In the winter of 1988, my family and I were staying with close friends over New Year’s. Late one morning, after we had all exchanged Chanukkah presents, shredded remnants of wrapping paper cascaded over the living room floor. Leaving my dolls and gifts to the side, I began to collect every scrap, creating my own game, unable to allow the colored pieces to go to waste.
Many times, I think the packaging can be just as exciting as the contents inside. It holds true whether the subject be a gift or a meal; the casing can be just as much a treat.
Cranberry bean shells: possibly more gorgeous than the beans themselves.
Sweet potato: baked or mashed, the skin always stays on.
Tea boxes display my evening drink in the prettiest way.
Almost empty almond butter jar: encases a blue, oat-y breakfast.
Fibrous, fuzzy exteriors of kiwi and peach.
Detail of my favorite winter coat: key to a cool weather wardrobe.
Wraps in many forms: cucumber rolls, swiss chard wrap, ezekiel wrap.
Do you prefer the packaging or the goodies inside?
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I like the goodies inside :-D
The packaging is pretty, but I’m with VG! I love the inside.
I pay a lot of attention to the packaging… it makes a big difference the quality of what’s inside. :D
I love chard wraps!
Love the pretty packaging :)
How I’ve missed you and your posts! So much to catch up on it feels like! Love the pretty pictures in this post! I am a big fan of packaging but I am definitely a fan of the insides too! Haha.
Loved this post! I am all about packaging. Sometimes I think I like larabars just for their colorful, chic wrappers! haha. I also love wrapping gifts up in an over-the-top kind of way…
Have a good Monday Leslie !
Oooh I want to know what’s inside of those chard wraps! Do tell!
Andrenna,
Shredded carrot, zucchini, pepper, and peanut sauce! I also really like them wrapped around tabbouleh. :)
That is simply awesome! Thanks for responding.
I’m a sucker for cute packaging but ultimately the innards win. The best is when both the inside and outside are winners such as the case for sweet potato and kabocha.
Those wraps look great! And I’m loving the photography. I’m trying to get better at photographing my food, but the light in my kitchen is very yellow and I don’t have photoshop >.<