by Jane Sweeney | Aug 24, 2016 | Back to School, Recipes
Packing vegetables for school lunch doesn’t have to be boring. Well, at least not all of the time. It’s easy to fall into a baby carrot rut when filling lunch box after lunch box (after lunch box), but there are plenty of creative ways to pack vegetables in school...
by Kate Etue | Aug 23, 2016 | Back to School, Recipes
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...
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 Kate Etue | Aug 11, 2016 | Back to School, Recipes
I can’t believe that we’re already thinking back-to-school, and that in some parts of the country kids are already in their classrooms. Whoa! Those early morning wake-ups are going to be brutal, and my kids are going to need all the energy that they can...
by Stacie Billis | Aug 3, 2016 | Tips + Tricks, Back to School, Shopping Finds
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 | Shopping Finds, Back to School
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,...
