Lunchtime has been bumming us out. We've gotten very good at foregoing sandwich bags, etc in favor of reusable containers. However, until a few days ago, all of our containers were plastic.
That means, whenever we wanted to heat something, we had to take it out of the plastic and find something else to microwave it in. Because we don't heat things in plastic anymore.
Now, we're happy again.
We just bought a couple of the small rectangular Snapware Glass Lock Containers ($7.99 each) -- the perfect size for a lunchtime portion of leftover vegetarian chili (our lunch today). And we plan to purchase a few of the other sizes.
There are a few things that make these containers so great.
1) They're not plastic
2) They're really, really easy to clean
3) The smell and/or color of your lunch doesn't remain on the container after you wash it (you know what we mean)
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I've been using Pyrex glassware for bringing my lunch to work for quite a few months now. It's a lot cheaper ( http://www.walmart.com/catalog/product.do?product_id=5723115 ) to buy sets of Corel than buy these things for $8 a piece.
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I second the pyrex. Target had them with blue tops $4.99 but our local store in Seattle, Fred Meyer had red tops for $3.99. My only gripe, a few of the tops, while they seal, have lost some of there snugness. Perhaps using heated drying in the dishwasher.
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The rectangle ones aren't as snug as the round ones.
And the last sentence I typed in my previous post was meant to also say "Pyrex" not Corel... slip of the fingers... sorry about that.
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These are not exactly revolutionary. We have been using pyrex containers for over a year now and we love them. Especially how they do not retain smells! why spend 8 dollars each on these when you can get several pyrex dishes for the same price?
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Glass is too heavy to carry my lunch to work in, since I'm on foot or on Metro. My bag is already too heavy.
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I appreciated the snapping and locking tight feature of these... It gives me peace knowing I won't have spaghetti tossed all over my messenger bag while riding my scooter to work.
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Are the lids plastic?
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Cool, so the seals on these work really well? I've got some pyrex containers but the seals on them don't always, well, seal. I bike to work and would love to know that my food containers aren't going to leak over the work clothes I've packed in my backpack. Even food that I wouldn't think will leak does.
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When I was in NYC, the cfo of our company used to bring in a French White thing with a lid like this, full of frozen broccoli for lunch and would heat it in the microwave, every day.
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