Everything You Need to Pack Your Best Lunch

A few of my favorite things!

We’re back to school this week. But, it’s never too late to get organized whether you are heading back to school, work, or working from home.

I use a variety of items to pack lunches for every person in my household. If you have the time and inclination to pack lunches for two-three days, do it! Salads work great in this instance or if you are pre-packing breakfast on the go (like I do when I head in to work). If you have little people in your house make sure to have them practice opening and closing everything you send. And, I need to stress the closing, especially if you have liquids in a lunchbox. Things can get messy quickly!

Bento Boxes: I really love Bentgo they make a variety of options that work for salads or for making a snack-style lunch.

Bento Box- Probably their most popular lunchbox! It comes in a wide variety of colors and kids love them. They are easy to open and fun to pack.

Bentgo Salad Bowl- I love this because it has a huge bowl on the bottom, an insert for salad dressing, toppings, and a fork!

Bentgo Classic Stackable Lunchbox- Perfect two-compartment bento box which you can break up further with silicone muffin rounds, rectangles, and squares. It also comes with a full utensil set!

Basic Three Compartment- even if it’s just a sandwich, with fruit, and cheese or veg on the side. This can be used in a multitude of ways. And, they are stackable so if you are prepping for a couple of days or people they don’t use much space.

Bentgo Insulated Food Container - Large enough for two cups and keeps everything hot. Make sure you depress the button in the center (it took me months to figure it out) to release the pressure. Perfect for soups or pastas!

Thermos Food Jar- this is narrower than the above and better for kids. It comes in a couple of different sizes. My kids started with the smaller version and then bumped up to the larger one. Be sure to fill it with hot water while you prepare your food so it stays warmer longer.

Lunchblox by Rubbermaid- these have been a workhorse in our house for years. The different size containers fit onto each other and so does their ice pack!

Accessories! I use different sauce containers, dressing containers, cutlery, and silicone cups in lunch boxes.

These rectangle silicone cups are perfect for portioning and separating items in your bento box.

Even though they’re round, I can get four of these round silicone muffin cups in a square. Great for homemade Lunchables in your three-compartment container!

These dressing containers come in two sizes along with a cleaning brush. We pack these with all of our salads and we’ve never had a leak.

These little sauce containers fit into the stackable bento or the three-compartment container.

Stasher Bags- Each of my kids has a set of Stasher’s for everything that can’t fit into something else. We love these since they are reusable and washable!

For the Littlest Ones! I remember the days of making shapes out of sandwiches and having fun cut-outs. It always made my kids actually eat their lunches. This section is for those parents. It’ll take a little extra time, especially if you enlist your little hands but it’s worth it to not have a hangry kid at the end of the day.

Thermos Funtainer Water Bottle- We LOVED these and had them in multiple colors and character bottles. There are so many options to choose from!

Make your own uncrustable with these sandwich cutters & sealers. My kids were not sandwich kids (still really aren’t) but they would always eat a sandwich when I turned it into something else.

This set has sandwich cutters (they don’t seal) and cutouts for fruits & veggies too!

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