In preparation for a presentation to a group of parents from the Colorado Homeless Families (CHF) in Jefferson County I wanted to update my Whole Foods With Food Stamps blog. The last time I presented to CHF was in the Spring of 2008. These parents are attending school, receiving job training, and education to better care [...]

“Costco Organic Foods” is a list I originally put together for my son-in-law, David in 2008. He has a Costco membership, but lives a distance from a store. Because, he will be the one driving to the store and shopping, he wanted to know what organic food products I found at Costco (Sam’s has similar [...]

Slimy Lettuce, Sprouting Potatoes & Moldy Tomatoes? I’m often asked why I shop at Costco. After all, my children are grown and I shop for a family of two. We all know there’s no savings if you throw away food purchased in bulk. Some small families have stopped their grocery warehouse memberships because they end [...]

Twenty-five Percent of Americans Worry About their Feeding Families Results of a nationwide survey reveal one in four Americans worry about having enough money to put food on the table in the next year. The online survey, initiated as part of Tyson’s “KNOW Hunger” campaign, also found two-thirds of those surveyed rated hunger as a [...]

Feeling the High Cost of Groceries? Prices are going up and going up fast. Even with the increase, American families spend less than the rest of the world on food. In 2010, Americans were spending only ten to 11 percent of their income on food, about half of what the rest of the world spends. [...]

Wasting Food Wastes Money I hate it when I find one of my leftovers pushed to the back of the refrigerator with a science experiment growing on it. It’s happening less and less, but no matter how hard I try, occasionally something in my frig has begun a new life on it’s own. The typical [...]

My daughter, Jackie, called the other day to ask if I’d purchased ground buffalo meat from Costco in the last week. I had not and asked why she wanted to know. It seems the price had jumped three dollars a pound. The last time Jackie purchased ground buffalo it was $5 a pound. The meat [...]

YIKES: An estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study, ends ups as waste. This includes food purchased at the supermarket, in restaurants and cafeterias, and food stored in your kitchen. It works out to about a pound of food every day for every American. Wasted food equals wasted [...]

Especially in these uncertain economic times, you’ll ultimately save your grocery dollars when you eat all your produce. Spoiled produce is money down the drain. Keep Produce Fresher, Longer 1. You may think your kids fight a lot, but fruit and veggies don’t like each other at all! They’re constantly fighting in your refrigerator! The solution is to [...]

It’s never too early to begin a baby’s journey to healthy eating. By introducing and then continually offering your baby whole foods, you’ll steer clear of many of the common pitfalls often made by parents. In addition, when the Baby Bite steps with multi-sensory learning are incorporated from the beginning of your baby’s eating experience, picky eating will never become a problem. It [...]