by Stacie Billis | Aug 13, 2016 | Back to School, Recipes
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...
by Stacie Billis | Aug 6, 2016 | Back to School, Recipes, Tips + Tricks
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...
by Stacie Billis | Aug 3, 2016 | Back to School, Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks
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...
by Stacie Billis | Jun 29, 2016 | Back to School, Shopping Finds
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,...
by Stacie Billis | Sep 29, 2015 | Back to School, Shopping Finds
A big part of my preparations for the busy fall/winter entertaining season always includes stocking my pantry with snacks. And not just our standard go-to choices, but also nut-free snacks that are safe for school, a bigger selection of kid-friendly snacks for...
by Kate Etue | Sep 26, 2015 | Back to School, Party!, Recipes
More and more we’re hearing that sugary snacks are no longer allowed in the classroom to celebrate birthdays: healthy snacks only, please. This happened at my niece and nephew’s school and they were crestfallen, thinking they’d be relegated to...
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