by Cool Mom Staff | Aug 9, 2022 | Back to School, Recipes, Tips + Tricks
The convenience of Lunchables is undeniably alluring, but the ingredients, cost, and waste can be a little hard to swallow given how incredibly easy it is to make DIY Lunchables. With a handful of ingredients and a few reusable compartmentalized lunch containers...
by Christina Refford | Jul 21, 2022 | Recipes
Whether your teens are up at dawn to get to their summer job, or stumble into the kitchen around noon because, well, they’re teenagers, we still want them to eat a good breakfast to get their day started off right. But, we are lonnnnng past needing to wait on...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Jul 18, 2022 | Recipes
I’ve been on the hunt for some fresh new summer pasta salads to make, ever since last summer, when I took a pasta salad to a friend’s annual summer barbecue and no one ate it. I admit I was hurt. I mean, didn’t anyone appreciate how long it had taken me to mix...
by Lisa Barnes | Jul 11, 2022 | Recipes, Shopping Finds
While you may be familiar with the amazing deals you can snag on shoes, bags, and clothing during the Nordstrom Anniversary Sale, you may not be as familiar with the kitchen and home products Nordstrom now carries. At my last in-person visit to Nordstrom, I discovered...
by Kate Etue | Jun 29, 2022 | Meal Plan, Recipes
July is such a perfect time for fresh produce — and the delicious family recipes that make use of them. My backyard garden is starting to produce some radishes and cabbage right about now, and I’m seeing the most delicious peaches and tomatoes at local...
by Lisa Barnes | Jun 7, 2022 | Recipes
For a few years now, I have been trying to work more plant-based recipes into my weekly meal planning, for both the health benefits and sustainability aspects. And now I am choosing more and more plant-based recipes because the ingredients tend to cost less overall,...
