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....
6 favorite no-cook recipes using fresh tomatoes and basil in season.
I don’t think I will ever get sick of no-cook recipes using tomatoes and basil. I play them on repeat during the summer months because I know that although the ingredients are widely available year-round, it’s this time, right now in August, where the taste of...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals using August’s in-season produce
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we've found some easy meals that feature August's best produce. I don't know about you, but my tomatoes are tasting perfect right now, so we're making the most of that! So grab a pen, make your shopping list,...
Weekly meal plan: 5 delicious $10 meals for summer
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and I'm thinking about $10 meals. Because frankly, I'd rather spend less money cooking and more in air conditioned movie theaters right now! So, inspired by Kate's weekly meal plan of 10 affordable, kid-friendly...
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...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals you can grill, because barbecue season!
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we've found some easy meals to get you through the rest of the week. And since it's the middle of summer, we're loving these grilling recipes. They keep the oven off and the kitchen cool while you enjoy the...
This easy weekly meal planner notepad helps end the pain. (Or okay, minimizes it just a bit)
Back to school season is coming up fast, and we're already on it with our Cool Mom Picks Back to School Shopping Guide, rolling out this week. While we're helping parents out with all the coolest gear for kids, we're also going to have some great organizational tools...
Watch out! According to these plates, if you eat too much, you’ll look like a mom!
When Kristen shared Alie Ward's tweet about the obnoxious mom jeans plates she spotted at Macy's, our team collectively responded on Slack with multiple variations of OMG or its more descriptive cousin, OMGWTF. The Washington Post reports that the plates were met with...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy, kid-friendly meals that are super affordable
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we've found some easy meals to get you through the rest of the week with recipes that won't bust your budget. Because summer activities can get expensive. So grab a pen, make your shopping list, and stock up...
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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...
Baking tricks: How to remove brownies from the pan without them falling apart
On a recent thread in our Recipe Rescue Facebook group, I noticed a particularly long discussion around the topic of the best way to cut brownies. Specifically, how to remove brownies from the pan without them breaking into pieces. The author posted a photo of an...
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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...
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...
6 favorite no-cook recipes using fresh tomatoes and basil in season.
I don’t think I will ever get sick of no-cook recipes using tomatoes and basil. I play them on repeat during the summer months because I know that although the ingredients are widely available year-round, it’s this time, right now in August, where the taste of...
Weekly meal plan: 5 easy meals using August’s in-season produce
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and we've found some easy meals that feature August's best produce. I don't know about you, but my tomatoes are tasting perfect right now, so we're making the most of that! So grab a pen, make your shopping...
Weekly meal plan: 5 delicious $10 meals for summer
This week's weekly meal plan recommendations are here, and I'm thinking about $10 meals. Because frankly, I'd rather spend less money cooking and more in air conditioned movie theaters right now! So, inspired by Kate's weekly meal plan of 10 affordable,...
