CafeMom is excited to welcome Debbie Koenig to Inside the Kitchen! She's here to answer your questions about easy dinners and lunches for the upcoming school year.
Debbie Koenig is an award-winning food, diet, and parenting writer, and the author of the cookbook Parents Need to Eat Too: Nap-Friendly Recipes, One-Handed Meals & Time-Saving Kitchen Tricks for New Parents (William Morrow, 2012). Her blog, focused on family-friendly cooking, is also called Parents Need to Eat Too. Koenig lives in Brooklyn with her omnivorous husband and their stubbornly non-nivorous six-year-old son.
One mom who asks a question will be entered to win a copy of Debbie's book, Parents Need to Eat Too! Debbie will be answering questions until August 10th.
Giveaway rules:
- The Ask the Expert: Back to School Meals giveaway starts 7/30/12 at 1pm (ET) and ends 8/10/2012 at 11pm (ET) (the "Giveaway Period").
- Enter by replying to this post with an appropriate comment during the Giveaway Period.
- Multiple entries are permitted and encouraged, as it increases your chances of winning.
- One winner will be selected in a random drawing of all eligible entries to each receive a copy of Parents Need to Eat Too.
- The random drawing shall occur on or about 8/12/12.
- No Purchase Necessary.
- Open to US, DC, and PR residents 16 years and older.
- Void where prohibited. Click here for the rest of the Official Rules.
I'm excited to see ideas for quick healthy snacks to include in school lunches (we do a lot of baby carrots). And to hear how folks are speaking up for healthier school lunches and snacks served at school too.
Have you ever tried those Bento Box things?
What carrier/style lunch box does your family use for school lunches?
What are great alternatives to PB&J?
What is one thing that is often overlooked when planning school lunches?
Is it important to include something sweet, or should we skip that?
Sweet and Tangy Black Bean, Mango and Sweet Onion Dip
- Cafe Kate
on Jul. 30, 2012 at 1:25 PM