9 make ahead breakfast recipes that make busy school mornings easier.
I am not a morning person. At all. So, as much as the idea of waking up early and scrambling eggs, frying bacon, and whipping up a batch of biscuits for my kids sounds lovely, history has shown that it just isn’t going to happen. But that doesn’t mean...
7 easy breakfast recipes kids can make themselves (no cooking required, no cereal in sight).
One of the great joys of raising older kids is being able to hand over tasks or, uh, sharing responsibilities with them. And I’m not just talking about tweens. Given an age appropriate cooking task, kids as young as 4 and 5 can assist in the kitchen (use our...
DIY Lunchables: Just as easy as store-bought and more budget- and eco-friendly too | Back to School Lunch Guide
Lunchables are so popular that they’ve become a full blown business for Kraft with product line extensions for breakfast, little kid snacks, and heat-and-eat snacks for teens. The convenience is undeniably alluring, but the ingredients, cost, and waste are hard...
The essential lunch box pantry list: Everything you need to pack 180 lunches quickly and easily | Back to School Lunch Guide
Every family cook has their go-to ingredients, the ones that they know how to use in all different ways to save dinner. Well, if you pack school lunch for your kids, it’s important to have those go-to ingredients for school lunch too. These are the pantry and...
The 9 best store-bought snacks for healthy, on-the-go summer snacking.
Finding healthy store-bought snacks is a big back-to-school focus, but having had my kids home on summer break for nearly two weeks now, I realize that I’m in need of easy, on-the-go snacks now. With our summer schedule taking us out and about most days,...
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