if music be the food of lunch, play on

Fancy having a Daal curry this lunch? There's a musical treat if you do.

On the inside of the new Daal veg pots there's a record player with a list of songs, all of which are related to food. So tune in, pop your veg pot in the microwave and have a sing-a-long whilst you eat.

Here is the link as well for those not having a Daal curry but who still want the tunes: www.innocentdrinks.co.uk/lunchmusic

 

 

reusing our packaging

 

Tales of weird and wonderful ways to make use of our packaging once the contents have been enjoyed never fail to make us smile.

Apparently our veg pots make great homes for chilli plants and orchids

 

 

 

Our fruit tube packaging can be turned into a mirror discovery box for exploring in the garden

 

 

Juice carafes come in rather handy for impromptu games of skittles (add water to make things a bit trickier), and the caps are the perfect spot for growing just enough cress to spruce up an egg sarnie.

 

It also turns out that our kids' smoothie boxes are just the thing for carrying sick ducklings to the vets 

And as if that wasn't enough, they make pretty nifty conveyor belts for transporting snacks from one end to the other too.

 

 

 

Thanks to Matt, Laura, Dominic, Emily, Ian, Mrs Barry, Minnie's mum and Craig for the photos and suggestions. 

If anyone thinks they can top these, we'd love to hear from you.

new year, new stuff

A big well done to Louise W, Samantha KF, Kerry D, Tracey T, Flora R, JJ, Laura B, Helen W, David M and Simon W. Late January salvation on its way to you right now.

Resolutions starting to wobble? Biscuit tin serenading you? Need steering back onto the 'new you' track?

We've got 10 'New Year, New You' (TM) packs to give away, packed full of good stuff to help you get back on that straight and slender path including:

• A boxful of tasty porridge from the nice ladies at Grasshopper (to warm up the chilly mornings and get you through to lunchtime)                                                                            
• An Action Diary and some uplifting pencils to keep you organised and motivated from the folk at We Are What We Do

 

• And a handful of veg pot and smoothie vouchers to help you through the perilous waters of snacking and lunchtime occasions.

Add in 52 star jumps and a stir fry for tea and you're sorted.

To bagsy a box, just tell us how the best thing that has happened so far in this shiny new year.

Post your answers below by Tuesday 18th January and make 2011 the year where you eat better, do better and maybe end up looking like Joe.

Oh yes.

 

impress your boss

If you're desperately racking your brains for how to impress your boss, then rack no more. To get a bunch of our tasty veg pots delivered to you and your esteemed colleagues for free, just fill in your details here. Employee of the Month guaranteed.

our veg pots are two

Yesterday, our veg pots reached the grand old age of two.

So to celebrate, we threw a party.

 

For lunch, you could choose from the risotto, the masala, the curry and the chilli and then to complement each pot, there was rustic Italian fare (cooked meats, olives, party rings and breadsticks),

 

Indian delights (paneer cheese, bhajis, party rings, nanns and chutney),  

Exotic Thai treats (prawns, peanuts, party rings, sweet chilli sauce and tofu chunks)

or Mexican accompaniments (nachos, salsa, tabasco sauce and more party rings)

 

Pot love was followed by a game of Pass the Pot and Hunt the Silver Pot

Oli and Joe M then hosted a game of Pot Bingo and the National Pottery

After all the fun, we went back to our desks for a bit and then at 4pm, we all had a slice of birthday cake made by Dave's wife. 

A very tasty birthday indeed.

konnichiwa

Please say konnichiwa to our new spring special japanese miso noodle veg pot. Suitable for vegetarians, vegans and all sorts of people that like to be healthy and have nice things for lunch. Available in the shops now.

rabbit, rabbit, rabbit

Chas and Dave once sung a song about rabbits, it went like this. We've probably made more rabbit mentions than both Chas and Dave did in their entire careers in the last month alone. But we still feel there's more room for rabbits in our lives.

So here we have some fancy new posters featuring rabbits and our tasty veg pots that you might come across in the next few weeks when you're out and about.

 

We've also gone all green and veg pot like on our rabbiting on website where we're still accepting questions. And we've got a brand new Facebook game on our hands; the veg pot jack pot. Go play it here and try and get to the top of the leader board. There'll be unofficial prizes for the people at the very top in 4 weeks time.

monday roast

A couple of new additions to our veg pot family will be reaching the shops this week.

 

First we have fruit towers current in-house veg pot favourite roasted aubergine moussaka, then there's the equally roasted, tasty and healthy roasted beetroot quinoa. Keep an eye out for them both (along with the other six in the family).

vegetables & pyrotechnics

 

Back in July Dan went off to our favourite West London park with a pair of kneepads, a mini vacuum, lots of veg pots and the above 'story board' as it's called in the telly advert making game. The bit crossed off in green above was actually our first ever foray into pyrotechnics. 

It all went well luckily, no eyebrows were singed and you can see the results of the day's work below. Which is now being shown as an advert on the telly would you have it.

Vocal thanks once again go to the wonderful Johhny Ball.

veg pot birthday

Yesterday was the first birthday of our veg pots.

To celebrate this momentous day, we had a birthday lunch with a few glasses of fizz and some special cold veg pots (something new we're thinking of trialling for next year)

 

As well as the veg and bubbles, there were also some mini cakes with iced veg on top to celebrate.

Glitter was an added birthday bonus.