When you throw away food, you throw away money. When your kids throw away food at school, it’s like a hairline crack in your water jug – the liquid is slowly leaking out such that you don’t even notice, but nonetheless, your money is going out without a return. How can you pack the perfect [...]
Entries Tagged as 'lunch'
Eat Well, Spend Less: 10 Tips to Pack Brilliant School Lunches (& avoid wasting food)
August 28th, 2012 · 35 Comments · Frugality
Tags: back-to-school·Eat Well Spend Less·kids·lunch·lunchboxes·school food
Monday Mission: Travel Without Plastic
June 11th, 2012 · 19 Comments · Monday Missions
Your mission, if you choose to accept, is to pack travel foods without using plastic this summer, especially disposable plastic. This mission is inspired by the release of my friend and colleague Beth Terry’s first book, Plastic Free: How I Kicked the Habit and You Can Too. Beth blogs at My Plastic Free Life, and [...]
Tags: containers·eating out·lunch·lunchboxes·Monday Missions·plastic bags·plastics·reusable bags·snacks
Fixing School Lunch in Two Easy Steps
February 24th, 2012 · 35 Comments · Call to Action
How often do we hear that kids don’t eat their vegetables? It’s been a classic American icon since the advent of television, I’m guessing: the child sitting at the table, staring down the pile of spinach mush or Brussels sprouts on their plate, refusing to eat their vegetables and yet not allowed to leave the [...]
How to Feed a Real Food Baby
October 20th, 2011 · 53 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen, Natural Health, What to Buy
Let’s start with a confession today: I’ve never fed a real food baby once solids have been introduced. All of our babies began life with the perfect food: mother’s milk. After that, one child started with the standard rice cereal, another had a bit of rice cereal and oatmeal but much, much less than number [...]
Tags: babies·breastfeeding·feeding babies·homemade baby formula·lunch·soy·stainless steel
The Inside Scoop on School Lunch
October 5th, 2011 · 2 Comments · What to Buy
I’ve been thinking about Fed Up With Lunch all day. This is not the post topic I had in mind today for the “baby” theme this week, but I was so thrilled to see my blog colleague, Sarah Wu, on Good Morning America and The View this morning. I had the jitters for her because [...]
Tags: Fed up with Lunch·lunch
Less Waste at Lunch with My Little Green Shop{GIVEAWAY} – CLOSED
September 30th, 2011 · 3 Comments · What to Buy
I feel guilty nowadays if I use a plastic baggie to pack a lunch. At the very least, I try to make sure it gets used multiple times, as I detailed in this green lunch packing post. I’ve had a handful of different reusable sandwich bags since last year, and they’ve gotten a TON of [...]
Tags: containers·food storage·giveaway·lunch·product review·reusable bags·sandwiches·stainless steel
The Wisdom of the Internet on School Lunch and Classroom Snacks
September 13th, 2011 · 28 Comments · Kids in the Kitchen, KS lifestyle
The treasure trove of knowledge found in social media amazes me sometimes. I mentioned yesterday how I was able to avoid antibiotics and poke into natural remedies for basic illnesses because of the good advice I received from the KS community on Facebook and Twitter. My readers sometimes help me more than I help them. [...]
Tags: back-to-school·lunch·real food·snacks
