Earlier this week I wrote about my very simple lunchbox rule: just provide more than two opportunities for them to make good choices, and the rest will take care of itself. However, that rule is not, in and of itself,
It hasn’t escaped my notice that the internet is buzzing right now with back-to-school wisdom, especially in the realm of lunch packing. Some school districts began the new academic year as early as last week; many others, today; and still
Fridays as “fend nights” are not what they used to be. It used to be that on a “fend night,” I’d come home and help everybody figure out which leftovers they wanted. We’d heat things up, dish a little of
What happens when a person who is relatively ill-informed about food and its sources; who has grown up eating the American version of a “healthy” diet, meaning a glass of milk with dinner and a sensible, balanced plate of protein,
You’re surprised, right? I know it’s not quite the end of the month, but with a holiday weekend coming up, I figured this was the best time to post our meal plan for June. Who knows what the next several
Hot dogs. Yuck. Oh, I know. Everything in moderation, as is my major mission in the RRG house; and certainly, not all dogs are created equal. Just as we managed to find some utterly delicious, nitrate-free, un-junked-up pepperoni in the
This is a hard post to write. I debated doing it at all, but it’s on my mind, and as I’m sitting here trying to think about all the things that I could be writing, this is the one thing
There was an article online today that caught my attention for a few moments; it was entitled “New Eating Disorders: Are They For Real?” I’m what you would probably call intellectually curious, and having worked for a while in clinical
It’s later in the evening than I would like it to be, folks, and I still have much to do; so tonight’s post will be more of a round-up than a musing, I guess. We had much more pre-bed mayhem
A cohesive post was forming in my head at some point today, but I’m not ready to write it. Frankly, after taking some time off from the blog and then coming back with my proverbial guns blazing over the Great