Hi guys,

Anybody have any plastic-free, microwave safe, portable container ideas – that also seal? I like hot lunches I prepare myself but work in an office where the kitchenette is a microwave on a counter in a corner (no sink, and hotplates are grounds for dismissal). I use pyrex usually, but the lids are… some form of blue rubber/plastic stuff, unappealing. I was just wondering if anybody had any ideas. I guess metal tins or ceramic cannisters (with a silicone or rubber o-ring seal, the kind my grandma keeps sugar in) could be transferred to a real plate or bowl pilfered from the cafeteria, but I was wondering if anybody had any other ideas?

Thanks!

EJ

thanks Beth! I didn't realize the metal ones sealed airtight. I use the saucer/bowl combo a lot – it's stackable too. Mixing bowls and serving platters make good containers for the large stuff, but my mixing bowl is metal. I think those cheap disposable plastic things took up that cognitive space in my brain and physical space in my kitchen for too long. Sometimes eliminating plastic from life feels like looking around a corner without a mirror, but it's usually easier than it feels at first :D