Food containers for DC

Re: Food containers for DC

• jjdillie member

  February 2014

  @PrivacyWanted Those lunchbots trio's are exactly what I'm looking for except I need microwaveable. Everything else I see only has 2 compartments. I like the bento boxes but dang that's a lot of stuff to wash. I want 1 piece container.
  
  Thanks for the suggestions. Maybe I'll try a few things to see what work best for me. 
  

  
  
  

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• jjdillie member

  February 2014

  @milk2481 Thank you! When I searched for Yumbox it brought up all kinds of great containers.
  

  
  
  

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• jf198400 member

  February 2014

  I use a bunch of small tupper wear containers, gerber bowls with lids, and plain ole ziplock sandwich bags.

  
  
  
  
  

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• vvvvvfee member

  February 2014

  for the main part of his lunch that gets microwaved, i use a small pyrex container with a snapware lid, because i don't like microwaving in plastic. (here's what i mean- they sell these at costco, but if you are near a shoprite, they often have half-price sales on pyrex, and the little containers end up being about $2.75 each).
  
  for snacks/sides i use small rubbermaid containers or sometimes snack size zip-top bags, if i'm in a hurry. i put his milk in a take and toss straw cup (cheapest at wal-mart-- i reuse them until they look gross). i also like the take and toss bowls because they are a convenient size for freezing meals that i can defrost on days when i don't have leftovers.
  
  in terms of quantity, i have a ton of everything. the cabinet where all my storage containers are is a nightmare! i would base quantity on how often you run your dishwasher and whether you plan on freezing things.
  

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• rubber_chicken member

  February 2014

  Our daycare will not heat up meals, nor refrigerate them.  Which I thought was weird, until I remembered that when I went to school, I didn't heat my lunch or keep it in a refrigerator either.
  
  So, we send DD's hot lunch in a thermos (the key to using a thermos is to preheat it - fill with almost boiling water and let sit for 10 minutes before putting hot food in), and cold snacks in a PackIt lunch bag with built in ice packs.  While I love the idea of the PackIt, I don't like the execution - it's too small, and the velcro is starting to fray and it doesn't stay closed.  I think we're going to switch to a small soft-sided cooler and individual ice packs.
  

  

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• 82Sonia member

  February 2014

  We use these - https://www.costco.com/Snapware%C2%AE-Total-Solution%E2%84%A2-38pc-Plastic-Food-Storage-Set.product.100089474.html?MobileOptOut=1&MobileOptOut=1

  I can label them with a sharpie and it wipes off with paper towel or cloth.  You know they're closed because you have to snap them down on four sides. I really like them.  

   

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• Mustardseed2007 member

  February 2014

  We use this: https://sistemaplastics.com/products/to-go/small-split-to-go
  
  This is a link to the manufacturer website but we just found it at our grocery store. DS's Montessori school asks that you send food in containers your child can open themselves and they suggested containers that open with easy side clips like this. We started using them at 20 months and he could open them from the get go but they don't leak at all and you can freeze them too.

  
  

  
  

  
  

  
  

   

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