School lunch

Chaos in the School Cafeteria: How to Find the Calm

November 7, 2011

  As a feeding therapist who works with children who have difficulty eating in various environments, I often visit kids in their school cafeterias – otherwise known as the school CAFÉ-FEARIA, according to one 7 year old client of mine. Have you ever visited a café-fearia? IMAGINE being a brand new kindergartner, toting your sparkly [...]

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Is a Fresh Lunch More Expensive Than Packaged?

November 1, 2011

MYTH:    Organic, fresh, wholesome, homemade school lunches are more expensive. TRUTH:    Convenient, packaged lunches cost more. I used to think that all organic food was more expensive. My perception of buying organic was that only rich people did that and those who couldn’t afford had to settle for less expensive (read lower quality) ingredients. Who [...]

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Childhood Obesity and one Pediatrician’s Pledge to Make a Difference

October 12, 2011

I read a lot of blogs. A great number of them have to do with kid-food, school lunches, and nutrition. SO often I read posts and comments bemoaning the state of school lunch programs and reminding us that these meals are often the only “nutrition” many children are receiving. Sadly, in many cases, this is [...]

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The Philosophy of Lunch Box Packing

October 4, 2011

“Here’s the real news: Lunch-packing isn’t about food groups and how much of which items the kids eat. Lunch-packing is about providing OPPORTUNITY.” -Brianne DeRosa I’ve decided lately that I have a small talent for curating information, ideas, and people, and bringing them together here via my EasyLunchbox Blog. I share other peoples’ words of wisdom [...]

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Project Lunch Box – Pack Healthy Meals for 30 Days and Beyond

September 17, 2011

I’m so glad I have talented and creative friends. Friends who cook, friends who blog, friends who take pictures of what they cook. Friends who blog about what they cook and take pictures of. Healthy friends who do all of the above, and also like to pack lunches. Marla Meridith is one of those friends. She likes [...]

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Healthy, Fresh, Organic School Lunches by Lunchbox Leverage

September 7, 2011

An alternative to school lunch! Reporter Connie Thompson of KOMO4News in Seattle, WA recently paid a visit to Chef Neil Dexter and his wife Emily’s catering company, The Midnight Kitchen, in Seattle, WA. Neil and Emily are on a mission to provide healthy lunches for kids at school, at an affordable price. Using my Easylunchbox containers [...]

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Nutritionist Approved Healthy School Meals and Snacks

August 9, 2011

Send your kids back to school with healthy meals! Nutritionist and Eating Strategist, Rania Batayneh, makes it easy for you to prepare and pack food your kids will love. Actually, her menus work just as well for adult meals, and Rania loves using my EasyLunchboxes for no-fuss pack and go! Here she is on KOIN CBS [...]

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The Nanny and McDonalds go to School for Lunch

June 11, 2011

This is not a “feel good” post. It may even be a “feel sad” post. If you’re a reader of this blog, and maybe a fan of my EasyLunchboxes, you know that (surprise!) I’m a little obsessed with healthy lunches. I take a lot of care (if not a lot of time) to send my [...]

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Lunch Box Note Inspires a Love Song

April 25, 2011

Along with the appealing, nutritious foods you pack in lunch boxes each day for your loved ones, have you ever included a little note? A quickly scribbled “I Love You”, “Knock ‘em dead at the meeting, honey”, or “Can’t wait till you get home”? Most days, I don’t include anything in the lunch boxes I [...]

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Inspiring Kids to dig Real Food via Annie’s Homegrown

March 26, 2011

Two posts from a couple of my favorite bloggers this week gave me (and many others) a lot of food for thought. Bettina Elias Siegel who pens the always thought provoking The Lunch Tray fueled my school food frustrations via this post about the political fighting and blame going on over how and who is going [...]

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