LaLa Lunchbox: meal planning for kids is a fun meal-planning app that can be helpful for nearly all families. The app has multi-user functionality, allowing each family member to create his or her own account and "monster" avatar. Family members then click on a calendar to access a week's worth of lunchbox menus. Each lunch box contains multiple food options that can be selected by accessing one of four lunchbox: fruits, vegetables, proteins and snacks. Users can choose up to 6 items per lunch box. All selected foods are then compiled into a grocery list, which can be synced with any mobile device to make grocery shopping quick and easy.

LaLa Lunchbox is ideal for children ages preschool and up. Children who are picky eaters will especially enjoy being involved in the meal-planning process, and are more likely to eat foods that they have selected themselves. Parents can easily manage food lists in each category by deleting foods or adding foods that are not in the default list by taking pictures of household favorites. This ability to customize a food list is particularly useful for families with food allergies or special dietary needs. All foods in this app are represented pictorially, which is helpful for early-readers and non-readers. Additionally, LaLa Lunchbox can help those families with nonverbal members who may have difficulty communicating their meal preferences.

This app was trialed with kindergarten-age children who enjoyed using the program to plan their own meals. The app requires basic knowledge of touch-screen technology and users should have the ability to navigate menus using purposeful touch. Users should also be able to understand the concept of calendars, be able to count single-digit numbers, and have fundamental early-reading skills, such as letter recognition.