by Cool Mom Staff | Sep 23, 2018 | Back to School
Next up in our 2018Â 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 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 Caroline Siegrist | Aug 21, 2018 | Back to School, Recipes
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...
by Jane Sweeney | Jul 25, 2018 | Tips + Tricks
While not everyone makes fast food a first choice, when you’re on the road, sometimes finding the healthiest fast food menu choices at fast food chains really is your best — or only — bet. Millions of families travel by car each summer, which means...
by Marsha Takeda-Morrison | Jun 20, 2018 | Recipes, Shopping Finds
This is an unpopular statement, but I don’t want to live in a world without bread. I don’t care if carbs are evil, that they cause bloating, they bring on crazy mood swings, or make my chin hairs grow in cascading curls – just don’t bother waking me up if I can’t have...