by Christina Refford | Apr 21, 2022 | Tips + Tricks
With Earth Day’s 52nd anniversary this week, it’s a great time to reflect on ways we might do even more to lessen our negative impact on this place we call home. But where to start? If your family spends as much time as my family of five does thinking...
by Christina Refford | Sep 8, 2021 | Back to School, Recipes
This school year, along with tossing lunchmeat, cheese, and crackers into a container for a quick charcuterie-style lunch, I’m also going to use some of the mason jars I have for work and school lunches. But rather than just throw a bunch of stuff in a jar and...
by Christina Refford | Aug 25, 2021 | Back to School, Recipes
With all the anxiety surrounding back-to-school, the last thing I need to be worrying about is coming up with 180 days of school lunch ideas, especially for my sandwich-averse teen. (Seriously child? What’s wrong with sandwiches?!?) But as I was pondering what...
by Cool Mom Staff | Aug 17, 2021 | Back to School
This past year we all spent a good amount of time and thought into prepping our pantry for an emergency – but now as we head back to school our pantries may not be stocked very well for every day snacks and packing lunches. So we have updated of one of our...
by Lisa Barnes | Aug 16, 2021 | Back to School
As my kids have gotten older, I’ve shopped more for lunch bags for teens, because the lunch box has gotten less and less cool. Which is really kind of sad because, holy cow, there are some super cute lunchboxes out there. My high school kids were always so happy...
