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I’m Signing my new Book at Vroman’s Bookstore

My new book, Cooking With Trader Joe’s Cookbook – Easy Lunch Boxes comes out this week!! Come meet me at Vroman’s, Southern California’s oldest & largest independent bookstore, in Pasadena on October 4th. Click the below for all the details: Click the below to peek inside the book: I’d love to meet you in Pasadena on the 4th!

Mini Dippers: leak-resistant small containers for your lunch box

Little containers for dips, sauces, crafty thingies, and more! Dishwasher and freezer safe, NO BPA. And of course – easy on, easy off lids. No struggles. No leaks. NOW available on Amazon.com

Norway loves I BOKS and EasyLunchboxes

I BOKS - #1 on the best seller list in NORWAY – a bento lunch packing book! And my EasyLunchboxes are featured throughout! The lovely Susanne Kaluza has written an absolutely gorgeous book She was kind enough to send it to me, and I’ve delighted in thumbing through every beautiful page. It’s a good thing she [...]

Two Moms on a Mission – One Lunchbox at a Time

We both have three kids. We’re both obsessed with feeding our families healthy food. We’re both obsessed with lunch packing, and we both work a little too hard (is there such a thing?) when it comes to promoting our message and what our businesses are all about. I’m the mom and ceo of EasyLunchboxes – [...]

EasyLunchboxes are a sell-out this back to school season

I am grateful beyond words for the overwhelming popularity of my EasyLunchbox containers this back-to-school season!! But I was truly taken by surprise this August. Sales went (way) over double what I was doing last year at this time… See, I really needed a crystal ball… Here’s what it would have told me: One should never [...]

ThrifTee Gear: upcycled t-shirt turned cool lunch box for teens

You’re a teen. I get it. (Some of you live in my house). Even if you want to avoid the school cafeteria, it’s not always the coolest thing to carry a lunch box. Unless you’re pulling off say, head to toe Hello Kitty and your HK lunch box just completes the picture, you may not [...]

Fear of Food Touching is Manageable with Compartmentalized Containers

When I go to a Chinese restaurant, I actually don’t mind if some of my Kung Pao Chicken sauce mixes with my Sizzling Orange Beef sauce, all mushed together with my Shrimp Fried Rice. It’s not that I TRY to mix it all up, because I actually do enjoy separate tastes, but it seems like part [...]

14 Bento lunches working moms can put together quickly

Everyone eats lunch. And working moms pack lunches too. I’m excited to have my EasyLunchboxes featured in this fun slide show on WorkingMother.com! 10 of my bento packin’ mama friends lunches were included. I actually sent in a few more than they requested, but alas, they only had space for ten. Here are the other [...]

AUTISM Reality Show to offer FREE help and answers for families

rarely post about causes and campaigns that are seeking donations. I’m sure your inbox is just as filled as mine with these heartfelt pleas, so it takes a lot for me to step up and add one more cause to your great “list of things I’d love to support if I had all the money [...]