Too many Lunch containers

amyjoy18

Do you ladies have any fantastic lunch solutions?  Now that Nolan is mostly eating whatever we eat, packing lunches has becaome a battle of containers.  I try to pack some combination of all the food groups for each of the kids.  However, This usually results in using atleast 4 containers each. 

I really want to simplify, but still keep it healthy.  Any container/lunch box system products you love? 

gwennythepooh

I either use one bigger square tupperware type container with silicone baking cups inside to separate everything (I do 4 cups or half a sandwich and 2 cups). Or I use the ziploc containers that are already split up (one large compartment and 2 smaller ones): http://www.amazon.com/Ziploc-Divided-Container-Rectangle/dp/B002LFLYT8/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1350085371&sr=8-4&keywords=ziploc+3+compartment (I got a 2 pack for under $3 at Target)

egpitt22

I'm a fan of these Take & Toss containers that have 2 sections:

 

MrsAmers

Sorry, I'm no help. I've just come to accept the fact that I have to run our dishwasher every. single. night.

Boo.

It is worse in the summer when I pack for both kids, but even just packing for Heather and me makes a lot of containers. Honestly, I'm probably just going to buy more. All of the divided ones I've seen look too big for Heather's lunch box. 

LittleD8081

I don't pack lunches, but I saw these "bento box" knockoffs at the grocery store the other day and though they were pretty cool.  They were a more sturdy plastic than a regular "ziploc-type" container.  I can't remember who made them, though...maybe ziploc??????  Anyway...my two cents on that cute container though is that my kids would look at me after consuming the amount of food you could put in there (not much in my opinion) and they would then proceed to scream and cry until I added at least three more handfuls of each type of food in that container.  My kids eat A.L.O.T. 

valkaz

We use these and have for the last 2 years. I love them. They make my life easier.

  http://www.easylunchboxes.com/

 

 

 

waltsgirl102503

We use the same ones Emmy uses.   There's even a space for a spoon in between the sections. 

amyjoy18

egpitt22:

I'm a fan of these Take & Toss containers that have 2 sections:

 

We had some of these for DD--but they don't seem to provide enough food for her anymore.  And they definitely don't hold enough for Nolan.  You should have seen him taking advantage of Eat n Park's breakfast buffet yesterday :-/

bride2003

my problem with using one container with several sections is that I send food that needs warmed to daycare so it would be a waste b/c I'd have to separate the cold & hot in separate containers anyway.