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About Stephanie

Stephanie is a busy Blogger, Writer, Wife and Mama of two gorgeous girls surviving day to day in Ontario Canada. She is passionate about her family, chocolate, and coffee and quite certain there will never be enough hours in the day. Stephanie has been blogging for three years at How To Survive Life In The Suburbs, an honest and sometimes sassy look at what goes on behind the closed and competitive doors of the Suburbs. Connect with Stephanie on her Facebook fanpage and on twitter as SassyModernMom. Find her at www.howtosurvivelifeinthesuburbs.com and on Twitter @SassyModernMom

Pizza Bagels!

Posted on November 9, 2011

Dempsters Pizza BagelWhen Sunday night rolls around I tend to have the same old conversation with my two girls; “What do you want for lunches this week?”  The usual witty response “I don’t know.”  Sigh, such a big help.  My youngest daughter and I decided it was time to break the boring sandwich routine and shake lunch up a bit. Our newest craze….Pizza Bagels!  With a little help from Dempster’s Thin Bagels, some pizza sauce and all our favourite pizza toppings, lunch just got a lot more interesting!... Read More

Posted in Bagel Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 600 Comments

Send them a little love note!

Posted on October 12, 2011

Good Job Post-it Note!My favourite trick to get the kids through lunch with a smile, a little love note, or simple smiley face drawn on a napkin and stuck into that lunch box without their knowledge. Now that I think about it, those notes are as much for me as they are for them.  When my girls are eating lunch at school with their friends, their teachers, dealing with social stress and all that life is throwing at them….they know I’m right there with them, cheering them on.... Read More

Posted in Get Creative, Lunch Box Tips, Packing Lunches | Tagged , , , , , , , | 493 Comments

Wrap it up!

Posted on October 4, 2011

Wraps with ToothpicksWrap their favourite sandwich meat and cheeses up in a tortilla shell, and keep it all together with toothpicks!  (I quickly learned my youngest likes to eat her tortilla roll-ups with her toothpicks, so I cut up that tortilla sushi style!  This is now a lunch time fave.)... Read More

Posted in Get Creative, Lunch Box Tips, Packing Lunches, Picky Eaters | Tagged , , , , | 1,716 Comments

Little One’s Love Ham & Vegetable “Sushi”

Posted on September 26, 2011

Dempsters SushiIt’s only week four of school and already I’m stretching my imagination to come up with lunch time ideas.  The requirements for me, the lunch must be fairly balanced and healthy, for my two daughters, it must be yummy! As my girls were tired of bagels and boring sandwiches, I turned to a new recipe provided by Dempster’s.  I decided to try Ham and Vegetable “Sushi”.  It sounded easy enough:... Read More

Posted in Bread Recipes, Lunch Box Recipes | Tagged , , , , , , | 1,134 Comments