It’s Week 2 of the LunchBox Showdown, our first full week of school. Last week, in only 2 days we saved 300 calories & 1100mg of sodium by taking the lunch box. What kind of healthy savings did we have over 5 days? Let’s check it out…

I want to see my children eat better. I want to see the school lunch improve. I want to see other kids choose fruit & veggies over chips & soda and I know it all starts with me. Here’s my first step to being the change…

Just wanted to let you know that the site is about to undergo a makeover this weekend, so if you are finding images missing or links not clickable, it’s just me breaking the whole thing into a million pieces.  It should all be back up and running just fine by Monday morning! In the event that it’s not back by Monday, you can be assured that I am drinking ridiculous amounts of caffeine & not [...]

The following is as remembered by my 36 year old self who is pretty sure that her 17 year old self would have appreciated one of those little donuts they give you after childbirth on the days following this event…Reader Discretion Is Advised. “Hold on tight.  Press your legs into the water.  If you run into trouble, let go of the rope.” Simple.  Hang on, stand up, let go.  If those beer drinkin’ brat grilling [...]

Our first week of school is completed so that mean it’s time for Week 1 of the Lunch Box Showdown! As I write this, I’m getting ready to compile the results and I have a feeling in just 2 days, the lunch box has already proven it’s worth.  If you missed the post about why I decided to do this, it’s here. Each week I will compare what my child would have consumed at school [...]