I’m going to shock you and tell you that she weighs 14lbs only.
We do pediasure 1-2 a day. Smoothies, with lots of good stuff added. Avocado’s are a daily staple, since they are a good fat. I make dips with them.
It’s harder for me, because of the food allergies, but we are feeding her whatever she will eat and sneaking in as many calories as we can.
I’ll be back to this at nap time with more things we do. LOL
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LOVE that washable bag! And the two-tier bin would be perfect for my husband – I could make his lunches way ahead of time and add baby carrots and healthy stuff he needs to eat but doesn’t. Thanks for the terrific review! I appreciate all the photos.
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I totally like the washable lunch bag. My daughter Hannah who is 6 loves to draw and happens to take a lunch to school. Thanks for sharing!
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I don’t know which I love more- the lunch box or the bag. I am always trying to fit several different containers in my husbands lunch bag, so the lunch box looks like it would work great for us. The lunch bag would be so fun- you could write a different message on it every day. Thanks for the review. These are two very neat products!
I love the lunch box that you can draw on – what a great idea! I loved to draw when I was a child so I would have loved something like this.
I love packing my son and hubby bento lunches. We have been using Laptop Lunches for the past couple years. They have a weekly menu feed on their website that has been great in helping me keep lunches interesting and healthy. They have been sending out fun holiday lunches all month long and are offering free shipping through the end of the month.
Hey girl. I was just googling reviews on this system and look what I found!
Has it held up? I found a great deal on these (well a friend did) today on Mamabargains and I want to get two of the Bright Bin lunch boxes for the boys for the school year if they hold up.
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I saw those on Mamabargains this morning too!
It’s held up well for us, but we haven’t used it every day (that will change this fall, however, once the Little Lady starts preschool); it works in the top rack of the dishwasher so clean up is pretty easy.
You will need to show your boys how to open it — the latch doesn’t “hinge” so it could be easy to break if they’re rough with it.
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