by Cool Mom Team | Sep 24, 2018 | Back to School
Next up in our Back to School Lunch Guide we’re talking about lunch help for your picky eaters. We know how hard it is to stay inspired when it comes to packing school lunches (what with 200 or so of them to do in a year) let alone when you add in that layer of...
by Cool Mom Team | Sep 23, 2018 | Back to School
Next up in our 2018 Back to School Lunch Guide, we’re offering up some inspiration for for those of you with kids who eat gluten-free. Packing school lunches for kids day after day is hard enough, but when you add additional dietary considerations to the mix,...
by Cool Mom Team | Sep 20, 2018 | Back to School
There’s just something comforting about a hot lunch at school that a ham sandwich can’t quite satisfy, you know? (Unless it’s a warm, melty Croque-Monsieur — but that’s another story.) But for those of us packing our kids school lunches,...
by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 4, 2018 | Back to School
When you find your favorite lunch bags on sale, that’s when you realize sometimes it does pay to procrastinate on back to school shopping sometimes. Or hey, maybe your new middle-schooler is realizing just a few days into the school year that they’re...
by Liz Gumbinner | Aug 29, 2018 | Tips + Tricks, Back to School, Shopping Finds
I get it, believe me. School mornings are busy! And as much as we love sharing healthy, homemade lunch box snack recipe ideas, I’m totally no-shame when it comes to a pantry full of store-bought snacks that I can pop into my kids’ backpacks or lunch bags...
by Caroline Siegrist | Aug 21, 2018 | Recipes, Back to School
With my son starting preschool for the first time this fall, I have to start figuring out some preschool lunch ideas that are toddler-appropriate. He still lacks the teeth to eat anything that requires a thorough chewing. (Read: nuts or baby carrots). Fruits with pits...