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Ways to Eat Healthy on a Budget

By Angela on July 19, 2017 Food and Dining

If your monthly food budget has you exasperated, you’re not alone. Most people wish they could spend less at the checkout counter. They also wish that they could eat a little healthier. Fortunately, these two goals don’t have to be mutually exclusive. If you’re trying to eat healthy and save money, these nine suggestions will help you accomplish those goals. 1. Make a List and Stick to It Adhering to this one practice and you’ll find that your impulse purchases go way down. (They’re major budget destroyers.) Aside from this, it’s difficult to plan meals ahead of time if you…

Surprising Ways to Get Your Kids to Eat Healthy

By Angela on July 15, 2017 Family

The process of changing a child’s eating habits can be challenging if the new meal options will feature healthy foods. However, if proper steps are taken while working strategically with kids, everyone can enjoy breakfast, lunch, and dinner while eating delicious foods that are tasty and healthy. According to experts, there are surprising ways to get kids to eat healthy, and you can get practical results during each meal by implementing a few easy procedures. Prepare Dinner Items for Breakfast Most kids will quickly eat healthy foods for breakfast if various items are combined strategically with breakfast products. For example,…

Tips for grilling the perfect burger

By Angela on June 24, 2017 Food and Dining

Grilling a burger to perfection is no easy task. We’ve all been to those cookouts where we were forced to politely choke down a charred, dry patty that may or may not have tasted like lighter fluid. To keep you from being “that person” this summer, we’ve compiled all of the best, tried-and-true tips for a juicy, perfectly seared burger that your friends and neighbors will remember for years to come. What Makes a Burger Great? Sure, everyone has their own opinion of what condiments and buns make for the best burger, but there are a few basic things that…

Simple Rules for Wine Pairing

By Angela on June 23, 2017 Food and Dining

Have you ever been to a restaurant where the waiter hands you a menu of foods and then an even larger menu of strange French words you can only assume to be various kinds of wines? You point randomly at something you may recognize and the waiter gives you a strange stare. You point again hoping to get it right. Choosing wines is largely a matter of preference, but there is an art to pairing wines with specific types of foods so that you can enjoy the best experience possible. This can be a tedious ordeal and require years of…

Food on the Barbie Need not be Unhealthy

By Angela on June 18, 2017 Health & Wellness

While outdoor grilling is a year-round thing for many (think tailgating in the fall and winter), the arrival of warmer weather creates an almost primal desire to cook and eat in the great outdoors. In addition to the temperatures just being too high to cook inside, the outdoor barbecue is an integral part of summer, something that everyone looks forward to through the gray days of winter. Unfortunately, grilling, especially meats, can cause carcinogens to form in significant amounts. One study showed that people who regularly consumed well-done meat (including grilled meat) were 60% more likely to develop pancreatic cancer.…

How to Organize the Pantry

By Pennysaver Plus on May 15, 2017 Food and Dining

Because a disorganized kitchen pantry is often a nightmare for the home cook, having an organized and clutter-free pantry can be a relief. As such, you may have envied and longed to have one of those gloriously organized pantries featured on cooking shows. Fortunately, turning your cluttered kitchen pantry into a storage dream is not as tough as most of us think it is. Having a system to re-stock your pantry when necessary and knowing where your go-to items are will often prove helpful. Pantry organization comes with a variety of benefits, from making the preparation of home-cooked meals easy…

Common Myths About Frozen foods

By Pennysaver Plus on May 9, 2017 Food and Dining

If you’re like a lot of people, you might use your freezer regularly. However, many people don’t fully understand everything about frozen foods. These are a few common myths. Frozen Produce Isn’t Nutritious It is true that frozen fruits and vegetables can lose some of their nutrients in the freezing process. However, even though they might not be as nutritious as freshly-picked fruits and vegetables from your garden, they can actually be more nutritious than fresh produce from the grocery store. This is because out-of-season produce is generally picked before it’s fully ripe so that it can withstand a long…

Going Grocery Shopping on a Budget

By Pennysaver Plus on April 11, 2017 Food and Dining

We all want to live within our means and finally have the chance to stick to our budget. Unfortunately, it can feel almost impossible to establish a budget and not go over it week after week. You have all intentions to spend a certain amount of money and then you get up to the checkout counter and find you’ve spent too much. Living a frugal doesn’t mean that you have to skimp on quality and portions, but what it does mean is that you need to be smarter about your shopping. When you stop spending so much money on groceries…

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