Realistic food for a busy family.

That’s what this website and blog are all about.

You’ve found the place for all of my fresh family meals, easy recipes, cooking tips, meal planning, school lunch packing, and loads more. I’m best known for my school lunches, but I’ve got lots more too. We are a busy family of six so simple + healthy meals are what I’m all about.

This isn’t your typical food site - this is more of a personal blog with a lot of helpful stuff mixed in.

Yes, I do have some recipes that I hope you’ll like. And I have shared thousands of packed lunches over the years. But you’ll also find a lot of useful tips for a busy family, meal planning tips, kitchen shortcuts and hacks, and thoughts about life and parenting in general.

If you want to try out some of my favorite things, I’ve got a custom Amazon shopping page where you can find all of my top recommendations.

What you won’t find here is staged food or recipe photos.

I’ve got four kids. I don’t have time to make food just to take pictures of it. The food you see here is something I have cooked for my family, it’s the real deal. The school lunch pictures are all actual lunches I have packed for my kids. The recipes I post include pictures from actual meals we are eating.

I hope you spend some time browsing around the site. You can use the main navigation at the top to find your way around, or use these quick links to get you on your way, or keep scrolling for more content.