Trendy food boxes are on the rise. And with Tupperware, you can do it yourself. Perfect for picnic season – and especially Insta-worthy sitting pretty atop a picnic table or blanket – there’s never been a more colourful way to bring bright and seasonal produce together in one place. Start with our inspiration, then mix, match, add, subtract or multiply whatever you see fit to suit your taste – and the occasion!
How To: Build Your Own Food Box
Think inside the box
Springtime is a wonderful season to experiment with a foray into food box fun, thanks to the abundance of ripening ingredients. But it’s also the kind of activity that you can take with you into any season or situation – we’re thinking cosy breakfast boxes in bed, or boxing up as a gift to brighten the day of someone you love.
So you don’t have to invest in one-time use containers like cardboard boxes or throwaway containers – our cool and colourful combination of the Click to Go and Mini Cubix Containers can show you the way to greatness, as you use them over and over so you can sustainably try every variety of food box you dream up.
Thanks to their sizes and dimensions, you can artfully create a fantastic feast big enough for your eager brunch buddies. Using the Click to Go as your base, you can stuff with whichever larger food floats your brunch boat, while segmenting smaller bites that come in greater quantities so you can keep them tidy and in their place.
Pro Tip: They’re easy to cart off to an outdoor banquet. Carry them to your location at ease with its content still looking as photo-ready as they did when you first assembled them.
Build Your Own
Time to mix art with food! Make it your goal to create stunning edible canvases that will be the envy of all who set their eyes on them.
1. Mezze madness: Try an appetizing Middle Eastern spread. Group certain foods together in squares to build a checkerboard of treats: pita, Homemade Hummus, tomatoes, cucumbers, falafel, stuffed peppers, olives, halloumi. You’ll have a full box before you know it!
2. Fabulous five-a-day: Work in concentric circles to make layers of rings from the centre all the way to the edge, picking all the colours of the rainbow as you go to help select the ripe fruits and vegetables that will make getting your five-a-day more tempting than ever.
3. Sunday brunch: #BrunchGoals! Think big and involve different food groups. Place avocado, crusty bread, eggs, croissants, grapefruit, kiwis and beyond around the edge, leaving a ‘well’ in the middle for the more substantial snacks that your companions can easily grab, like these Freestyle Wraps.
4. Pastry perfection: Think ‘snail’! Create a spiral effect by starting in the middle of the container, and one-by-one using croissants, pancakes, waffles, pain au chocolate and more until you reach the edge. Garnish with small bunches of grapes, a handful of strawberries, and ramekins of jellies, peanut butter or chocolate spread to create a heavenly pastry sight.
Pro Tip: Don’t buy pre-packaged; make Croissants and Flatbreads from scratch. Don’t worry – it’s easy!
We’re certain all those edible contents will be out of the box and into hungry mouths in record time. Just don’t forget to get some photographic evidence of your food masterpiece first. ;) Enhance your experience if you’re going to enjoy it al fresco and use our Think Outside the Home feature for advice on what else to take along to your picnic to make it even more colourful, delectable and sustainable.