One of the best inventions my husband and I came up with we endearingly call the “snack pack”.

While on vacation in the US Virgin Islands, we needed a system to take our lunch to the beach so we didn’t have to move our butts for eights hours after we parked ‘em. We had a kitchen in our place and I was cooking dinner every night. I began to make more then we could finish so I had leftovers for the next day. It ended up making a healthy lunch because instead of a sandwich and chips, we had brown rice, steamed vegetables and some kind of protein. I bought some really cheap reusable plastic containers at the grocery store, put the food in there, brought forks and we were set. A cheap, healthy, tasty lunch with nothing to throw away! We saved so much money and it was so good that we’ve continued doing this now that we’re back in the city. It’s so easy and you save on trash since the containers are washable. It’s all ready to go in the morning so there’s no extra job to do when you’re running off to work. Plus, it’s kind of exciting to have the snack pack waiting for you at lunch. You get to relive the fun and relaxation of the previous night’s dinner.

Okay, so maybe this is just what people call “packing your lunch” but it’s new to me so let me feel like I invented it, please!