Our family, extended family, and friends love Mac & Yeast. Considered by many to be a vegan form of Macaroni & Cheese, I find it to be quite different but very tasty and nutritionally great. It is made using Nutritional Yeast, which is a nutritional supplement similar to Brewer’s Yeast. It comes in Flake or powder form, [...]
Archive for August, 2008
I love our Siggs! Or at least, I think I do…
My kids have used their Sigg bottles for about 4 years now, and they are still going strong. The paint around the bottom edges gets chipped and a couple of dents show up over time, but overall the durability is amazing! Siggs come in a [...]
Right now, it’s easy to say what is in my family lunchbox… home grown tomatoes!! This was our biggest tomato garden yet with 20 tomato plants scattered around our yard. We planted a large variety of tomatoes, and were given some heirloom seeds that made some of our favorites.
Healthy Eating Pyramid (Harvard)
There are many ways to alter diets to become overall healthier for you and/or your loved ones. If you have suggestions to add to the list, please send along, I would love to see them!
In my opinion we can’t be healthy all the time–some of the best things in life like ice cream [...]
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Aladdin Lunchbox
I just got two of these as my kids lunchboxes to use this year. I bought the Aladdin Lunch and Go Lunchbox and the Mini Lunchbox that fits inside. I bought them online at Walmart and used the free “Site to Store” service so I wouldn’t have to pay shipping.
Since this Aladdin lunchbox comes [...]
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- Wall-E Bento Lunchbox Art
- Love Food Hate Waste? Pack a Lunch Box!
- Lunchbox Banana Saver
- Lunchbox Economics
- Egg Molds for Cute Bento Lunchboxes
- Packing a Green Lunchbox
- 5 Easy Dinner to Lunch Box Menus
- Is that a Froose in your Lunchbox?
- Laptop Lunches Lunchbox Giveaway
- Lunchbox Dinosaur Sandwiches
- Meg: Quick followup -- I now own six of the egg molds and have tried them all out, they are great! However, the Heart and the Star shapes did not turn out
- Meg: Kim, Thanks for visiting, and yes--aren't they awesome? You can definintely use them for onigiri (molded rice balls). Not so sure about the meatbal
- kim: Those are incredibly cute! Do you think you'd be able to use them for other things like mini-onigiri or meatballs? Or would the shape no longer stand
- Grassroots Movement Reducing Lunchbox Waste
The Laptop Lunches lunchbox has inspired a grassroots movement in Redding, California known as the Healthy Lunch and Lifestyle Project (HELP). The new nonprofit environmental program was founded and is run by Executive Director Bridgette Brick-Wells.
The program aims to create healthy lunches for kids while drastically reducing lunchroom waste. In select schools, they provide [...] - New "Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids" Lunch Ideas Book
A new book has come out by London author Amanda Grant that looks great: “Healthy Lunchboxes for Kids” (Ryland Peters & Small, 2008, $19.95). On Amazon.com, you can get the hardcover book for $15.
Based on an interview Grant did with the The Star-Ledger, the book seems to have a lot of great tips. Some [...] - Ten tips for controlling Halloween sugar overload
10 tips to stop kids’ Halloween sugar overload
(summary from The Associated Press). The AP tips are printed in Bold below, while my take on the tip & what I plan on doing is printed in regular text…
These ideas help kids on Halloween feel neither deprived, nor sick to their stomachs:
-Talk with your kids, before Halloween, on [...]
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