I am getting ready to go on vacation very soon. We are spending a couple weeks in Florida in a 2 bedroom suite with a full kitchen. To make sure that my family is eating right and we don’t get all crazy eating clam chowder bread bowls from the French Quarter at Disney or eating lollipops for lunch because a $5 sucker is the cheapest option…. we are bringing our bentos with us.
If you are not familiar with bentos they are Japanese style lunch boxes and I LOVE them. I have a huge collection in fact. Of course my favorite is the Laptop Lunchbox system. All 3 of my kids have one and they will be using them all the while we are in Florida. So I reached for my Vegan Lunch Box book, which is a book full of recipes and ideas for healthy vegan eating using the Laptop Lunchbox system. I started making notes of what I would prepare and what groceries I will need to buy when we get to Orlando. We aren’t necessarily a vegan family but we DO limit meat and we tend towards raw foods so this book is perfect for just about any family.
Then I came across a discussion on the net about how these books are going for $50-100 a book because they are out of print. There is a revised edition coming out soon but I guess moms everywhere are desperate for this book. Pretty cool! Anyway as I grabbed my copy … which I would never sell so don’t ask ;) … I saw that I have TWO copies. I vaguely remember there being some kind of buy one get another half off deal or something and I am a sucker for a deal.
So guess what one lucky reader gets? A brand spankin new copy of the original and now out-of-print Vegan Lunchbox. You will love all the healthy, delicious recipes in this book…especially if you pack a lunch for your kids. Also very handy for travel snack boxes.
Here is some bento inspiration and one of my son’s favorite lunches…a nut butter rainbow sandwich.
The above lunchbox is a Laptop Lunchbox. Also pre-order the new edition of Vegan Lunch Box.
Count me in :)
I love the laptop lunches as does my daughter. She always loves to see what I’ll do next. I’d love to have this book for some new ideas!!
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I also just blogged about it. ;-) http://devildogfamily.blogspot.com/2008/04/vegan-lunch-box-giveaway.html
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I am always looking for more ideas for my son’s lunch and this book looks good.
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That rainbow pita is sooo cute. I bet my kids would love to eat something that pretty. And tasty too!
Since we’re pretty new to the whole organic, healthy eating, saving our precious earth thing, this book would come in handy. Count me in. I am all for obtaining the most information I can get my hands on.
The book sounds wonderful!
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Oh, I love the Vegan Lunch Box! I have read that blog from start to finish. Great lunch boxes and great ideas.
These are great lunchboxes. I hate all the waste that goes into making lunches. several ziptop bags get thrown away each day plus the bag if it is paper. These would be great to have.
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Would love to get one of these for ds starting kindergarten in the fall!
Ooooh, I would love to have this book! It’s a great idea!
Oh I love that blog, would love to win the book!
Thanks :)
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Love this concept! Would enjoy the book, too! :)
These look awesome! I would love to learn more about this. I have seen the lunchboxes before, but the rainbow sandwich is to die for! How awesome! Would love to read the book!
It is always fun to put something a little special in my daughter’s lunch. Her sitter is always a little surprised when she feeds her the lunch. I would love some new ideas. Thanks for posting!
would enjoy this book. Am always looking for creative healthy options
ooh neat book! I’d love to win it.
I would LOVE, LOVE, LOVE, to get a copy of this book! I promise I would use it everyday!!!
I added you to my blog for a second chance.
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Thanks!
I love this idea! Is there a man sized laptop lunch box? My husband packs a lunch everyday and I try so hard to minimize waste.
A book full of great ideas and recipes?! Count me in!
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Left a link on my blog :)
Such a great idea, i’d love to be entered. Thanks.
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I could really use this book!
What a great idea and cute book. You have the best give aways!!!
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These are so great! I have one very similar for my 9 year old son & he loves it! I love the bento lunch you made!
This book looks great (as does the lunch)! My kids are usually home for lunch, but my husband will be eating lunch at work and I would love some new ideas for lunches to send with him. It’s so much better for the budget and the environment to bring food from home! (I was always a lunch carrier when I worked in New York City — you’d be amazed how few people were!)
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yummy! I want his lunch!
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This book would be great. I just bought a bento box, and am looking for healthy nutritious meals to put in it for my little girl.
Thanks so much
I love bento boxes! I even sew little cloth lunch bags to carry my reusable boxes in- a good fabric stash buster and limits my plastic bag use. I dream of making cute lunches, but somehow end up with leftovers a lot.
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oh wow!! i’m so excited!! i used to follow Jennifer a couple years back, and when i changed jobs i forgot to look her up again. but to now see that she’s published is way awesome!! i’m so excited about starting up my own bento habit. have fun in florida!! the weather is perfect here these days!!
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I have always packed a lunch an taken it with me. As a manager, I often don’t have time to go out to lunch and see no reason to waste the money on food that is not healthy for me to eat. I always find that my smartest employees pack a lunch.
I love all her ideas from her blog and would love a copy of this book! *crossing fingers I’ll actually win something*
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These lunch boxes look like fun! I would love to win one – I just had my daughter’s lunch box tested and found out it has lead and arsenic in it!!! (it was a giveaway insulated box from a golf course). That freaked me out! Thanks for all of your wonderful reviews and info!
I love her blog, but haven’t been able to get my hands on her book. The bento boxes are great for toddlers whose tastes may vary from hour to hour ;-). Also, for moms-to-be, new moms, and breastfeeding moms who need to eat a little bit all the time.
Sounds like a great book. And the lunchbox is too cute.
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I have been reading her blog for a while & have unfortunately NOT yet been able to find a copy of this book. I would LOVE to win!
ps – how many blog links would work for extra chances? ;)
I am soo hungry now.
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I have been wanting this book for so long :) I was vegan for several years and now my family is predominantly veggie.
I’d love to win this for my vegetarian friend. I know she is always looking for some new ideas on what to eat.
I just added you as a link (I can’t believe it wasn’t already there!)
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I would love to have that book, count me in.
I really, really want this book!
i want one
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What a wonderfully clever idea with the Laptop Lunchbox! The food is so expensive at Disney World. I have been a vegetarian as long as I can remember. I think when I could choose my own food~!
I don’t have the laptop lunchboxes, so I would hope one could use the book without them. We do take lots of snacks on vacation. Please enter me in your drawing. I really appreciate it….Many thanks,Cindi
Sounds awesome! I’ll check it out! Love the Bento idea – never heard of it but I am excited to get one for my hubby.
Very cool looking. Seems like a great way to pack a lunch. I don’t have a blog but I’d still love a chance to win one. Thanks for the opportunity.
We have Laptop Lunchboxes, too! And, we just LOVE them! Aren’t they great? I have to ask…in the above picture, what’s the little, green thing you put the carrots in? I like that it is a way to divide the one, larger container into two.
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we LOVE our laptop lunchboxes and i’ve been reading jennifershmoo’s blog since she starting posting pictures of shmoo’s lunche, but i never got around to getting her cookbook – don’t know why – but i’d love to have a copy!
I love The Vegan Lunchbox Blog but have not been lucky enough to get my hands on a copy of this book! I hope I am the winner!
Jennifer
Wow would this be a great win! Thanks for the giveaways!
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I would love to have this book, my son loves his laptop lunchbox but I am running out of ideas of what to send him.
My DD is definitely getting a laptop lunch box before she starts school!
omg, I keep meaning to buy one of these! Great idea!
(Wouldn’t mind winning one, either. *wink*)
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Count me in! I am interested in reading this book!
I love that these don’t waste-thanks for the giveaway!
Bento boxes are amazing! I have been wanting a laptop lunch box for a few years now.
Pick me, Pick me!! :) :) Sounds fabulous!
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Awesome lunchboxes! : ) Are these at Whole Foods?
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Ah! Sweet! I want it!! (Not only for my kids, but for me, too!) :)
Would love to try it out:D
I never thought to bring our bentos on vacation. What a great idea!
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I am always looking for new lunch ideas – this book would be perfect!
yaay! i would be so excited to win!!
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even though I am a home schooling mom of 3 kids, 12, 7 and 11 months, I live in the van between soccer, TKD, violin and “field trips”. And our long trips “back home” to TN. Drive throughs and junk food get old quick. My kids dont even like McD’s. Guess I am raising them right….in some ways. I sure could use this book and I love the lunch boxes.
Yes I missed that buy one get one deal and shortly after the announcement came:( So hopefully I can win it here so count me in:)
Count me in-I would love to win this!
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I love those laptop luchboxes but have never heard of the book, what a great idea! Thanks!
This blog has been linked on mine since the beginning. :)
We are going gto Disney next month too!
I’d LOVE to read this! :)
I always learn so much from your blog. The lunch boxes are a great idea. I would love to win a copy of the book.
Oh and lunches for my 4 year old are so hard to come up with! What a cool sounding book!!
I hope I win, I hope I win!!!!
I certainly would love to get a copy of the Vegan Lunch book, I’m always looking for inspiration for new recipes for my kids.
Love to try this out for grandsons Richie and Gianni!
I have been a fan of Vegan Lunchbox for years and I’m still upset I didn’t buy the original cookbook. I’m waiting for the revised edition to come out, but I would love to win the original!
Lunch ideas are always needed with three kids! We so not have bento lunch boxes, but we do avoid plastics and plastic waste by using the contianers from my biz.
http://www.HealthyKitchenware.com
I would love to get my hands on one of those books….it looks fabulous!
include me too; I love this lunchbox
I am always looking for healthy lunch ideas……….would LOVE to have a copy of the book. Thanks so much!!!!!
I’m always looking for newlunch ideas for my family. THanks for your generosity!
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count me in!
Thanks
Wow, does that lunch picture you’ve posted look tasty. I would certainly enjoy this book!
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Love the idea of a bento for kids! Count me in too.
We’d love to get our hands on one, and thanks for offering.
I just found your blog through other blogs and I Just wanted to say I love those lunch boxes! I have a little tupperware bowl divided into three compartments with a lid for my toddler and it works so well… but those lap top boxes really take it to the next level!! And I think that rainbow sandwhich is my favorite too! It looks so yummy!
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The book sounds great. You aren’t kidding that there are a lot of people trying to get their hands on one!!
I would love to win a copy of this book! Question, how does the food not fall all over the place with the strawberries not being in a separate box or whatever? I’m just curious how to avoid having the laptop lunch looking a mess when it’s opened! :)
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Yumm! I love cookbooks. This is an area I do not really have, would love to solve that!
I have wanted one forever!!
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count me in!
I love the idea of a “comment give-away!” I have been admiring this book and the vegan lunch box blog for a long time. I would love to have a copy to help prepare kindergarten lunches for my veggie girl!
Great contest-thanks for holding it. Congratulations to whoeevr wons! :)
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Aw, you are such a great Mom to think of your kids in this way. Have a great vacation.
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Count me in! This book looks fantastic!
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Would love to win this!! Thanks for the great tips on eating healthy while traveling. Its always been a challenge for us. Have a great trip:)
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Wow these lunchboxes are super cool .. wonder if i can get my husband to use one :)
This looks like an awesome book. We are recent converters… we went Vegan for the new year, so we are always looking for inspiration. Thanks so much!
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Make me #97 for the running…
would love to win the book :o)
We heart bento’s & vegan food!
Very interesting! I’d love this!
great looking book
I love Vegan Lunchbox’s blog!! It’s one of my fav reads :) I can’t wait for the new book. I was going thru financial hardship (single parent) so I couldn’t get the first book so I have been dying for the new one!!!
My daughter is borrowing a laptop lunch box from a friend to try out. It would be great to have the book that specifically addresses making healthy lunches for this type of kit. Great idea!
this book sounds great!
That looks great. I would love to use the ideas inside.
My son loves his laptop box!! It was the best investment!!! Thanks to your blog post about them!!!
This bok looks great and so do the lunch boxes!
Neat book! I know it would be put to good use at our house. Packing a lunch on a trip is a great way to eat healthy options and save $, not to mention avoiding waiting in line when hunger strikes!
ooohhhh! I would love to win this one. I have been very interestedin trying out the Bento. Thanks.
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I just got a lunch box last week and would love a copy of the book. Have a great vacation, I’m in Orlando too!
I would love this book. I am not a vegetarian but I am a veg-wanna be. It would be great to have lunchtime recipes!!
My daughter is allergic to dairy and the school basically serves dairy as an only option every single day. I’ve been wanting to pack her healthy lunches, but we dont do processed foods either so I’m at a total loss as to what I should send with her, this book would help me tremendously! count me in!
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Oh…Pick me! :-)
Sounds like a great little book. I would love it.
Not only would I LOVE the book, my daughter will FLIP for the recipes! She tells me now how she shares her snacks with her friends at daycare, because nobody has what she has!
oh yes, i would love it!!
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This is so great. I would love this!
That is one of the prettiest lunches ever!!! I’m always looking for new and creative lunch ideas…as a daily commuter it is easy to get locked into the apple and yogurt routine. SNORE! :)
oh us! we would LOVE this, have been wanting one for a long time :)
Me! Me! Me!
Please. :)
I love the idea of the Laptop lunchboxes, but they do use PVC in them which turned me off. Is PVC alright as long as they guarantee that they are lead-free?
My mouth is watering just looking at the photo. Great lunchbox ideas are always appreciated as my picky eater is starting full day kinder this fall. Gulp. Thanks for making this wonderful offer.
That book sounds great…..
Oh wow! there are a lot of comments! but I’ll add mine to say thanks for your lovely blog. Keeping my fingers crossed for an original copy of the Vegan Lunch Box book, which I was sad to miss out on the first time around. Love those healthy lunches!
I saw the comment you left about the giveaway at the Vegan Lunch Box blog. Thought I’d give it a shot! I’ve been wanting this book since it first came out, but could never afford it. Thanks for the chance to win a copy!
I love the blog. I also would love this lunchbox as my son will be starting kindergarten this year. He is very picky and I’m not even sure what to send for lunch. He’s used to hot lunhces.
Very Cool! I have four kids and we just found out two are allergic to wheat, so I have been back to packing lunches again and am in desperate need of inspiration!!!
Are you still on the trip. Could you share ? :)
Not sure if it is too late or not, but thought I’d try. We have the lunchboxes but have been anxiously waiting for the new book to come out…can’t wait!
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