Tag: school lunch

Tonight’s Lunch Logic seems, well, uber-logical, at least to me.  I guess what I mean is that many of these ideas are the types of things I would toss into lunchboxes on my most tired, least inspired mornings.  It’s all

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Tonight’s Lunch Logic was fun for me to envision.  The ideas here are very simple, but they bring back some of our family’s favorite lunchbox items — favorites both for me, as the lunch-packer; and for the kids, as the

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Tonight I’m excited to announce a new feature for the blog — Red, Round, or Green “Lunch Logic.”  I’ve realized over time that it’s not only dinner planning people need help with, and while I’ve also got plenty of lunch-packing

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Yesterday and today on the RRG Facebook page, there’s been a lot of discussion about candy Valentines and junk food at school parties, in general.  If you haven’t been privy to all of that, I’ll sum it up by saying

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There are a lot of ways to get a family dinner on the table each night, homemade lunches into lunchboxes each day, and keep everyone basically well-fed and reasonably happy – even if you’re working full-time outside the home, or

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Not long before the holiday break, L.’s Kindergarten class was engaged in a “health and nutrition” unit at school.  I’d seen it in the newsletter, so I knew it was coming, but otherwise I stayed totally out of the whole

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After I wrote this year’s Halloween mantras — “The Post About the Treats” — I got a pretty nice response from several people who said that the philosophy J. and I adhere to these days, as far as all that

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I can’t believe we’re done. After six weeks of sharing lunchbox recipes with you, six at a time, I’ve reached the end of the series.  I’m not going to lie — it’s been tons of fun, and I’ve enjoyed it,

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Here in RI, we’re just starting the third (well, okay, sort second-and-a-half?) week of school.  I’ve heard from readers whose kids have been back well over a month, people whose kids are just getting started, and everyone in between.  As

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It’s hard to believe that we’re already halfway through my six-week series on lunch packing.  So far, I’ve shared eighteen new lunch ideas with you: six each in the Easy Bites, Mini-Meals, and Stuff in Other Stuff categories.  Hopefully, as

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