by Cool Mom Staff | Aug 26, 2022 | Back to School, Tips + Tricks
If you’re looking to lighten your load this school year, look to the kids. With these tips, you’ll have your kids making lunch in no time at all! I’m not a morning person. If your personality also improves throughout the day, you’ll understand...
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 Lisa Barnes | Aug 5, 2022 | Back to School
As my kids have gotten older, they prefer the “lunch bag” over the “lunch box” because it’s so much easier to shove into a backpack (especially when they may or may not have a locker), and they can actually cram a lot more food into a bag...
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...
