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Mid-morning lunch box snack help: Dozens of ideas from our own readers.

by Liz Gumbinner | Sep 5, 2019 | Back to School, Shopping Finds, Tips + Tricks

This week, Erin asked our Recipe Rescue Facebook community for ideas for mid-morning snacks for kids for when they “burn out on string cheese, and can’t have nuts.” The group came through big time, with lots of ideas for quick snacks to pack in lunch...

The best insulated lunch bags for kids this year: 7 top picks | Back to School Guide 2019

by Liz Gumbinner | Aug 18, 2019 | Back to School, Shopping Finds

Having now gone through more than a decade figuring out the best lunch bags for kids, I’ve determined that insulated lunch bags are the way to go. Let’s just say we’ve come a long way from the metal lunch boxes some of us used to carry, featuring the...

How to use up overripe tomatoes – and bruised ones too! 4 delicious ideas.

by Jane Sweeney | Aug 13, 2019 | Recipes, Tips + Tricks

Every year I grow as many tomato plants as my garden will hold. If I’m lucky and #thosedarnsquirrels don’t eat them all, I have a bounty of juicy red and yellow fruit that lasts through September. Inevitably some tomatoes will ripen too quickly or blister in the sun....

Starbucks drink hack: Save $2 ordering your iced venti drinks this way.

by Liz Gumbinner | Jul 27, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

Leave it to my teen to find this Starbucks drink hack on TikTok that’s currently making the social media rounds with Starbucks-obsessed consumers everywhere. Iced venti money-saving hack Order a tall iced drink. That’s a “small” for those of us...

Don’t toss it! Clever ways to use foods you might otherwise throw away.

by Kristen Chase | Jul 11, 2019 | Tips + Tricks

If you’re like us, you’ve found yourself in the precarious situation of playing “toss or save” with bread heels, almost-compostable vegetables… you get the idea. Should they stay or should they go now? Ha, okay. Enjoy the earworm. Well,...