Continuing with my week of giveaways and celebrating my favorite things. . I wanted to share these awesome stainless steel Insulated LunchBots. If I have one complaint about packing lunch for my kids, it is that it’s hard to keep the food warm. And usually, if I try to pack a thermos, the thing can’t fit in my kid’s lunchbox!
Who wants to eat a cold lunch that is meant to be hot? And hey, these aren’t just for kids. I plan on getting more for myself and my family when we are eating on the go as well.
Now, you can “Enjoy a hot lunch on the go! LunchBots Thermal 16-ounce Insulated Food Containers keep hot foods hot for hours – without plastic coming into contact with your food. Plus, the bowl-like shape is natural to eat from and easy to fill, unlike awkward, tall cylinders.
The generous, 16-ounce capacity holds a satisfying meal. Pack these lunch containers with homemade chicken soup, beef stew, vegetarian chili, and other favorites. Or fill with a fruit salad – they keep cold foods cold too!”
And aren’t they cute? And THESE containers fit in my kid’s lunchbox.
If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram, you probably know that Leek and Potato soup is my Phoebe’s favorite. I mean, like I make this soup for her EVERY week. Literally every week. I’m waiting for the day that she grows tired of it but I’m guessing that since winter is just around the corner, that may not be happening anytime soon.
I’ve always wanted to pack this soup- or anything HOT really- in her lunch and now, thanks to my new LunchBot Thermal, I can!
So, whether you need one for yourself or for your kid, ENTER THE GIVEAWAY below and enjoy a HOT lunch or snack on the go!
Leek and Potato Soup
Ingredients
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 lb potatoes; peeled and roughly chopped
- 3 large leeks washed and thinly sliced; you only need the tender white and light green parts of the stem
- 6 cups chicken or vegetable stock or a mixture of both; use whatever you have
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 1-2 tablespoons freshly-squeezed lemon juice
- kosher salt and pepper; to taste
- 1/2 cup Creme Fraiche for garnish
- 1/3 cup fresh chives; diced
- Special equipment needed: an immersion or hand blender
Instructions
- In a large stockpot or dutch oven, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add the sliced leeks and chopped potatoes and cook until the vegetables have begun to soften and brown slightly, about 5-10 minutes.
- Add the chicken or vegetable stock and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for about 30 -35 minutes or until the vegetables are tender and soft.
- Blend until somewhat smooth using an immersion or hand blender; I like a little chunkiness in my soup so I didn’t blend it all completely. I left a few potatoes chunks. Add the heavy cream and season with salt, pepper and the lemon juice.
- Serve and garnish with the crème fraiche and fresh chives. Mix and enjoy!
Recipe adapted from Foodista.com.
THE GIVEAWAY!!
(open to residents within the United States only)
Disclosure: LunchBots provided me the LunchBots Insulated container in pink. This giveaway is sponsored by LunchBots. All opinions expressed here are 100% my own.
These are so cute, and not just for kids! I remember those thermos from my school days… not good!
And btw, that’s my soup! jaja!
yes, it is!!! I had to re-publish it here for this. . and really do make this for P EVERY week. 🙂
My grandmother would always make me Pastine with egg,salt and pepper. Its the most comforting thing ever to me. It isn’t the best cold. This would be awesome to have for that! 🙂
Wow in LOVE with these
so many possibilities, this is a great giveaway, thank you!
I would make pasta
We’ve been using LunchBots for years and we absolutely love them. It is great to see they have an insulated option!
Potato leek soup sounds perfect in a lunch bot!
Well. This solves my concern about having warm chili without a microwave at work. Awesomsauce.
Great giveaway!
Any kind of soup!
ither this soup recipie yum or tomato soup, bith are my fav
Fabulous giveaway! I don’t blame your daughter on her choice of soup!
I love that the lids are lids are lined with stainless steel so that no plastic comes in contact with food! Just awesome!
These Lunchbots look great! I would love to try them. The soup sounds delish too! Thanks!
Soup or leftovers
I would love to take my homemade sloppy joes to work.
I would make that leek and potato soup for my lunch bots!
Chicken Noodle soup
Curry!
We could use one of those, especially with the colder months ahead- Hot lunch will be a must!
Soup!
Oo, I was so tempted to buy one of these when I went bento box shopping the last time I was in Japan (but everything was pricey, so it was an either-or situation…). I’d use one to bring turkey kale lentil soup to my campus for lunch!
I would make chili and send for my husbands lunch.
Broccoli soup, my kids go nuts over it! So easy to make in a vitamix 🙂
I want to win these for my great niece.
Homemade chicken noodle soup !
LOVE Lunchbots (for me, not just my kid!)! And since it’s freezing here in western Mass today, that soup looks ah-mazing….
I am entering the giveaway. Also, I am excited about the leek soup because I recently got a bunch from my CSA. Double score!
These look so wonderful! I pack tomato soup every day, and the thermoses are too big!
I’m going to have to try the soup recipe, too.
Yumminess, cuteness, AND functionality!
I was hoping to send my daughter to school with soup the other day and realized that I had never purchased a thermal bowl! This one would be PERFECT!
I’m looking for hearty recipes to prepare this weekend and this soup looks wonderful! Can’t wait to try.
Soup!! Such a cute little container!
I would like to send macaroni & cheese to school with my daughter.
I would make some broccoli soup for me and some hot mac & cheese to send to school with my girls!
mac & cheese
Nice looking!
So many things… but Im craving my mom’s pumpkin dip, so that’s what I’d put on it now… and some pizzelle too.:)
Some corn chowder would be great!
I’m not entering because I won one of these on another site (so that would just be rude and selfish); just to say that this thing is the best little thermal container EVER and that we use it about 3 times a week in my step-son’s lunch (his is green). You’re gonna love this thing.
My daughter loves soup as well. Recently she is on a Thai coconut soup kick. I would love to pack it for her lunch!!
I would love to use this to pack my daughter’s lunch! I would pack her soups!
I would make mapo tofu. So comforting on a cold day.
Warm homemade cinnamon applesauce
I would make a quinoa veggie stir fry to bring for lunch.
Minestrone soup!
I’d love to mark broccoli soup in one!
Definitely soup. It’s been such a long time since I brought soup to out anywhere.
i’d love this to transport tomato soup!
A vegan quinoa salad!
pumpkin soup.
i take soup to work for lunch, pretty much year round!! i currently have plans for broccoli and cheddar soup so that would be what i would take!
I make soup all the time, but I can never bring leftovers for work to lunch since I don’t have any good container to bring it in!
I would use the LunchBot to bring homemade soups to work!
I just saw these lunchbots for the first time a couple of weeks ago and love the idea! I hear the complaint of wanting to send hot food to school with kids all the time – perfect solution. As a grad student, I’d fill it with delicious soups to take to my lab with me!
I love to make Tuscan Vegetable Soup and this container would be a great way to take it with me.
I make a mean tomato basil soup.
I make vegetable soup all the time, and these would be great for that!
Soup or ricebowl
I’d make some egg salad!
Just found your blog! I would make chicken noodle soup!
I’d definitely use it for keeping soup or pasta warm. Love it!
I’d use for soup, which is my go to work lunch during the Fall and Winter!
Italian wedding soup!
Broccoli Soup!
I would make chicken noodle soup!
I often take my lunch to work – and this is the time of year I’d prefer hot leftovers to cold sandwiches
The lunchbot would be great to bring soups for work lunch!