(CLICK ON EACH PIC FOR MORE) At the shore or at the pool Summer means lunches by the pool, snacks on the sand, dinner on a blanket by the lake, and always, lots of hungry mouths to feed. Pack meals

With your own fresh ingredients, make lunches that look like what the other kids are eating, but with your choice of mom-approved foods.

So many lunches, So many COLORS! Since coming out with my new set of BRIGHTS containers, lunches have become even more eye-appealing and colorful! Now really, I hardly thought that this could even be possible, but inspired by Cristi’s post

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

Learn how to make your own! My kids love the “idea” of the Lunchable. They love the idea of peeling off the chemical laden plastic seal off of an equally chemical rich plastic container that’s been sitting on the refrigerated

Editor’s Note: Katie has a lot of mouths to feed, and her story, as well as her helpful tips, are inspirational and realistic. Looking for more reasons to pack lunch and stay out of the cafeteria? Her post may be

In my twenties, I waited tables at a couple of swanky spots, and it always amazed me that these restaurants could serve just about anything, and people would pay for it – sometimes at exorbitant prices – because it wasn’t