What's New on Pinterest: Pack a Healthy Lunch

On flip-open-the-lunch-box days -- school or office -- Pack a Healthy Lunch by drawing upon the huge idea bank on our Pinterest board. Inspirations abound for dibs and dabs to fill those cute compartmentalized containers. Go against the grain with bread-free sandwiches and packables such as lettuce wraps with Thai meatballs or Buffalo chicken. Those game for bowls will latch on to cauliflower cashew lunch bowls, burrito bowls and steamy chicken-avocado-lime soup. Clean eating in 2016? Pack guilt-free baked salmon and asparagus in foil or Thai baked salmon. Suddenly, that long-lost lunch box is your new best friend.  

Live Music and Lunch Boxes on September 30

Tomorrow is a good day to forgo your brown bag lunch and pick up one of Pacci Ristorante’s boxed lunches at the Midtown Alliance Lunch Box Concert at Arts District Plaza (Peachtree and 15th Streets). The concert goes from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., and guests are encouraged to arrive early to snatch up these Italian boxed goodies. The Midtown Alliance is giving a free drink to each guest who purchases a lunch. Only cash is accepted for payment. Pacci's lunch box options include:
• Smoked turkey and portabella panini with truffle salt potato chips and a chocolate chip cookie ($6)
• Prosciutto and Sweet Grass Dairy goat cheese flatbread served with a salad of mixed greens, cherry tomatoes, shaved carrots and grilled corn and a brownie ($7)
• Chilled smoked shrimp and penne pasta salad with rucola, red onion, kalamata olives, roasted peppers, corn and ricotta salata and a chocolate-dipped Rice Krispies treat ($7)
• Sides and desserts also will be available à la carte.