Cutting down on plastic in the kitchen can get tricky when it’s time to pack snacks and lunches for school and work. I grew up on Tupperware—the same cracking and peeling Tupperware that is still in the drawers at my parents’ house. The same Tupperware that always left a distinctive taste to the leftovers I would heat up in my grade 7 classroom. (My teacher had brought in an old microwave for us to use, which felt like the most grown-up thing ever!)
Speaking of growing up, Cub started his first full-year of preschool a couple of weeks ago, and I was looking for a lightweight, durable container with dividers for his snack. Jay at Life Without Plastic recommended this round, stainless steel “take out container”:
What I love about all the containers we have from Life Without Plastic is that they’re built to last. You can purchase new silicone rings or new lids so your pieces don’t become obsolete when a lid goes missing or the silicone needs to be replaced. A few stainless steel or glass containers can replace a whole cupboard of mismatched plastic containers stained red from spaghetti sauce or warped from the dishwasher!
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Amy S says
I’ve been secretly waiting for our tupperware to die so we can replace it with better stuff, but it’s being stubborn! I swear it’s lasting forever and not getting lost just to spite me.
kathy downey says
Thanks for such a wonderful review,this looks like an amazing product we have been getting away from plastic this past year its shocking to realize how much of it we have in out homes.
LisaM says
Wow – this looks great. I wonder how heavy the glass containers are though. I hate feeling so weighted down!
Jennifer says
I prepare my nephew’s snack in a container and he loves it. He eats all the vegetables even though he never eats them at home and I can never get why. Maybe it is just kids’s things, isn’t it?
janie vezina says
i’ve been changing all plastic stuff to glass and stainless, love this brand for lunches.
do you find them big enough?
Lynne says
I too grew up with Tupperware – I’m not sure I would be comfortable using a glass container to take stuff to and fro from work – I know it would end up broken. But, I could keep a glass container at work, and bring my leftovers in some type of reusable container and then transfer them.
Marie Cole says
This is genius! I honestly didn’t know that stainless steel snack containers even existed. I really want to try them now!
Sandra Caballero says
What an amazing product! I want to look more into this because my daughter’s school is also going green and plastic free. They are trying to reduce trash that students bring from home. I’m changing my daughter’s lunch into a metal lunch box. It should be a fun lunch for her to enjoy at school.
Liz says
This is such great advice! Our kid is just 10 months but he’s loving his stainless steel Pura Kiki straw cup.
Jeffrey says
Said no with plastic! I did. Use plastic – not good for the healthy.
I agree with you!
Erin Taylor says
In my country there are lots of companies use dangerous plastic to make toys for kids, haissh that’s not good. So I also become aware of the origin too. Btw, it’s so cool to see him eating a lot of vegetables. My kids are so naughty and they rarely taste them 🙁
Minnie Scott says
Not your baby loves this lunch box, but me also love it. So colorful and healthy. Totally agree with you on stainless steel or glass containers . They are much better than mismatched plastic containers.
Amy B says
It would be nice to switch to stainless containers