I love food, which is honestly kind of weird. A kid with an allergy like mine loving food is like a person with motion sickness loving racecar driving. It’s weird, but it just works out that way. I really really love food. I especially love sweets. My favorite part of going to the movies is the candy and pop that I get. Honestly, if I were to choose between having movie candy and watching a movie without eating, I would probably pick the candy.

This makes it really upsetting for me whenever I can’t eat a dessert, which is quite often. I remember last year at school there was a special celebration and they bought donuts for the ENTIRE school–except me.  Whenever I go to a restaurant, there is only like a 1 in 20 chance that I will be able to eat the desserts. My parents usually make it up to me when I get home by giving me safe treats, and Enjoy Life Foods are one of my favorite safe treats.

Enjoy Life Foods is a brand of snack and treat foods that is safe from the eight most common allergens, meaning I can have literally whatever I want from them. I actually discovered this brand on a Disney trip. Disney is SUPER great with allergies, and even has their own allergen free snack brand called “Snacks with Character.” Before they had that though, I saw them selling Enjoy life chocolate bars in one of their quick service restaurants, and I was hooked.

They really do have a lot of products too, I was looking at all the things they sell, and there is a lot of stuff.

Want a chocolate flavored granola bar? They have that.

Want some safe brownie mix? They have that too.

They even have their own pizza crust mix, which is as awesome as it is random.

By far my favorite product of theirs is their cookies. They have all different flavors from double chocolate to sugar crisp.`

In fact, stay tuned for the next couple of days to see how you can be eligible to win an entire case(six boxes) of Enjoy Life cookies!

With a brand that is safe for me to eat, it makes all those times when I couldn’t have a dessert at a restaurant, or at school, or at a friend’s house, or really anywhere that there is food, a little more bearable.

Until next time!

Gary

With school rapidly approaching, I keep on thinking of those school lunches. The school I go to serves unsafe food, including peanut butter sandwiches. Because of this, I can’t buy school lunch, so lunch from home is a must. I’ve tried a lot of different lunch boxes, but Planetbox by far is my favorite. Planetbox is a bento style lunchbox, which basically means it’s like having your food on a tray, instead of putting it all in plastic bags. There are three different sizes available, depending on the portion that you want. Here’s a picture of the medium size,  from the website, which is what I have.

And here is the picture of the bag it fits in.

It holds a shocking amount of food. I decided to put my lunch today in the one I had for reference.

It’s a huge lunch. That container held a bunch of apple slices, a bunch of tomato pieces, a rice stick (which tastes better than it sounds), cheese, olives, two mini sandwiches, and some skittles for dessert. And there is no bags! All you have to do is put an cold pack in the lunch box with the tray, and it keeps the food cold and fresh. Since there is no need for bags, I also get to avoid the lunchroom trash can, which is also a danger zone for an allergy kid like me. It’s durable too. I’ve had the same lunchbox for seven years, and it’s still in great condition, and it just goes straight into the dishwasher every night.

It is hard to miss school lunch when my lunch usually looks a lot better.

While I was getting a picture off their site I noticed that Planetbox is having a 10% off sale on their three lunch boxes until August 11th.  The code is 3Box10

That’s it for today’s Gary’s favorite things. If you have any questions about the Planetbox, feel free to leave a comment.

Until next time!

Gary

This is not a sponsored post. I am not affiliated with any of the companies mentioned in the Gary’s favorite things posts. I just really like their products. However, just in case you want to check them out, here is the link.

http://www.planetbox.com/