Jello Fruit Wedges
Healthy Lunch Box Ideas / Kids Food / Lunch Box / Snacks / Sweet Treats

Jello Fruit Wedges

What kid doesn’t love jello?  It’s chilled, wiggly texture make it a fun treat for kids of all ages.  But packaged jello contains a litany of artificial colors and ingredients, making it not only unhealthy, but a bit frightening as well.

This week we’ve taken jello out of the past and brought it front and center to 2012 – a time of Real Food for real families. This jello is made with all natural, fresh squeezed juice and then chilled in the fruits original skin, making it wholesome and fun! (more…)

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03/17/2012
Garlic-Lime Crema
Dinner Table / Lunch Box

Garlic-Lime Crema

Garlic-Lime Crema Ingredients: 1/4 C creme fraiche (or sour cream) 1 lime, juiced (approximately 1 tbsp) 1 small clove of garlic, minced sea salt to taste Directions: Whisk together creme…

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03/11/2012
Holiday Cookie Month: Lemon & Olive Oil Cookies
Kids Food / Lunch Box / On the Go / Sweet Treats

Holiday Cookie Month: Lemon & Olive Oil Cookies

As I was planning Out of the Box Food’s Holiday Cookie Month, I was reminded of a recipe I developed last year which makes a deliciously crunchy, heart healthy lemon cookie.  These cookies bake up crisp and delicate and are made with olive oil instead of butter which means that in addition to being easier on the waistline, they’re Vegan friendly too.  Plus, if you eat Gluten Free, the Whole Wheat Pastry Flour can be evenly substituted with Gluten-Free Baking Flour for a wheat-free treat. Oh, and did I mention they’re quick and easy? (more…)

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12/11/2011
Breakfast Table / Kids Food / Lunch Box / On the Go

Pumpkin Muffins – A Fall Breakfast Treat

The first day sugar pumpkins were displayed in the market, my children HAD to have them.  They couldn’t wait to make Pumpkin Pasties ala Harry Potter, pumpkin pie, and all the delicious fall pumpkin treats.  So we bought them…and made lots of pumpkin puree.

After reaching out to my Facebook community for Sunday morning breakfast ideas, Joelle’s suggestion of a pumpkin loaf reminded me that I had tons of pumpkin puree in the refrigerator.  It was time to create a new pumpkin treat for my family.  Muffins are great warm, right out of the oven, but they’re also a delicious addition to the lunch box and I’m always in need of lunch box ideas!  These Pumpkin muffins are paired with another ingredient I turn to often in the fall, pure maple syrup.  The combination of the pumpkin and the maple really come together to make a delicious, lightly sweetened muffin. (more…)

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10/16/2011
Kids Food / Lunch Box / On the Go / Snacks

Foot Long Fruit Roll up – Recipe Update: Frozen Berries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our Lunch box idea swap and Giveaway is still going strong.  Contest ends Saturday September 10th at 11:59pm PST, so be sure to get your ideas in on the contest page for a chance to win an Applegate prize package worth $40.00.

We’ve been making lots of these Foot Long Fruit Roll ups lately.  After my son asked, “Why don’t you make all the stuff on your blog for us more often?” I realized that in an effort to come up with new ideas, I had gotten away from the tried and true recipes my sons love. (more…)

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09/04/2011
Lunchable vs. Lunch – Plus Don’t Miss a chance to win our Applegate Farms Giveaway
Kids Food / Lunch Box

Lunchable vs. Lunch – Plus Don’t Miss a chance to win our Applegate Farms Giveaway

“The Lunchable”.  What can I say about those two little words that emerge as the never ending thorn in my side every school year.  Those little compartmentalized boxes of “food” somehow creep into conversation and head the list of requests from my boys when planning school lunches.  My boys want to peel slices of pressed, chemical filled “meats and cheeses” out of their cute little compartments and stack them on crackers and call it lunch.  They want that because they see friends eating them at school.  Friends eat them at school because they’re easy to pack.  So what is a mom to do? (more…)

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08/28/2011