A Better Lunchbox to Inspire Better Lunches

3/5/07 - By Anna Fader

I'm pretty much convinced that kids can live on peanut butter alone, which is good since creating new lunches for the kids every morning while you're trying to do ten million other things is hard enough. But, there's a neat product I've been eying, called laptop lunches, that could make lunch duty a little easier. If you've ever spied what little Japanese children bring for lunch, you've experienced true lunchroom envy. Beautiful little bento box lunches, complete with several little dishes filled with different things. Laptop lunches are the American version. A lunch box with several smaller containers that fit neatly inside. You can fill them with a sandwich, fruit, dip, carrot sticks - a range of different bites. This lunch box will inspire you to pick up your lunch time game and make healthy well-rounded meals in child-sized portions. That's not to say you can't get one for yourself too - you're never to old to eat a healthier, more varied lunch. And check out the Guide to Laptop Lunches with more lunch ideas sure to make your child the envy of the lunchroom.

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Anna Fader

Founder of Mommy Poppins

A fourth-generation Brooklynite, Anna started Mommy Poppins in 2007 to help families find the best things to do with kids in NYC, with a particular emphasis on sharing activities that are free, affordable, and enriching. The site, used by millions of families, has grown to become the ultimate resource for parents in the major US cities, plus travel guides for 100s of destinations.

Anna is a believer in the magic of summer camps, traveling with kids, and that you can raise kids on a budget and still have a rich life full of amazing memories. Anna's first Mommy Poppins book, The Young Traveler's Journal and Activity Book, published in 2025 and co-written with her daughter, Amelia Eigerman, brings that ethos to life, in addition to this website.