Aug
10
2012

How To Be More Organized For Back-to-School Lunches

You can learn even more ways to get organized and transition from summer to school on our Back-To-School 2014 page.

When making dinner, cook a little extra and put it aside in a container as you clean up the kitchen.  Teenagers love leftover dinner in their lunches, and it puts you one step ahead of the game!  For younger kids, set out all the containers and prep everything as you clean up-no extra dishes to wash in the morning, and then when the rush hits you can grab and go!

She may go by the name Scatteredmom online, but Karen really is anything but scattered when it comes to the kitchen.  Churning out tasty treats within view of the Georgia Strait on Canada's west coast, Karen will hand you an organized weekly meal plan or teach you how to make meals from scratch.  As Mom to a teenage boy, she knows exactly what it takes to keep kids full and happy-which has really come in handy with her job as the Food Editor at Yummy Mummy Club.

A strong supporter of Food Revolution who has been endorsed by Jamie Oliver himself, by day Karen can be found working as a special education teaching assistant, running a kitchen and showing teenagers how to cook nutritious meals for themselves.  By night, when she's not chatting on Twitter and answering cooking questions,  she writes her popular blog Notes From the Cookie Jar, or posting mouthwatering recipes over at Chasing Tomatoes.  Not afraid to give her opinion and passionate about community, Karen spoke at Blissdom Canada 2010 and her writing has been published in Canadian Living magazine, as well as in various online publications. 

Follow Karen on Twitter @scatteredmom