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Latest news about Barb common foods
A new investigation by Consumers International (CI), a global federation of consumer organizations, reveals the extensive lengths to which food and soft-drink companies go when marketing unhealthy products to children in Asia Pacific. ... Continue reading
The Junk-Food Trap: An International Epidemic
I can’t take any credit for this recipe - I got it straight from the pages of Cooking Light. (so go there and you can get a prettier copy to print off) Cooking Light is one of my most favorite magazines and rare is the recipe out of it ... Continue reading
Food Tuesday! Spicy Peanut Chicken
Quite a few of the foods she listed as having her favorite aromas seemed pretty universal to me–freshly baked bread being one and coffee being another. I think that everyone loves those two scents–in fact, I think that if someone wanted ... Continue reading
The Scent of a Kitchen
The Ultimate Comfort Food….definitely different for each family. When my sister, Laura, and I start talking Comfort Food from our childhood, sometimes our kids and spouses run for cover. Have you ever noticed that most people can ... Continue reading
Tasty Tuesday: Tuna Casserole
Barbara Rolls has studied the effects of meal volume on food intake and obesity for more than 20 years. She secretly films people eating in her volumetrics laboratory and studies the effects of dietary composition on appetite and weight ... Continue reading
Eat high-volume foods, lower fat
My goal that I have been working on for some time now is take all those name brand convenience foods we pay so much for and find a way to make them from scratch at home. And it's not just about being frugal. ... Continue reading
Frugal lunches & homemade convenience foods
While on our way to and around the White Mountains, we plan on picking up some local foods such as maple syrup and cheddar cheese, as well as seeking out local restaurants for our meals. However, I was surprised upon stopping at a rest ... Continue reading
Eat Local Challenge: Eating Locally While On The Road
Barbara Rolls, Ph.D., professor of nutritional sciences at Pennsylvania State University, finds the theory of negative-calorie foods "interesting, but very hypothetical. I don't think we have the metabolic tools to determine whether ... Continue reading
Negative Calorie Foods
Buying non-perishables in bulk is a good for example, canned foods, dried beans, and grains. Searching the supermarket to find less expensive foods (generic or store brand goods), on the shelves. Comparing cost per unit is the best cost ... Continue reading
We can eat healthy on a Budget
... rising food prices; stagnant wages; the war in Iraq; the Taliban in Afghanistan; the health care mess; hurricanes; floods; global warming; melamine (suspected or confirmed, in countries all over the world) in foods like infant ... Continue reading
Good grief, a pumpkin shortage?
