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Eat Well, Spend Less: 10 Tips to Pack Brilliant School Lunches (& avoid wasting food)

August 28th, 2012 · 35 Comments · Frugality

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 [...]

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 [...]

Eat Well, Spend Less: Back to School with Food Allergies

August 23rd, 2011 · 57 Comments · Frugality, Recipes

It takes me half an hour to pack food any time we have to eat away from home. Half an hour. Minimum. Lunch for one adult and two small children, I’m sure, should not take that long. And starting in just two short weeks, I’ll be packing a lunch every day for my new first [...]

Back to School Bonanza: A Big Green Lunch Packing Prize, over $250 Value {GIVEAWAY}

September 15th, 2010 · 11 Comments · Avoiding Waste, What to Buy

Your turn! You’ve had to listen to me gab about all the fun “green” lunch packing supplies we’ve been testing around here, and now one lucky reader will get to play with their own kit of reusable and eco-friendly goodies. The prize package includes: Family set of EcoUsable stainless steel bottles: 33-ounce white, 25-ounce charcoal [...]

Back to School Bonanza: Lunch Packing in Stainless Steel…and Some Buffalo {REVIEW}

September 14th, 2010 · 14 Comments · Avoiding Waste, What to Buy

Sometimes avoiding plastic is harder than it sounds. First, you’re used to it. Your plastics cupboard is an institution in the kitchen, and it’s habit to reach for an easy storage container there. Second, you have lots of plastic. The size you want is always available. Finally, especially when you’re packing for children, you realize [...]

Plastics Recap: Substitutes, Resources, FAQs, and Giveaway Winner

April 15th, 2010 · 28 Comments · Avoiding Waste, What to Buy

Once you get to know Beth Terry of My Plastic-Free Life, your plastics standards increase by exponential degrees as a result of positive peer pressure. I’ve often thought of Beth’s commitment to using no plastic in the past week, and I feel like a plastic failure! Here’s my full confession: During Get Out the Plastic [...]

Win a PlanetBox Lunch Kit GIVEAWAY

January 6th, 2010 · 228 Comments · Uncategorized

I’m totally jealous of you guys. (Gals? I’ll find out who I’m talking to this week, hopefully!) I kind of want to win this giveaway, but I don’t think that’s going to work out. I was impressed by how many of you said you liked supporting at-home-mom run businesses, and I absolutely agree with you. [...]