Aug
10
2012

Keep School Lunches Simple

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

Don’t feel like you have to create elaborate lunches for your kids.  The best (and tastiest!) lunches are simple.  Cute food isn’t always delicious food.   That being said, don’t be afraid to try new things! Give the kids some choices about what goes in their lunches, and then have them rate it on a scale of 1-5.  Would they like it again? What didn’t they like? Don’t take their answers personally.  Think of it as an experiment!

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