41 Things To Pack in the LunchBots Thermal
With Fall upon us and cooler temperatures approaching, it’s the perfect time to pack hearty meals in the LunchBots Thermal. Our insulated and leak-proof Thermals have a wide bowl shape with a 16-ounce capacity, making them ideal for soups, stews, chili, and other warm favorites.
To make sure you’re never out of meal ideas this season, we put together a list of LunchBots’s customer’s favorites. Bookmark it or hang it on your fridge as inspiration for a satisfying, hot meal on-the-go!
- Creamy Pumpkin Curry Soup (gluten-free and dairy free recipe)
- Vegan black bean soup
- Clam chowder
- Chicken vegetable rice soup
- Butternut squash (made with coconut milk for vegan options)
- Italian wedding soup
- Broccoli and cheddar soup
- Navy bean soup with ham
- Red potato, kale, and cauliflower soup
- Beef stew
- Chicken noodle soup
- Creamy tomato soup
- Penne with pesto, pine nuts and grilled chicken
- Cincinnati-style chili over spaghetti
- Mac and cheese
- Pad see ew (wide rice noodles with broccoli and tofu)
- Vegetable chili with portabello mushrooms
- Rotini noodles with garlic, a little butter and fresh grated parmesan cheese
- Turkey chili with pasta
- Whole wheat pasta topped with red sauce and a turkey meatball
- Taco soup
- Chicken and mushroom cream soup with pasta
- Bow-tie chicken Alfredo with spinach
- Pulled pork chili
- Rosemary and kale pasta with ground turkey
- Chicken carbonara
- Couscous and lentil salad
- Bowtie pasta with kielbasa sausage, olive oil, onion, salt, pepper, and corn sauteed in a pan
- Ravioli with spinach, Alfredo sauce and shrimp
- Totellini soup with sausage, veggies, pasta, and tomato sauce
- Lasagna
- Thai chicken coconut soup
- Roast chicken with veggies
- Gnocchi
- Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy (toss in a few dried cranberries too)
- Meatball minestrone
- Sausage ratatouille
- Turkey meatloaf
- Apple butter
- Homemade applesauce
- and… LEFTOVERS!
Help add to the list! What warm meal are you excited to pack in a Thermal this fall?
sweet and sour chicken on bed of white rice with honey glaze
Chicken stir fry!
Chicken and Rice Soup
warm pizza sauce. send breadsticks or pieces of foccia to dip.
I’d pack paleo spaghetti alla carbonera or some turkey, kale and bacon stew. Yum!
My kids love mini hotdogs!
Potato soup!
Baked Chicken with Mexican Salsa Rice
Chicken and Dumplings!
Tortilla soup
Chocolate Chili from The Clothes Make The Girl.
Oatmeal or quinoa flakes with dried fruit and nuts
Chicken chili soup!
I LOVE Lunchbots! We have road tripped all over the country using our Lunchbots Ecos and the minis. I would LOVE the Lunchbots Thermals to bring along New Mexican style pork or chicken stew with green chili sauce (topped with crushed tortilla chips.) Hope I win the giveaway!!
Korean style short ribs over a bed of rice topped with steamed broccoli.
Lentil soup!!
Paleo slow cooker jambalaya.
broccoli and cheese soup
Beanless chili
Maesaman chicken and rice!
My kids love when I brown ground beef and put it in their Thermal. Since the Dips containers came along, I’ve been putting shredded cheese in those, and then a waxed paper bag with some tortilla chips and it’s a perfect meal!
My mother’s hamburger soup! (ground beef with potatoes, carrots, onions, celery, rutabagas, turnips, green peas, corn, mushrooms, green cabbage, thin spaghetti noodles broken into smaller pieces, sweet basil and bay leaves in a broth made from beef bouillon cubes, water and whole canned tomatoes in their juices)
Spaghetti!
wild rice soup
Homemade chicken soup with cinnamon and sweet potato. Yummerama.
Crock pot tortellini!
PaleOMG Chocolate Chili
Roasted root vegetable casserole. Turnips, rutabaga, parsnips and squash chopped and mixed with bechemel and cheese topped with buttered panko. Our household favorite winter comfort food!
chicken stroganoff!
Swiss chard soup with lentils and potato – delish! Lunch Bots are the best…
Turkey soup
Kale and bean soup!
Chicken and sausage gumbo
Chicken & wild rice soup
Those are my two favorites. I’d pack those in a thermal jar!
Stuffed green pepper soup
carrot ginger soup, yum
Baked rigatoni with chopped spinach, ricotta and crumbled sausage.
I would pack turkey and gravy and mashed potatoes in that delightful thermal bowl. Yum!
What about oatmeal with blueberries and flax
Chicken veggie noodle stirfry for the kids and mushroom barley soup for me!
Rice and chicken curry
fried rice! my kids can’t wait for good ole mac and cheese, of course.
My daughter loves reheated spaghetti in hers!!
Good ole Tomato soup with a grilled cheese sandwich on the side!
Mac and cheese with ground beef and peas is my 5 year olds favorite.
veggie mac n cheese
ravioli with homemade sauce
Shepherd’s pie leftovers are my favorite warm lunch!
Hot & Sour soup yum, yum!
A cozy, warm serving of oatmeal with all the fixings – golden raisins, chopped walnuts and almonds, brown sugar, cinnamon and freshly cut banana. Yum!
My daughter would if I put a simple cup of buttered noodles and cheese in her lunch!
Butternut squash soup topped with pancetta! MMM!
Baked Potato Soup!
Potato soup!!
chicken pot pie stew- my homemade fav
Egg Drop Soup
Yummy Beef Stew with potatoes, peas and carrots – sure sign its fall.
lentil soup
Yum! Now I am hungry. There are all kinds of breakfast type foods that would be wonderful. Scrambled eggs with onion and cheese and …
Crawfish Etoufee, of course!
Leftovers from crockpot suppers the night before – especially BBQ chicken & rice as well as my original Easy Chicken & Dumplings recipe!
Cheesy Goulash!!
Chili for sure!!!!!!!! SO GOOD!!!!!!
Quinoa Pilaf
Oatmeal!
Gazpacho!
baked beans!
Roasted spaghetti squash topped with Chocolate Chili ala Well Fed cookbook!
Shrimp Curry! LOVE it!
Pho!!!!!
Chicken and dumplings
Baked potato soup!
Chicken chili
Chicken noodle soup with extra chicken & rice added!
I would love to pack my husband’s delectable chicken and rice. Even better the next day!
tom yum soup!
Meaty bone broth hits the spot in cold weather!
potato soup for sure…oh and den jang jiggae (Korean miso soup)
MAN/KID GOULOSH with grass-fed beef of course!
We usually pack leftover casserole or soups.
Black beans, onions and bacon
I would pack some Hungarian goulash and homemade speitzle. It’s been a favourite meal for at least 25 years and now my kids and hubby love it as well.
Home-made M&C with chicken or veggies!
Butternut squash soup!
Picadillo! It’s kind of like a Cuban chili, with ground beef in a tomato sauce with fresh tomatoes, onions, garlic, peppers and plenty of seasoning with bay leaves, cumin, cinnamon, cloves, oregano, sometimes raisins or olives.
I would love one to put some yummy yogurt and fresh fruit for my daughters lunch at school.
Khichdi, delicious/healthy meal-in-one especially in the fall. Perhaps some veggie fritters alongside.
Pork Carnitas!
My GF daughter likes reheated dinners for her school lunch, like GF pizza casserole.
Chicken, black pepper, onion, celery, potatoes, green peppers and tomatoes.
Definitely sone yummy butternut squash soup!
Lentil and veggie stew that I made in the slow cooker:-)
“Crema” that my grandma used to make…. It’s like a hot custard cereal, yum!
broccoli and pasta soup, or white bean and kale! yum!
Ravioli. Or just about anything mentioned above!!
I would just do one of the many soups on my food board on Pinterest, lol. Or leftovers that need to be hot of course!!
Sweet red bean soup
Ginger Chicken Jook (rice porridge)
We love chicken pot pie for lunches in the fall!
Fried rice!
Curried Lentils. YUM.
Bagel Bites and Fish Sticks. They fit just so!
Curry with steamed rice!
Chicken ‘n’ dumplings
Chicken tetrazzini
Vegetarian 5 way chili!!!
Thai curry with grass-fed beef!
Mac n cheese with bacon!
baked potato soup (Penzey’s has a great recipe for it and better-for-you than the O’Charley’s variants!)
Chicken spaghetti!
Chicken butternut squash stew!
Veggie soup, cheeseburger soup, chicken tacos, mac n’ cheese, oatmeal, anything!
Stuffed cabbage rolls
Miso Soup!!
Grilled zucchini, cherry tomatoes, feta and basil with balsamic vinegar. This is my daughters favorite lunch and it’s great either hot or cold.
Mushroom risotto!
Tortilla Soup
Daily bone broth
Spaghetti squash with yummy sauce for my twin 3 year olds!
Chili! Thanks! cokelush at gmail
chicken pot pie!
Mushroom and Scallop chowder! made some for dinner last night and would be the perfect lunch!
corn chowder, shepherds pie, apple sauce, curried chicken soup, chicken and dumplings. so many good ideas!
Scrambled Eggs!
vegetarian tagine
Jambalaya!
I don’t have one of these thermal food containers yet but if I did I’d use it for all sorts of things.
Channa Masala!
Muttar Paneer!
Mac N. Cheese (Cauliflower instead of noodles)
Bean Soup
Vegan sloppy joes (with a bun on the side)
Vegan chili
Manicotti
Cheese dip for vegetables
Pho
Chickenless noodle soup
AND SO MUCH MORE.
Homemade stirfry! So healthy and great the next day. Just need a thermal bowl to take to work with me *hint hint*
Arroz con pollo… Chicken and rice!!!
Curry chickpeas with brown rice and potato yum.
Cheeseburger Soup!
noodles
Hashbrown casserole. Mmmmm…comfort food!
My daughter loves pasta with olive oil and parmesan in her thermal.
My kids love taking rice and any kind of leftovers (esp. teriyaki chicken!) for lunch!
carrot ginger soup!
Pasta
Beef stew!
Spicy black bean & sweet potato soup! Yum.
Scrambled eggies and cheese!
Chili…yum
my favorite is already on there – veggie chili! i like it with boca crumbles instead of portobello, though. i also love a dish my husband dubbed “trashy mac” — quinoa mac ‘n cheese mixed with garlicky broccoli and kale, boca crumbles and hot sauce. sooooo good!
Vietnamese beef noodle soup – pho!
Fried rice with chinese bbq pork and tiny chopped veggies. Another would be farfalle pasta with shredded roast chicken, broccoli, and parmesan with olive oil. The kids favorites!
black bean soup — diced avocado on top!
For a special treat…..dessert like warm apple crisp!
Pork soba noodles dish
After apple picking we made applesauce and ate it warm. My son loved so much he asked for it in his lunch tomorrow, so we’ll be getting out our thermos for that
Baked potato soup. Mmmmm
Asparagus, Bacon & Broccoli Soup! http://vahuntergatherers.blogspot.com/2012/08/asparagus-bacon-and-broccoli-soup.html
Greek lemon rice soup
Paleo Crock Pot Barbacoa. YUM!!!
Red chili stew
Pumpkin soup sounds great to me, but I’d also use it for Albondigas Soup.
Soup Dumplings with pork filling (siao long bao).
Mom’s spaghetti!
Chili with a side of corn bread!
My no-bean slow cooker chilli! All my containers leak.
Hot spiced apple oatmeal would make the perfect morning snack to pack for my Kindergardener!
Mac and Cheese
chicken fingers with sweet potatoes
Mac n’ Cheesey!
How fitting that I actually packed my lunch in my Lunchbots thermal today. Got some yummy mushroom Stroganoff in there and love the fact that I won’t have to run around for a microwave during my lunch break at University.
I have two pink ones for my two daughters. I’m not near as creative as some of you but my girls LOVE for me to send Amy’s organic pizza snacks or Annie’s ravioli in their thermos for their school lunch! LOVE lunchbot products. They’ve changed my life!
Thank you!