Let’s admit it…we LOVE our snacks. That’s what makes eating healthy such a chore. We’re addicted to chips and cookies and ice cream. Snacking on junk food is the number one reason people won’t give whole foods a chance. What would you say if I told you, “You can eat healthy and still have your [...]
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 [...]
Hosting a Super Bowl Party? What will you serve? According to a recent 2011 SUPERVALU® Snack Down Survey, the list of popular Super Bowl snacks include dips and spreads, chicken wings and pizza. Chips and salty snacks such as peanuts, popcorn or pretzels are present at most gatherings. Of course there’s the ever-popular burgers, hot [...]
We live in a stressful and toxin filled world. It’s no surprise along with the many chronic health conditions on the rise is infertility. Many environmental, lifestyle and diet factors can interfere with pregnancy. It’s no wonder so many women are having difficulty conceiving. Fertility Diet It didn’t surprise me in the least that cutting [...]
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 [...]
Kids Under 12 Drink Caffeine Every Day Kids are drinking caffeine every day. A lot of caffeine. Recently a mom, while purchasing a coffee for herself, purchased café mocha and split it between her two-year-old twins. Before you feel too superior, you may be allowing your children to consume caffeine as well. Maybe you’re not [...]
In my previous blog, Cheap Food No More, I detail why I believe we are in the beginning stages of increased inflation, perhaps even hyperinflation. Families can manage some inflation with a few tweaks to their budgets. When the price of food inflates, along with everything else, it becomes more difficult to adjust. We might [...]
Katy (pictured) is not always getting healthy snacks after a game. Which kind of “snack” is your child eating? Even if you offer healthy snacks at home, most likely your kids are getting junk foods at school, after sports, in Sunday school and at your neighbor’s home. We live in a fast food culture. Snacking [...]
You either love or hate him, depending if you lean right or left politically. Glenn Beck is a conservative radio and TV host, known for his provocative TV show, “The Glenn Beck Program” and a daily radio program. Beck’s programs fuse “Entertainment and Enlightenment.” Beck has been in the news for his summer Washington DC [...]
