In the past couple of days, I’ve gotten quite a number of requests for two recipes: my homemade chicken nuggets, and my spelt zucchini muffins. Both of these items have shown up in L.’s first-week-of-first-grade lunches, which have been posted
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In just a few days, L. starts 1st grade. Amazing. Also in a few days, I go back to rehearsals for my choral group — for what will be, unbelievably, my tenth season. After that, P. starts soccer for the
With the kids heading back to school next week (I know, I know — we’re later than most of you on this), I’ve been trying to come up with a few new items that are high in kid appeal, low
Every year. Every single year. It happens every darned year, and you’d think I’d know by now not to expect that it’ll get better, but I can’t help it. I’m an optimist. I keep thinking that THIS year will be
Hoo boy. It’s been a while since I posted — mainly, I think, because the back-to-school season is no less hectic and stressful for me than it is for most of you. We’re trying to finish up the summer, visit
It’s back-to-school season, and you know what that means around here. Lunches! And lots of ’em! This year, I wanted to try something new — so I made you a present. 
This flipbook contains photos of 180 real-life lunches
I find it positively unimaginable that it’s already August. You know what happens in August? Summer simultaneously heats up (though I grant you that’s practically impossible this year) and begins wending its way towards the inevitable close. Both J. and
Last week, finding ourselves a bit short of suitable summer camp arrangements (dang, summer vacation is LOOOONG!), J. and I packed the boys off for an official week-long visit at Camp Grammagrampa – otherwise known as my parents’ house. They’d
The timing of this is so funny. Today my email inbox and my Twitter feed both filled up with word of a new food advocacy opportunity — joining the fight against Dannon Yogurt’s use of cochineal coloring in their yogurts.
We’ve covered a lot of ground in this series so far — how to get the scoop on good deals at Whole Foods, how to shop for higher-priced items, and how to assess what you should and shouldn’t buy if