Category: Eating
Picture a shopping cart piled high with organic foods. Does the wholesome goodness of fresh, chemical-free fare come to mind? Or do you wince, envisioning a pile of unpaid bills stacked beside a bowl of farm-fresh fruit? Sadly, the high price tags on clean, unprocessed foods are preventing even the most health-minded, eco-conscious Americans from buying them. A 2011 Thomson Reuters-NPR health poll found that while 58 percent of U.S. adults preferred organic food, 54 percent said it was too expensive to buy. But banning pesticides from your plate doesn’t have to break…
Clean Out Your Pantry, for Better Health and Savings! This is a guest post from the folks at Vita Cost who help you get healthy and save money with a Pantry Makeover. Toppled bottles, expired cans, scattered remnants of a bag of rice that fell on its side. We’ve all been there. After months of hurried meal making, rummaging kids and intentions to eat well falling by wayside—your pantry is a mess. You’ve got stuff you’ll never use, stuff that’s stale and stuff you may not even be able to identify. Cleaning out food cabinets…
Frugal Divas need their coffee and it better be good and fresh. Now we don’t need all that expensive equipment. A blender and a coffee maker will get you to the same place as a $2000 super duper coffee making machine. Frankly my car isn’t even worth that much. Jennifer Moss of Babynames.com, gave me this great tip on becoming a coffee diva with home ground beans. Maybe you don’t have counter space for a grinder and don’t want to shell out the money for it. Jennifer says “Then use your blender!” Most…
You only have 30 minutes to get dinner on the table. It has to be quick and easy—and healthy, of course. Don’t let your busy schedule get in the way of good nutrition. Make a satisfying supper in record time—and stay within your budget—when you think F.A.S.T. Frozen: Frozen meals have come a long way since the old-fashioned TV dinner. Today, you‘ll find healthy frozen meals low in sodium, free of preservatives and full of taste. Before you buy, read the Nutrition Facts on the package, paying attention to serving size…
The organic versus non-organic decision is still a cart-stopper in the grocery store. Which fruits are healthier when grown organically? Which vegetables? What about that box of crackers? Trying to pick the cream of the crop becomes a chore within a chore when you don’t know the ”why” and “what” factors. All you need is a quick, Organic Shopping 101 course to narrow the selection and get you to the check-out line in record time. First, determine why you are shopping organic so your selection doesn’t feel so fruitless. If you need to justify (to…
If you want to save, you have to be able to store. Nothing helps you like Lock & Lock, (BPA free) the most fabulous containers for taking lunch, re-purposing left overs, and making sure that sipping water all day does not include buying disposable water bottles! Where you can really cut out extra spending is on the little every day purchases. Latte a day, muffin a day, bottles of water, and snacks quickly become $20 to $30 dollars a week which becomes between $1000 and $1500 per year. That would make a nice little wardrobe or short vacation. In…
With springtime just around the corner, we know a lot of people have health on their minds. So beginning March 1 Lindsay Olives will be launching 30 Tips for 30 Days to a Healthier You. They will be sharing one healthy tip each day for the entire month of March on their Facebook page to inspire people to become their best selves. Lindsay will be giving away a $500 gift card to one Facebook fan if they like them between March 1-31. To be entered into the giveaway, you just need to post a health tip and tell them…