For the Save the Oak Ridges Moraine train ride, we made boxed lunches for the passengers. My parents and I woke up bright and early to put them all together. With three of us working non-stop it took two and a half hours to make 163 lunches, but it was all worth it to see everyone’s happy faces when they were given their meal.
Everything that we used was either compostable, recyclable or reuseable. We purchased biodegradable containers and wrapped a fabric napkin around each one. Bright orange twine was used to tie it all together, with a paper leaf to finish it off. My poor father pre-cut all the twine, and hole punched every leaf.
The boxes were lined with cute checkered paper, and filled with lots of great food!
Organic Meadows donated some of their amazing cheddar. Thats some seriously good cheese! Holland Marsh Growers Association donated carrot and celery which we cut into sticks and placed in a paper liner.
The delicious apple tarts were made by Hearty Catering, and were just the right treat to have on a nice fall day.
Vince’s Country Market donated Mediterranean wrap sandwiches, and for vegetarians we made these flatbread sandwiches loaded with local produce.
When we first started looking at getting the lunches catered, it was going to cost $18.95 for an organic, locally sourced, eco-friendly lunch. By getting donations from local Moraine-based businesses, buying fabric napkins from a restaurant going out of business, and doing all labour, our cost was under $5 per person.
