CLOSED **GIVEAWAY** An Eco-Friendly Lunchbox System!

It's good sense to cook at home. It costs less. It's better for your body. And it's better for the environment, too. But what happens when you need to eat away from home?

Frugal-minded folks automatically think, "Well it's simple! Brown bag it!" Great idea. Except that it can be wasteful and add extra expense to your meals, as well as extra trash added to the landfill.

Enter Easy LunchBoxes. These handy gems are the green way to "brown bag" your lunch. By using one of these containers and the handy cooler, you eliminate the need for zip-top baggies AND the paper lunch sack. Score one for you, and one for Earth.

Recently, I won an Easy LunchBox System and Cooler and wrote about it here on my blog. My favorite thing about Easy LunchBoxes? They allow me to pack waste-free lunches for my children! I don't have to buy bags! I don't have to buy aluminum foil! At the end of lunch, there's nothing to be thrown away.

Even though school's out for the summer, we've been using our four containers each day. I make Snack Packs for my kids, which has been wildly popular around my house. And my kids can take lunch with them when we're on the go to the pool, the playground, the orthodontist..anywhere!

The containers are generously sized and are appropriate for kids and adults alike. The main compartment is big enough for a sandwich, and the two side compartments generously house most anything you can think to put in them. The cooler is big enough for a reusable beverage container, a cloth napkin, utensils, fruit...you name it..but not so big that it fe4els bulky to carry around.

Here are a couple of the things I've done with my set:

A salad that my daughter created, flat bread, grapefruit segments, and homemade vanilla pudding with sprinkles made a satisfying, "green" lunchbox for school lunch!

A Bento-style lunch without the rice: bunnies and butterflies, leaves and trees, swirly carrot "flowers" and yummy strawberries made this On the Go meal for my daughter.

Fresh watermelon, Greek yogurt with fresh blueberries, and a candy necklace kit. A Snack Pack for a busy summer day!

What would you do with an eco-friendly lunchbox system like this?

Kelly Lester, the owner of Easy LunchBoxes, has generously provided a set of FOUR Easy LunchBox containers and ONE cooler to one lucky reader here at All Home Cooking. All Year Long. I'm so excited for one of you to get the opportunity to try this set out for yourself!

Here's how to enter:


#1. MANDATORY ENTRY: Visit EasyLunchBoxes.com. Leave a comment here telling me what you like best about Easy LunchBoxes. INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT.


Other entry opportunities (LEAVE SEPARATE COMMENTS FOR EACH ENTRY):


#2. Visit the photo gallery of yummy lunch possibilities. Leave a comment telling me which one looks yummiest to you. INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT.


#3. Follow BOTH Easy LunchBoxes AND All Home Cooking. All Year Long. on Twitter. Leave a comment with your Twitter. Leave a comment with your Twitter name and let me know you're following. INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT.

#4. "Like" BOTH Easy LunchBoxes AND All Home Cooking. All Year Long. on Facebook. Leave a comment letting me know you have clicked LIKE on both. INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN YOUR COMMENT.


Here are the rules:

1. One winner will be chosen from all entries via Random.org and will receive a set of FOUR Easy LunchBox containers and lids and ONE lunch cooler in winner's choice of color (chosen from black, dark red, olive, aqua, or purple).
2. Sorry, folks, but this giveaway is limited to folks in the United States and Canada.
3. You cannot have won an Easy LunchBox system in the last three months.
4. You MUST include your e-mail address in your comments.
5. All entries will be verified.
6. Random drawing will be held FRIDAY, JUNE 11th, 2010, shortly after 10:00 a.m. Entries must be in by 9:59 a.m Eastern time on Friday.
7. Winner will be notified by e-mail and announced on this blog. Winner will have 48 hours to write back or an alternate winner will be drawn.

Good luck! :)