What’s In Your Lunchbox?
One of my friends confessed that she sneaks a peek into the lunchboxes of her daughter’s school chums to see what’s for lunch.
Egads. Katie’s lunches are a mishmosh of her moods and what we happen to have in the house. Fortunately for me, she loves fruit and vegetables. Fortunately for her, I know where to get it year round.
At home, we use a service called Door to Door Organics. I can’t say enough good stuff about them. First of all, they deliver fresh, organic produce straight to my doorstep - no food shopping at the store! Every other week, we get a medium box on the porch. The girls are psyched. It’s like getting a present every other week. And while you can tinker with the contents of the box online (the Friday before each delivery, you receive an email with the contents of this week’s box), I generally let Door to Door surprise me. It’s fun to unpack the box with the girls to see what is delivered - and the surprise gets them excited about eating it up.
A normal box will have an assortment of fruits (this week, we had apples, pears and bananas), greens (again, this week, arugula, lettuce), vegetables (this week, beets, artichokes, carrots, and tomatoes - call it a fruit if you want, I’m putting it in the vegetable category) and herbs (this week, flat parsley). You can see from the list that occasionally you get something a little different that you might not pick up in the market: dandelion greens, avocado, radishes, a variety of squash - that also keeps meals interesting.
The cost of the fruits and vegetables is really affordable. In fact, we find it to be comparable with our local grocery store and the quality is loads better.
The service isn’t available in all areas. They do serve:
If you’re in an area not served by Door to Door, you might try to find a similar service. I promise it’s worth it!
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April 5th, 2007 at 11:37 am
this sounds really interesting! i’m going to look into this
April 5th, 2007 at 9:39 pm
[...] Kids dish has started a conversation on lunchboxes present. Things are different where she lives (Kelly is in the US) and part of the fun of the school lunchbox for her is quite obviously translating the potpouri of organic vegetables in her box of vegetables into something that can be enjoyed by children in a lunch box. [...]
May 14th, 2007 at 8:18 am
[...] 2. Eat them fresh or fresh-frozen. They taste sooo much better than canned and they retain more of the nutrients. If you’re not into growing your own, buy them from a local produce stand, order from a service like Door to Door or try to pick your own (bookmark this site, BTW, it offers listings of pick your own sites in the US, UK and Canada). It’s fun, it’s usually pretty economical and it allows you to remind your children where their food comes from (here’s a hint: food doesn’t grow in a can). [...]