The Mom Hour4 Okt 2022

A Week Of Real-Life Lunch Packing: Episode 385

Now that school routines are underway, we’re going deep into the details of lunch packing – with the help of our team! In Episode 385 Meagan and Sarah call on the experience, perspective and real-life lunch packing advice of five moms from around the country, whose lunch-eating kids range in age from two to sixteen. We touch on lunch packing pain points, tried-and-true ideas for each food group, strategies for snacking, and some of our must-have lunch packing accessories. We hope that a peek inside the bento boxes of other families will both validate that you’re already doing a great job (yes, even if you send the same thing every day!) AND infuse your lunch packing with some easy new ideas. Take a listen!

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Jayme Sherrod
Lisa Payne
Mandy Yang
Joanne Ruelos Diaz
Jennifer Carroll
Products our contributors just love and use to pack lunches daily.
Jennifer uses the Pottery Barn Kids All-In-One Bento Boxes each day for her preschoolers.
Mandy packs her daughter’s salad everyday in the Sistema Salad Containers.
Lisa loves these Amazon Easy Lunchboxes for her four children.
Jayme’s favorite product is the Planet Box Stainless Steal Lunchbox for her two young children.
Joann uses Sistema Lunchboxes for her children.
Sarah loves these 1 oz plastic containers for sauce or dressing.
Meagan wrote a blog back in 2011 where she did a lunch-making challenge!
Momables is a lunch-packing subscription service that gives you menu plans and ideas.
Don’t forget to check out our Instagram this week to see some visuals that go along with the episode.

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