Recent Posts Tagged With 'school lunch'

• Packing a “lunch” for pre-K

  Posted on Saturday September 13th, 2008 at 12:10 in snacks, lunch, juice, goldfish, pre-k, school lunch, pre-kindergarten

  Sorry I’ve been so lax in blogging lately, but it’s been a pretty busy time in my house. A week and a half ago, my oldest, Rafael, started attending pre-kindergarten. We’re very fortunate in that our school district in New Jerse...

• The big trade

  Posted on Monday September 8th, 2008 at 11:42 in lunch, food memories, cafeterias, family funnies, school lunch, school lunches, school-age kids, eating shenanigans

  In typing up notes for an upcoming story on school lunches, I was suddenly reminded of a conversation I had with my own children when all three were still in the public schools. There they were, in elementary, middle and high school, respectively, ...

• Remembering school lunches of yore

  Posted on Wednesday September 3rd, 2008 at 11:51 in school lunch, school lunches, school-age kids

  All this back-to-school talk got me thinking about my old elementary school days and what it will be like when my daughter boards her first yellow bus. She’s about 4 years away from the experience, but I’m sure it will be as memorable to ...

• Adventures in pickling

  Posted on Monday June 30th, 2008 at 11:17 in Vitamins, grocery, green beans, processed food, school lunch, salty snacks, feeding self, you-pick, first bites

  Our youngest, now 21 months, was happily chomping on some green beans at a neighborhood BBQ last night, a sight to warm any mom’s heart. But on closer inspection, stuffed in her dimpled little hand (and mouth) was something I never would h...

• Bloggers Unite for Human Rights

  Posted on Thursday May 15th, 2008 at 06:00 in human rights, bread, meat, bakery, hungry, bloggers unite, food insecurity, whole grain, school lunch, peanut butter and jelly, food costs, school breakfast

  For a few weeks now, some of you may have noticed the badge in our blog’s sidebar that declares today as the day that Bloggers Unite for Human Rights. Several of us here at ice cream is not for breakfast decided to join in, writing about topi...