OmieBox: How to have your hot and cold food together!

The creator of the OmieBox and I met a few months back and I have to say that initially I was mostly skeptical before meeting her.  Could a lunch box do better than the system I had going now?  I had a way to deal with hot food, regular food, not hot food and it seemed to work pretty well.  I liked dividers, I liked the one box idea and I thought I had it pretty good the way I had things set up already.

When Nancy came to me and asked me to look at the box, immediately my thoughts shifted to Son, who has a number of food allergies which I think has contributed to his lack of curiosity when it comes to food.  He likes what he knows, doesn't really enjoy trying new things, and actually needs a HOT meal for most of his lunches.  These past few years haven't been a problem because I feed him at home; however, come this school year, Son will be eating on his own, at school, and the challenges of feeding him loom large and clear in my head. Upon seeing the prototype for the OmieBox, I began imagining the flexibility of lunches I could pack for him - something hot (miso soup) with his rice rolls and his fruit.  He would be able to eat it easily and in the way that suited him and I became very interested in this idea.

After seeing the OmieBox, it stuck in my head because Daughters began complaining about the monotony of their lunches.  It was always "cold" and sometimes they wanted a hot lunch, but when I offered to pack the thermos with something, they complained that it made everything too bulky because they had to pack so much within.  I kept thinking about the OmieBox and how it would solve the problem and I could pack something warm with something cold in the SAME BOX.

I'm excited to say that OmieBox is launching a kickstarter campaign in order to begin production of their boxes.  I'm pretty sure that it's going to sell out in the early stages (that's my gut instinct on this) so it will be to your benefit to join early and get one.  I think these boxes are a perfect solution to a lot of food and eating dilemmas out there, so please take a look at the kickstarter link and get ready to be a backer!

There is more information on the OmieBox, check out their website as well.

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