20+ ideas to get your kids eating good food for lunch I use my Printable Easy Lunch Meal Planner stuck on the fridge with these ideas - it includes each of the four categories to help you know you're shopping for varied and complete lunches. Real Food Lunch Ideas You can use the [...]Continue Reading
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5 Easy Dinner Rituals to Build Family Connection
Originally published May 2012 How can we make dinner a time for connection when we're all tired and cranky? I love when we can come together around the table and reconnect, and I have great memories of family dinners as a child, however, currently my husband is rarely home from work by [...]Continue Reading
13 Ways to Make Grocery Shopping with Kids Less Torturous. Or maybe even fun.
Once I had my third child, honestly, grocery shopping with the kids became torture - I felt exhausted before we left the house. In the past couple years we've faced a nearly empty fridge (hmm is it possible to make dinner with onions, capers and old celery...?) many, many times. Given that we [...]Continue Reading