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Are you concerned about the rising price of groceries? Lots of recipes are coming up on social media sharing foods people ate during the Great Depression. Some recipes, like peas and pasta, seem useful. Others like soda cake, appear to be based more on shock value. Let’s explore some commonsense grocery shopping and cooking practices to help you curb spending while keeping nutritious food on the table.
Nourishment for your family should be the overarching goal, whether your target weekly grocery budget amount is $150 or $300. Here’s how to trim down the weekly grocery shopping trip without compromising nutrition or great taste: Continue reading
When preparing and cooking food, there are a few basic rules for making sure the food is safe to eat. All purchased foods have been handled by a number of people before it reaches your kitchen counter. Therefore, the contamination risks are much higher than if you grow and process the foods yourself.
That being said, contamination can come from anywhere including the original grower. Raw meat can contain bacteria such as e-coli, salmonella and parasites. Proper handling and cooking is a must in every kitchen as it can prevent unnecessary illness. Continue reading
Now that the reusable shopping bag law has been instituted in so many states, we all have lots of sturdy bags with handles stuffed in various places. The backseat of the car, the trunk, the kitchen cabinet, the mudroom, etc.
What to do with all of these bags? It’s time to go beyond grocery shopping and think outside the box, or bag.
Ideas for what to do with all of those reusable grocery bags:
1 – Stash some in the trunk of the car to bag & transport items as needed. Continue reading
Cooking is a skill that is passed on from generation to generation. Unfortunately, many of those cooking approaches aren’t always in line with what we know now about eating more healthfully. Here are some simple strategies you can apply to your favorite meals to give them a healthier twist.
Invest in Some Quality Non-stick Cookware
When you use quality non-stick surfaces, you can greatly reduce or even eliminate the oil required for cooking. For example, with a good non-stick griddle, no oil is necessary when making pancakes. Not only is that healthier, but pancakes without the grease taste so much better. Continue reading
