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You have book club on Tuesdays, bridge club on Thursdays and wine club on Saturdays. Got room for one more? What if we told you it would help save you money and give you a great dinner? Share this:Email
As the autumn leaves start falling, you may be looking out your window at your garden and thinking the season is gone. Quite the opposite is true! You can still have a bountiful garden in the fall and winter months with a little planning and prep work. Share this:Email
September is Hunger Action Month and we at Bag the Box are ramping up our efforts to help those who go hungry in our communities. In Minnesota, we’re teaming up with Cub Foods and Second Harvest Heartland to help feed the hungry. For every bag of Malt-O-Meal (or our delicious Better Oats instant oatmeal if … Continue reading
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is from Kristine Munroe-Mahoney. Kristine is the Community Manager at KeenForGreen.com. She is passionate about going green along with her son, Isaac, and her husband, Matt. She lives outside of Boston. Now that it’s time to go back to school, there’s a lot to think about. School supplies, teachers, extracurricular activities. … Continue reading
OK, so it’s no secret that we’re partial to re-using Malt-O-Meal bags. However, we do realize that they’re not practical for everything, like carrying your groceries. That’s what canvas shopping bags are for, and using them is a great step toward practicing a sustainable lifestyle. But, let’s face it. They get dirty just like our … Continue reading
Not to be confused with Waterworld Day (where presumably people stay home and watch an old Kevin Costner flick), today, March 22, 2012, is World Water Day. Founded by the United Nations in 1993, World Water Day is about paying attention to how we take care of our fresh water resources. Today marks awareness of … Continue reading
Today’s post is contributed by Kate, from the fantastic blog Perpetually Nesting. I am not a parenting martyr. Even though I gave birth, my needs still matter. Having the time and space to look good and present myself with dignity goes a long way towards preserving my sanity as a parent. Having the chance to … Continue reading
Happy Tuesday! Quite literally, that’s the focus of today’s post: happiness! Sometimes—especially amidst the tug-of-war of daily obligations, responsibilities, and endless to-do lists—it seems that happiness is a mysterious, fleeting thing. We’ve got plenty of how-to prescriptions for our other aims in life: how to lose five pounds, how to make perfect meatloaf, how to … Continue reading
By Betsy Landers, National PTA President Malt-O-Meal: just the name brings wonderful memories of warm breakfasts on cold winter mornings! From our memories as children to raising our own children, Malt-O-Meal has been a part of our lives, which is why it is exciting for me as National PTA president to announce our new partnership … Continue reading
You know what I love? When you hear that something is “Good For You.” It’s an ambiguous, placating phrase, and yet, whenever we hear it, we believe it. We relish it. “Heck yeah this is good for me,” I’ll say — to my self-assured, sporty friend who knows wayyy to much about complex carbohydrates, or … Continue reading