A Food Plan Comes First! 1. Set aside 20 minutes to plan meals for the week ahead. 2. Use your free resources, like the grocery store ad and a trusted cookbook or website. 3. Firm up your plan on a day-by-day wipe board, simple notebook or smart phone list. Sticking with Your Plan Comes Next! 1. Write a detailed shopping list and arrange it to match the layout of your grocery store to save time. 2. Store food carefully when you get home, labeling and dating perishable items like dairy foods, fresh deli meat/cheese, and freshly-cut fruits/veggies. 3. Ask all members of the … [Read more...] about Save Money by Throwing Away Less Food!
Green Means Tasty & Healthy Eats!
Green Foods are Great Choices! How many green foods do you eat? How many are in your grocery bag? Do you include a green veggie every night for dinner? Can your kids name 5 green fruits and veggies? Look around for fresh, green foods in your kitchen and then get ready to add some more. But, Why? Green foods are nutrient-rich choices with wonderful flavors. This is a good thing when you consider the hundreds of foods with little nutrition pay-off. How to Add Green to Your Meals & Snacks My photo shows 4 green choices that can spice up your meals and snacks, all with a bonus … [Read more...] about Green Means Tasty & Healthy Eats!
Grocery Shopping 101: Basics Help Everyone Meet Their Nutritional Goals
Basic Foods & Your Grocery Cart There are foods we eat as nature made them, and foods that we do not. Think about what's in your grocery cart minus wrappers. Are there fruits, vegetables, grains like rice and barley, proteins like chicken, turkey, fish, and plain yogurt? Or, do you have a cart-full of foods with processing added? Think about what can be inside modern, processed food wrappers that may harm your health. For example, trans fats, caffeine, artificial colors and flavors are common but your body prefers basic foods. What grandma and great-grandma ate was, perhaps, best … [Read more...] about Grocery Shopping 101: Basics Help Everyone Meet Their Nutritional Goals
Summer’s Healthy Choices – Now What?
Summer Fruits & Veggies are Here! It is an awesome time of year to go shopping for local, seasonal fruits and veggies. You can find them at your local farm market, roadside stand or supermarket. Stock up now while the summer harvest is 'rolling in' and you'll be glad you did. What to Do with Summer's Bounty! Shopping for healthy summer produce is one thing and figuring out what to do with it once you get home is another. Buy too much? Lacking inspiration to get into the kitchen and cook? Confused how to use it all up? Here's some help. Summer Ideas for Your Healthy … [Read more...] about Summer’s Healthy Choices – Now What?
Grocery Shopping 101: Fruits
Why Fruit? Good nutrition is all about enjoyment and variety. Fruit is a crowd pleaser as it offers variety, healthy carbs, fiber, vitamins, minerals and water. A big bonus in fruit is the natural sweetness as well as an abundance of antioxidants. These natural plant elements can strengthen all your health and help guard against heart disease, high blood pressure, cancer and inflammation-- a sweet deal! Grocery Store Tips 1. Enter the store with a list of at least 3-5 fruits for your shopping cart. Choose 2 fruits that are in-season and then add 1-3 more colors to the mix. Remember, … [Read more...] about Grocery Shopping 101: Fruits
Grocery Shopping 101: Vegetables
Why Vegetables? Good nutrition is all about variety. Vegetables are a 'must-have' for variety, providing carbs, fiber, vitamins, minerals and water. The bonus in vegetables is an assortment of health-enhancing phytochemicals. These natural plant elements can strengthen your immune system or help prevent chronic diseases -- very important! Grocery Store Tips 1. At the very least, fill the top-front section of your shopping cart with vegetables. Include several colors, and mix-n-match the fresh, canned and frozen. They all count. 2. Try a new vegetable every shopping trip. Perhaps it … [Read more...] about Grocery Shopping 101: Vegetables