Summer vacation is coming to its end and many kids are both excited and disappointed as they return to school. As preparations are made, supplies purchased, and everything else is done to get ready for school, many parents struggle to plan how to feed their families lunch each day. Grocery shelves are lined with colorful boxes and bags of many foods that they are hoping will ...
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Planning Lunch For Back To School
Another summer vacation is drawing to a close as another school year starts. Studies now show that the food our kids consume isn’t just fuel to give them energy. The choices that students (or their parents) make affect concentration, behavior, and overall health too. With “childhood obesity” becoming a hot topic of conversation as it continues to affect more of our children, ...
Time for Class
School starts far too soon. It’s time to buy our school supplies, pick out some school clothes, and dust off the lunch box. What exactly are you going to feed your kids this year? Or better yet, what will you be feeding yourself?? Sure—you can buy lunch every day but, is it really cost effective? And how healthy are the options? School Cafeteria Lunches It is pretty ...
A Pirates Life for Me
The last few days of summer vacation are quickly ticking by. In order to make the most of them, my son Max and I had a special day of adventures in St Augustine. It is so wonderful to have such a fabulous destination so close to our home that we go every chance we get. There are so many things to do that it was a little tough to decide what all of our adventures would be. Over ...
Grill Better
As with most warm weather national holidays, many families are making plans now to gather around the flames and grill this weekend. But somehow, this frequently goes awry. There are any number of seemingly minor mistakes that can turn that carefully selected portion of protein into a puck that would even be rejected for hockey. I hope that by taking a few moments now to read ...
