Title: Founder of MOMables, Lunch-Packing Expert, Cookbook Author, YouTuber
Location: New Orleans Area, Louisiana
Education: MBA + Institute for Integrative Nutrition Coach (IIN)
Expertise: Make packed lunches easy, kid-friendly copycat recipes, and over a decade of experience in keeping hot lunches warm till lunch and preventing wraps and sandwiches from getting soggy -all shared in here!
Laura Fuentes is a Certified Integrative Nutrition Health Coach, 5x cookbook author, and founder of MOMables, the go-to site for real-food lunch ideas that actually get eaten.
Since 2010, she's helped millions of families simplify school lunches with recipes that are easy to follow, fun to eat, and tested in her own kitchen-where she's packed over 5,000 lunches for her three kids.
As one of the first creators to offer homemade "copycat" versions of store-bought favorites (like Lunchables), Laura's mission has always been to prove that fresh, nutritious food can be simple, affordable, and doable-even when life is busy and picky eaters are involved.
Her recipe ideas and practical approach to packed lunches have been featured on Food Network (where she won a cooking competition), Good Morning America, The Today Show, Discovery+, and in Parents, Redbook, Real Food Magazine, HuffPost, and Buzzfeed.
She's also the author of five published cookbooks, including The Best Homemade Kids' Lunches on the Planet.
She’s the creator behind hundreds of recipe videos for parents and kids alike-on her YouTube channel. Her son proudly claims that she’s "a real YouTuber."
When she's not packing lunches or filming content, Laura works full-time, juggles life with three kids, runs (a lot), and still laughs at herself about the way she pronounces "Worcestershire."
The Not-So-Serious Stuff (But Still Totally Me)
- I like thick sandwiches.
- I ran my first mile at 40. I cried.
- I was born and raised in Spain, which is why I think lunch boxes are like tapas.
- I write every email myself. One mom, one keyboard, sent to a million inboxes each month.
