This week, we have another round of weekly meal plan recommendations, from a fresh and savory autumn panzanella salad to the easiest, most relaxed ham & cheese sliders the kids will love. These five dinners that will get you through the …
Next up in our Back to School Lunch Guide we're talking about lunch help for your picky eaters. We know how hard it is to stay inspired when it comes to packing school lunches (what with 200 or so of them to do in a year) let alone when …
Next up in our 2018 Back to School Lunch Guide , we're offering up some inspiration for for those of you with kids who eat gluten-free. Packing school lunches for kids day after day is hard enough, but when you add additional dietary con…
There's just something comforting about a hot lunch at school that a ham sandwich can't quite satisfy, you know? (Unless it's a warm, melty Croque-Monsieur -- but that's another story.) But for those of us packing our kids school lunches…
This is an unpopular statement, but I don’t want to live in a world without bread. I don’t care if carbs are evil, that they cause bloating, they bring on crazy mood swings, or make my chin hairs grow in cascading curls – just don’t both…
All I want for Mother’s Day is to not cook – and to not do the dishes. (Well, maybe a spa certificate too if we’re really being honest here!) And spring has finally sprung so I'm loving the idea of a Mother’s Day picnic to celebrate all …
What do you get when you cross sushi with a sandwich? A Japanese dish called onigirazu , which is a seaweed-wrapped rice ball – with fillings – that is not pressed into the traditional round or triangular shape. Turns out our very own Wh…
Can we talk for a minute about how busy weeknights are when our kids are in after-school activities? Oh my goodness. My meal-planning calendar actually has "pick up fast food" as our dinner plan multiple nights per week, because there ju…
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Sponsored post. It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From a flavorful Salmon Sheet Pan Dinner to OMG Lasagna Grilled Cheese, we’ve got five weeknight dinners that will get you through the week ahead. So grab a …
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From a Ritz cracker-topped casserole (yum!) to an easy foil packed chicken dinner, we’ve got five weeknight meals that will get you through the week. So grab a pen, make you…
It’s time to start thinking about your meal plan for next week. From an easy flavor bomb chicken dish to the easiest one-pan shrimp dinner (one of my personal favorites!), we’ve got five weeknight dinners that will get you through the we…
It's a universal truth that Thanksgiving is the best meal of the year, right? If you ask me, though, it's not about how everything tastes on Thanksgiving day, but rather how delicious it is the day after -- and the day after that. So whe…
Every family cook has their go-to ingredients, the ones that they know how to use in all different ways to save dinner. Well, if you pack school lunch for your kids, it's important to have those go-to ingredients for school lunch too. Th…
Here in Nashville, we rarely have a summer day that doesn't cross the 90 degree threshold. So when I get home, I'm a lot more likely to be standing in front of the fridge with the door open, enjoying the arctic chill (and, uh, checking o…
We love hearing that more and more families are growing their own food, whether veggies in a backyard garden or just potted window sill herbs that kids can help tend. Either way, we're down with the yard-to-table trend and have rounded u…
We've shared some really cute Father's Day breakfast ideas before, with everything from Dad-shaped pancakes to heart-shaped bacon . These adorable and really fun recipes are always a treat on a special day, but sometimes I think that may…
It's picnic season! With the weather most of us have been having, it's the perfect excuse to pack up lunch or dinner to eat al fresco in the park or by the beach. When done right, packing a picnic is easy business -- but it's not just a …
National Grilled Cheese Day may have passed but, let's be honest, one day isn't enough. So, once again, we're celebrating National Grilled Cheese Month. Grilled cheese is such a simple, humble dish and yet humanity, in all of our wisdom,…
Forget the Super Bowl or the Grammys, my favorite TV event of the year is, hands-down, the Oscars. Even though I don't host viewing parties like I used to (before kids), I still enjoy celebrating the biggest night in movies with my famil…
I can hardly believe it, but we're getting bored of Taco Tuesdays at my house. While we don't eat tacos every Tuesday, we do eat them a lot. Everyone in my family is a big fan of Mexican food and, well, aside from tacos, I think they'd e…
I try to cook homemade meals as much as possible, but let's be honest: It's hard to cook from scratch every night. Sometimes I run out of time, other times I run out of energy. But instead of adding a fast-food or delivery night to our r…
I've been seeing the #MeatlessMonday hashtag in my Facebook feed for a while now, but have been slow to jump on the bandwagon. Other than the trusty black beans and rice that I cook when I forget to thaw meat for dinner, I don't have man…
With all the frenzy over pumpkin spice, I almost forgot that it’s apple season! Apple pie might be one of my favorite treats of all time. There’s just something about the combination of apples, cinnamon, sugar, and vanilla that’s totally…
My boys started a new school this year that is hardcore about keeping out nuts and even sesame seeds. No peanuts. No store-bought hummus! What’s a busy mom to do?! Lots of lunch ideas happen to be nut-free—you can grab a few from our lis…