Healthy News

Interesting article in today’s Khaleej Times about the author’s memories of visiting his grandmother in Southern India.
Seems like the milk man would bring his cow door to door and ask how many cups everyone wanted in their stainless steel containers. Then he would proceed to milk the cow right then and there.
Reminded me (when I [...]

Some school districts (Portland, Oregon & Alexandria, VA just to name a few) have asked parents to switch to re-usable containers from plastic sandwich bags for enviromental reasons.
If you aren’t already doing so, you might want to consider purchasing a wrap-n-mat or a Lunchbot now, instead of waiting until it’s mandatory. Be sure [...]

Wow! What an interesting concept! My kids pack their own lunches for school. They use stainless steel containers and reusable sandwich wraps, which are machine washable. By doing so, they don’t add to all the waste which is generated by some of their other classmates, who use lots of pre-packaged foods such as [...]

These glass barrel jars come with a wire loop and wood handle for easy handling. The jars have a chrome lid and come in two sizes: 1 gallon or 2.5 gallon.
These containers are the toxic free way to store your flour, sugar, grains, cookies, candy, dried fruit or beans.
These containers are ideal [...]

hey are back in stock!
The 12-cup, 5-cup and 2-cup glass containers which have glass lids that nest on the container are available now.
They go from the oven to the table in style and can even be used to freeze your meals or left overs.

Labor Day Weekend is just around the corner and what a great time to have a family picnic. I takes minimal planning, once you have the right equipment.
First, you’ll want a picnic basket that’s big enough to carry all of your reusable, stainless-steel-containers, plates and utensils. Preferably one with shoulder straps, so you [...]

School is upon us, or will be.
Does this look familiar:
Sandwich in a baggie
juice box
plastic spoon
yogurt in in a plastic cup
How about this:
sandwich in a lunchbot
stainless steel bottle
stainless steel spoon
Yogurt in a metal container
Too much hassle you say? Make the kids clean their non-disposable items when they get home from school.

I know that in most parts of the country, it’s too hot to have a picnic. However, when it starts to get cooler, here are a few tips:
Use second-hand tableclothes or fabric to replace those plastic, throw-away ones from the supermarket. Use stainless steel water bottles, sandwich carriers and fabric napkins. Even [...]

They are back in stock. All four different lunchbots are available now.

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Every so often, someone comes up with a really good idea and does something about it. My hat goes off to Jacqueline Linder, who couldn’t find any plastic-free containers for her family, so she designed her own. Thus, Lunchbots were created. They’ve really filled a need out there with the public. They’re [...]