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Welcome to back-to-school season. To help you navigate the meal prep hustle, we’ve rounded up a few tried-and-true hacks that make packing a lunch for your grade schoolers a little easier. (Spoiler alert: we’re also sharing a customer fave to keep your kitchen running smoothly through it all.)
Lunchbox Hack #1:
Create a DIY lunch station.
Keep bins in your fridge and pantry filled with lunch-friendly items your kids can grab themselves. Think sliced fruit, cheese sticks, crackers, mini hummus cups, or DIY snack mix. It cuts down your prep time, and gives kids some control over their lunch choices. Win-win.
Lunchbox Hack #2:
Freeze sandwiches in advance.
Yep, you can freeze a week’s worth of PB&Js or plain turkey and cheese sandwiches in advance. Wrap them individually, toss them in the freezer, and pop one in your kid’s lunchbox each morning. It thaws by lunchtime and saves you precious minutes during the morning rush.
Lunchbox Hack #3:
Use silicone muffin cups to organize lunchboxes.
Divide lunch portions like fruit, veggies, and treats into colorful silicone muffin cups. It’s an easy way to create a bento-style lunch without the fancy containers. It also makes food more fun to eat (especially for picky eaters).
Lunchbox Hack #4:
Toss in a frozen yogurt tube as an ice pack.
Need to keep lunch cool without bulky ice packs? Frozen yogurt tubes, frozen juice pouches, and even frozen fruit work double duty, keeping everything chill while serving as a lunchtime treat when it’s finally time to eat.
Lunchbox Hack #5:
Simplify cleanup with UltraWash Plus.
At the end of a long day, the last thing you want to deal with is a stack of grimy lunch containers and water bottles, but you’ll need them all clean by morning. That’s where Dropps comes in. Our UltraWash Plus Biobased Dishwasher Detergent delivers a triple-action clean—cutting through sticky peanut butter, greasy pasta, and even that mystery smell from the reusable thermos—without chemical cocktails, dyes, phosphates, or plastic waste. Just load up your dishwasher, pop in an UltraWash Plus pod, press start, and pat yourself on the back. You just made it through another school day.