How to Make Easy Snacks Without Cooking For someone who loves food as much as I do, you would think that providing snacks for my kids would come naturally. Unfortunately, that is not the case. Snacks are the food item that I always seem to forget when I am planning out our meals for the week. This has become a bigger and bigger problem as my boys’ appetites have been growing, so this summer I
How to Make Lunch Packing Easier While the focus of my life’s work is on making family dinners easier to plan and prepare, I also have a soft spot of lunch. I have never been and could never be one of those people who “forgets to eat lunch.” I love eating lunch, but packing school lunches for my kids is a whole other story. The daily grind of coming up with ideas, trying to add
The Formula for a Healthy School Lunch I am entering my ninth year of packing school lunches (how is that even possible?!). Over the years I have had to come up with lunch ideas that have worked with nut restrictions, meat and dairy restrictions, food strikes, a lack of interest in sandwiches, and a kiddo who spent so much time talking that he ran out of time to actually eat. What I have learned in
Our Back to School Sale and Giveaway is Here! It’s hard to believe but summer is already winding down and Back to School season is in full effect! Before the onslaught of homework, after school activities, PTA meetings, and packing school lunches begins, we want to help you to get organized so that you can get an A+ in feeding your family. This year, not only are we launching our always popular Back to School
We all know that family dinners matter. We know that they help to protect our kids from issues such as teen pregnancy and drug and alcohol use. We understand how they offer us a time to connect and share about our days. We appreciate how meals together provide an opportunity to teach manners and conversational skills. We get it. Family dinners are important. But the reality is that family dinners can also be an added
