by Christina Refford | Sep 8, 2021 | Back to School, Recipes
This school year, along with tossing lunchmeat, cheese, and crackers into a container for a quick charcuterie-style lunch, I’m also going to use some of the mason jars I have for work and school lunches. But rather than just throw a bunch of stuff in a jar and...
by Christina Refford | Aug 25, 2021 | Back to School, Recipes
With all the anxiety surrounding back-to-school, the last thing I need to be worrying about is coming up with 180 days of school lunch ideas, especially for my sandwich-averse teen. (Seriously child? What’s wrong with sandwiches?!?) But as I was pondering what...
by Cool Mom Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Back to School
This past year we all spent a good amount of time and thought into prepping our pantry for an emergency – but now as we head back to school our pantries may not be stocked very well for every day snacks and packing lunches. So we have updated of one of our...
by Kate Etue | Aug 12, 2021 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
In the past, we’ve written about how to clean our kids lunch boxes safely, say if a banana gets left in there over the weekend or a container of spaghetti somehow gets tossed back in without a lid. But this year, we may be pulling out a lunchbox that...
by Kate Etue | Oct 6, 2020 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
Lately, my homeschooled children been having fun with these simple kitchen experiments for kids that absolutely count as science class time. And as we get into our second month of school, I really need this in my back pocket! Honestly, some days, my kids complete...
by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 9, 2020 | Back to School, Recipes, Tips + Tricks
Just because your kids aren’t in school in a traditional way doesn’t mean that parents aren’t thinking about school lunches. With so much on our plates these days (womp womp), it’s a good opportunity for us to teach our kids to be more reliant,...
