Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals that even picky eaters will like
Do you have picky eaters in your house? It can be so tough to spend an hour (at the hardest part of the afternoon, by the way) only to have your kids refuse to eat. But parents want to eat more than just chicken tenders all week, too. Right? So, we've found some great...
Why we’re supporting World Central Kitchen’s lifesaving work in the Bahamas. We hope you will too.
We always say it: Our readers have the biggest hearts. And so many of you have been asking how best to help those impacted by Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas. While the destruction of these beautiful islands is indeed tragic, it's the human toll that's just...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals using September’s best produce.
This week’s weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we’ve found some easy meals that feature September's best produce. Root veggies are finally ready, and we're starting to see winter squash. So meals featuring beets, Brussel sprouts, pomegranates, and potatoes...
Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.
This week, Erin asked our Recipe Rescue Facebook community for ideas for mid-morning snacks for kids for when they "burn out on string cheese, and can't have nuts." The group came through big time, with lots of ideas for quick snacks to pack in lunch boxes, all to...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for your Labor Day cookouts…and the rest of the week.
This weekend is Labor Day, so we've got your cookout essentials covered. Plus some easy meals to get you through the rest of the week, after you've gotten back from your 3-day weekend. Because re-entry is hard. So, grab your pen and make your grocery list, then stock...
A brilliant one-stop shop for more eco-friendly lunch packing and green living
I simply cannot stop browsing the selection at the aptly named Package Free Shop. Click around and you'll find so many of the eco-friendly lunch-packing items we've shared here, from reusable bags to surprising sundries. And it's all delivered in no-waste, totally...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals you can cook in 30 minutes or less
In our experience, dinnertime is like the witching hour. The kids are tired and hungry -- never a good mix -- and you just want to get something on the table fast. So this week we've found 5 family-friendly meals that are all 30-minutes or less to get on the table....
New S’well S’nack containers just made lunch time more S’tylish.
Since their launch, we've all been big fans of S'well, the company that first said, "water bottles...but make it fashion!" Now they're out with a brand new collection of S'well S'nack containers in two different sizes that I think of as hungry and hangry. (Feel free...
The best insulated lunch bags for kids this year: 7 top picks | Back to School Guide 2019
Having now gone through more than a decade figuring out the best lunch bags for kids, I've determined that insulated lunch bags are the way to go. Let's just say we've come a long way from the metal lunch boxes some of us used to carry, featuring the cast of Full...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for busy back-to-school weeknights.
This week my kids started back to school (gulp!) and in the next few weeks most of the rest of the country will be too. So we're looking for easy, family friendly meals you can prep ahead or make quickly...and still get to those Parents' Night meetings or football...
Celebrity liquor: It’s a thing
Seems like "yes I act, but what I really want to do is direct" has evolved into "yes I act, but what I really want to do is build a liquor distillery." At least judging from the trend of A-list celebrity-created liquor brands. Why, just yesterday, I saw Ryan Reynolds...
How to use up overripe tomatoes – and bruised ones too! 4 delicious ideas.
Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the sun....
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Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.
This week, Erin asked our Recipe Rescue Facebook community for ideas for mid-morning snacks for kids for when they "burn out on string cheese, and can't have nuts." The group came through big time, with lots of ideas for quick snacks to pack in lunch boxes, all to...
How to use up overripe tomatoes – and bruised ones too! 4 delicious ideas.
Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the...
Starbucks drink hack: Save $2 ordering your iced venti drinks this way.
Leave it to my teen to find this Starbucks drink hack on TikTok that's currently making the social media rounds with Starbucks-obsessed consumers everywhere. Iced venti money-saving hack Order a tall iced drink. That's a "small" for those of us not fluent in...
Don’t toss it! Clever ways to use foods you might otherwise throw away.
If you're like us, you've found yourself in the precarious situation of playing "toss or save" with bread heels, almost-compostable vegetables... you get the idea. Should they stay or should they go now? Ha, okay. Enjoy the earworm. Well, thanks to the brilliant...
The ice-cream lickers are disgusting. But are they creating legit health risks?
Like we don't have enough food recalls and assorted food fears to contend with, now it's the so-called #icecreamchallenge, also known as the ice cream lickers. It goes like this: Person removes ice cream lid in store. Person licks ice cream from the tub. Person...
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Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals that even picky eaters will like
Do you have picky eaters in your house? It can be so tough to spend an hour (at the hardest part of the afternoon, by the way) only to have your kids refuse to eat. But parents want to eat more than just chicken tenders all week, too. Right? So, we've found some...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals using September’s best produce.
This week’s weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we’ve found some easy meals that feature September's best produce. Root veggies are finally ready, and we're starting to see winter squash. So meals featuring beets, Brussel sprouts, pomegranates, and...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for your Labor Day cookouts…and the rest of the week.
This weekend is Labor Day, so we've got your cookout essentials covered. Plus some easy meals to get you through the rest of the week, after you've gotten back from your 3-day weekend. Because re-entry is hard. So, grab your pen and make your grocery list, then...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals you can cook in 30 minutes or less
In our experience, dinnertime is like the witching hour. The kids are tired and hungry -- never a good mix -- and you just want to get something on the table fast. So this week we've found 5 family-friendly meals that are all 30-minutes or less to get on the table....
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals for busy back-to-school weeknights.
This week my kids started back to school (gulp!) and in the next few weeks most of the rest of the country will be too. So we're looking for easy, family friendly meals you can prep ahead or make quickly...and still get to those Parents' Night meetings or football...
