Laptop Lunches Review Including a shake test!

Yay! It’s another lunchbox review! Aren’t you excited? I sure am! I really love to review lunchboxes for my readers! I sure hope you like to read them as much as I like to write them. ♥♥

 

It’s true! We do! We love our Laptop Lunches! The Laptop Lunch Box was one of our very first lunchbox purchases. I had viewed many a bento blog which used them and quickly fell in love with the bright containers and endless possibilities. We started off with the purchase of the Purple Laptop Lunchbox and the Garden Laptop Lunch box. You can see a few of our lunches that were packed in these boxes in the photo above.

Imagine my surprised when the generous folks at Laptop Lunches offered us another lunchbox for this review! We of course chose pink this time around! ♥♥

The generous people at Laptop Lunches provided us with a pink Laptop Lunches box  for review. No other compensation was given for this post. All views and opinions expressed are my own or that of my children. This post does contain affiliate links.

Laptop Lunches Lunch Boxes are made from strong, durable, and safe plastic. They contain no lead and are free of BPA, phthalates, and PVC. Laptop Lunches are dishwasher (top rack only, without heat boost) and inner containers are microwave (without lids) safe. Want to know my favorite part about Laptop Lunches? They are USA made!

The EXACT lunchbox  as pictured above (as well as many others) can be purchased for $23.99. A really excellent price considering that this one lunchbox alone can eliminate the use of plastic snack bags forever! Each Laptop Lunches lunchbox comes complete with it’s own set of brightly colored inner containers. 2 large, 2 medium, and 1 small. 3 of the containers come with leak proof lids making those particular containers great for messy foods. Sure, there are a lot of extra pieces to wash, and heaven forbid, lose, but I personally am a container addict, so this doesn’t bother me a bit! In fact, one of the things I love most of all of the individual inner containers, is how easy it is to pack lunch ahead of time. It is very convenient to be able to separate refrigerated items from no refrigerated items with ease.  I can pack yogurt and/or fruit in one of the lidded containers the night before and then just pop them in the fridge while still being able to keep crackers or other non fridge items out. This saves me so much time in those hectic mornings when we are trying to get out the door on time. ♥

Laptop Lunches also provides lots of other products to complement your Laptop Lunchbox. Insulated lunch bags, water bottles, ice packs, and more! One of my personal favorite Laptop add on would have to be the Bento Buddies, and we don’t even have them yet! They are definitely next on my list of purchases. They are a set of extra containers including one larger container that could easily hold a full sized sandwich! ♥

Okay, how about some new Laptop Lunches lunchboxes that I have recently packed for my tiny princesses…

Tiny princess K chose the pink Laptop Lunchbox (courtesy of  Laptop Lunches) for her meal. She had… Chunked Colby cheese, some mini pepperoni rounds, Trader Joe’s sour cream and onion puffed corn, 2 Trader Joe’s yogurt stars, blueberry Greek yogurt with sprinkles, carrots with ranch for dipping in the small Laptop Lunches lidded container, a yummy berry mix, and few chunks of assorted melon. Another thing we really LOVE about the Laptop Lunches box is the side compartment which is PERFECT for utensils and a napkin! ♥

We decided to to a shake test with A’s Laptop Lunches meal and we think it was a great success!

Here is her meal before the shake…

She chose the Garden Laptop Lunches box that we purchased as one of our very first lunchbox purchases. She had… Blueberry yogurt with sprinkles, assorted grapes, carrot and snow peas with ranch for dipping, Colby cheese chunks, garden vegetable ritz crackers, Trader Joe’s yogurt stars, Trader Joe’s puffed corn, and a turkey sandwich.

As with our other shake tests, we gave the Laptop Lunches lunchbox a good hearty shake. So, if you ever wonder what our meals look like after traveling from home to school lunch table this might give you a better idea…

As usual the sprinkles were mixed into the yogurt, the seal food pick got somewhat buried in the grapes, and the yogurt starts shifted a bit, but all in all I think everything stayed together quite nicely. What do you think?

My tiny princesses give the Laptop Lunches lunchbox 4.5 out of 5 crowns. Wonder why 4.5? Well, my youngest tiny princess couldn’t quite give it all 5 crowns. The opening method can be a tad on the tricky side for younger lunchers. This should definitely be considered before your purchase. There is sort of an exact science for opening the box. I will say that once your child figures it out it’s easy as pie. It’s just a matter of getting there first. ♥♥ Other than that we have NO complaints. We love our Laptop Lunches boxes and my girls look forward to having lunch packed in them!

some things I used to make these meals…

Breakfast on a stick with EasyLunchboxes… and a shake test!

 

Wow! It sure feels good to blog again. I’m still on an internet hiatus, but tonight I was able to grab a few minutes at McDonalds to use their wifi!

Last night we had breakfast for dinner. My tiny princesses LOVE breakfast food.  Morning, noon, and night! Put it on a stick and it makes the PERFECT school lunch!

Since I had some extra time last night, I decided it would be the perfect opportunity to do an EasyLunchbox shake test! ♥

Here is tiny princess K’s lunch before our vigorous shake!

Both girls lunches included basically the same items. The large compartment of our EasyLunchbox contained…. Homemade mini pancakes and fruit skewered on a long butterfly pick. K had strawberries as her fruit with one lone blueberry, and A had all blueberries with no strawberries. The flower silicone cup holds a smaller round lidded container that came with our Sistema lunchboxes. K’s container has syrup and A’s has whipped cream, bot topped with flower blossom sprinkles. I picked up the cute little ladybug containers from Target in their Easter section. They came pre-filled with candy, but I emptied the candy out of these ones and added some yummy sunflower seeds. ♥

The upper right compartment has a small container of all natural Trix yogurt and 2 small graham crackers that the girls can use to crush up as a yogurt topping.

The bottom right compartment consists of scrambled eggs with a few sweet peppers mixed in. (both girls gobbled up their eggs at dinner and agreed that sneaking some peppers in their eggs was a great idea!) I added a few small pieces of bacon around the eggs and threw in a flower pick to sort of tie in the spring theme. ♥

Okay, now what you all have been waiting for…… how did this adorable lunch look after the tiny princess shake test? Keep reading to find out.

Here is A’s lunch pre-shake….

Just like in our previous shake tests we put our EasyLunchboxes through the ringer! We shook it left, we shook it right, we shook it up, we shook it down. We even played a fun game of catch with it! Surely all that shaking made this lunch look a mess, but I beg to differ this lunch stayed put! Hardly any shifting at all. Don’t believe me? Just look for yourself…..

See?!?! I told you so! Everything stayed nice and neat! I find that that placing food on skewers or picks whenever possible really helps things stay put. The little ladybug only moved around a bit and even the sprinkles in A’s whipped cream remained on the surface! Our eggs stayed nice and not one piece of bacon strayed out of it’s space. This was definitely our best shake test yet!!

Tiny princess K’s lunch still looked great too! ♥ Her sprinkles got a bit mixed in with the syrup, but we knew that would happen, so no worries! Her bacon also shifted a bit more than A’s, but we think it still looks cute!  One thing I should mention is that EasyLunchboxes are not leak proof, (on purpose so the lids can be removed by little hands) so  you plan to pack yogurt or something equally “leak-ish” make sure you add it to a leak proof container first. I usually use the EasyLunchbox mini dippers, but since I already used the bigger compartment for the eggs I had to go with a different container that would fit. ♥

So there you have it! Another tplb shake test success! And I have to say I think it’s our best one yet! ♥

 

Some things I used to make these lunches…

TPLB PlanetBox Shake Test X2

Last week my tiny princesses only had 3 days of school. On Monday there was an ice day, and Friday was a scheduled no school day. This was a great opportunity to conduct another shake test! ♥

This time we chose the Planetbox! My tiny princesses LOVE their PlanetBoxes, as do I! I often wonder how they hold up to the tossing and turning that I’m sure they endure on their journey from home, to school lunch table? Well, today we get to find out!!

 

Here is tiny princess K’s lunch before….

Here is what she had…

• Cutie orange segments arranged in a blossom shape with grape center in a flower silicone cup. Her oranges are only piled 2 high.
• Cottage cheese with flower pick in the small lidded container that came with our Laptop Lunch Box. In this case, the pick serves no purpose other than just a fun decoration.
• All natural Trix yogurt with apple sprinkles in an EasyLunchbox Mini Dipper
• Mini sweet peppers
• Fruit roll up piece cut into a blossom shape
• Mini saltine crackers
• 2 slices of cheddar cheese cut into blossom shapes
• Very few veggie chips
• Mini graham crackers in pink silicone cup purchased from ebay
• Blossom and Snow White shaped nutella and banana sandwiches

Here is tiny princess A’s lunch before…

Here is what she had…

• Cutie orange segments arranged in a blossom shape with grape center in a flower silicone cup. Her oranges are piled 3 high. (you’ll find out the importance of this information in just a minute.) ♥
• Grapes with flower pick. This pick was just placed in the grapes. I did not spear it through any of them.
• All natural Trix yogurt with apple sprinkles in the PlanetBox little dipper
• Mini sweet peppers
• Fruit roll up piece cut into a blossom shape
• Thin pretzel sticks
• Mozzarella cheese chunks
• A few veggie chips
• Mini graham crackers in pink silicone cup purchased from ebay
• Blossom and Snow White shaped nutella sandwiches

Okay, who is ready for some results????

Just like with our previous shake tests, my tiny princesses and I shook these lunches inside, outside, and upside down. Once again we even played a good game of catch with them. We decided this time we would do it over a gymnastics mat that we have. I would have been so sad if one of our PlanetBoxes fell on the hardwood floors. :(

Here is tiny princess A and K’s lunches AFTER the shake test…

You will notice that the blossom orange did NOT hold it’s position in tiny princess K’s lunch. This is because it was only layered 2 high. Tiny princesses A’s orange blossom still looks adorable after the shake. This is because of how it was packed (3 layers high). The tighter you pack things in any lunch box the more likely your items are to stay put!

K’s cottage cheese still looks the same, but the flower pick in A’s grapes shifted and was somewhat hidden in the grapes. Had I pierced the pick through one or more of the grapes, this particular shift of items could have been eliminated.

As expected the sprinkles became one with the yogurt, but the peppers in both lunches still look good! A’s peppers shifted a bit more than K’s due to the size of the yogurt containers next to them. Naturally the more the containers and various items touch each other the less likely they will move about.

The fruit roll up flower in both lunches stayed put!

The top section that holds the salty snacks and cheeses shifted some as well, but I think it is still visually appealing and separated enough for our tastes. A’s cheese shifted more because they were smaller pieces and because there were more of them. I think that the shifting of these items could easily be avoided by adding some Japanese food baran, which is meant for keeping food items from touching.

The sandwich section of the PlanetBox still looks decent, too! A’s sandwich shifted a bit more than K’s, and K’s silicone cup of graham crackers tipped on it’s side.

The PlanetBox individual compartments really aid in keeping food from touching and if you pack it fairly tight the lid is close enough to your food items to keep them from shifting in each individual compartment. All in all I think this was another great shake test! and will hopefully put to rest any concerns about whether or not your fun lunches that you pack for your child in a PlanetBox lunch system will still be fun and remain intact by the time they make it to the school lunch table!!

 

Some things I used to make these lunches…

Eat Your Heart Out!! & a shake test!

I’m not sure why, but for some reason I forgot all about purchasing any fun Valentine supplies to make our Valentine lunches fun! Luckily I do have some basic heart cookie cutters and my sweet husband picked up some cute ♥ day sprinkles to spruce up a few lunches!

By now, we all know that Wednesday is chicken sandwich day at school. I knew that full well when creating, what I thought would be today’s lunches. I thought, maybe, just maybe, I could totally WOW my tiny princesses with fun lunches and new boxes to make them say NO to hot lunch at school. I was wrong. Even my lunch box charm couldn’t pursued them in “bring your own lunch” direction. Oh well, they decided on eating them for dinner last night instead!

Tiny princess A’s meal was packed in our brand new LunchBots trio! This is of course my first lunch in a LunchBots, but I think I’m really going to love packing in these!

Here is what she had…

• chunked colby jack cheese
• hot dog on a heat pick (Now, we aren’t normally much of a hot dog family. Not for any reason other than that I think they taste yucky! :p I think that as parents we tend to try to force our like and dislike on our kids. Am I right? My girls really like hot dogs so when I saw this idea of slicing the hot dog ends just right to form a heart, it reminded me that just because I don’t like something, doesn’t mean my princesses cant! ♥)
• grape tomatoes on triple heart pick
• all natural trix yogurt with sprinkles
• a few sweet pepper rings in the yellow silicone cup
• the red heart cup hold s’mores mix (hold the chocolate because we didn’t have any)
• filling in the spaces of the top left compartment is a few clementine orange slices and a yellow sauce cup that hold BBQ sauce for hot dog dipping

Tiny princess K’s meal was packed in our pink Yubo lunch box and is the reasoning behind today’s blog post title.

Here is what she had…

• nutella fairy bread sandwich with letter picks spelling “Eat Your Heart Out” Make your own fairy bread by cutting a shape out of your top piece of bread and adding sprinkles to the middle. So fun and so yummy!
• heart shaped colby cheese in pink silicone cup cut using FunBites Luv It
• watermelon hearts in Goodbyn sauce cup
• sweet pepper rings in flower silicone cup
• all natural trix yogurt
• orange cutie I cut a slice in the top of the orange to aid in peeling and to add the fun cupcake ring
• I also included some LunchBox Love ♥

I decided since this lunch was a little more complex it would be the perfect opportunity for a Yubo shake test. Following the same pattern as before, we shook K’s pink Yubo, inside, outside, and upside down. Again, we even played a fun game of catch with it! :)

When we opened up the top lid and all inside lids here is what we found…

Tiny princess K and I were quite pleased with the results of this shake test. As you can see, a few of the inside containers shifted a bit, as well as the cheese in the pink silicone cup. The yogurt also got all discombobulated and the sprinkles dissolved quite a bit. This problem could totally be eliminated by using this idea from Molly’s Lunch Box, of including sprinkles in a small a lidded container or sauce cup so that your kiddos can add the sprinkles in themselves. The sandwich seems to have stayed intact really well and not even one of the sprinkles fell off at all!

♥♥♥ Tiny princess K gives the Yubo shake test 5/5 crowns! ♥♥♥

She is such a goof ball!

 

Now I want to hear from you….. Which lunch box would you like to see the shake test done in next? Leave a comment to let me know!

 

Some things I used to make these meals

This is a test….. it’s only a test….

Unfortunately you all have been missing out a little bit on some of the lunches I have been packing for my tiny princesses. I just can’t get my pictures to look the way I would like them to. I guess I’m going to have to go back to making lunches the afternoon before.

I did come across this late dance night snack/dinner, though! The photos still aren’t the greatest, but they are better than what I have been getting.

These meals were packed in our Goodbyn sandwich containers and were a test of sorts. A good friend of mine gave me the challenge of packing items in certain containers and then giving them a good shake test to see how well the food stayed in tact.

Here is the before picture…

I started with a really simple meal for my first “test”.  Here is what they had…

• cheese and crackers
• Disney graham cookies (direct from Disneyland)
• yogurt in the dip container
• fruit snacks
• peppered turkey

After it was all packed up, I let the princesses shake it up! They tossed in the air, they turned it upside down, they EVEN played catch with it!

Here is the result…. I did add the spoon in before we did the shake test.

Other than a little shift of the cheese and crackers…. (including on slice of cheese that got stuck to the lid) I think this meal held up to the test quite well. Everything stayed quite nice and tidy! ♥ Test success!

I hope to do a series of these types of tests as well. Using all different boxes and levels of complicated-ness. :) Be on the look out!

♥ Just cause you know there is always 2 of everything! ♥

Some things I used to make these meals…