No Peeking! Lifting the lid can add up to additional cooking time. It is sometime hard to resist the urge to take off the lid, give it a stir, and take in the wonderful smells of your dinner but each time you do it releases the steam that is cooking the food. To save yourself…
How to Determine if Buying Organic Foods is Worth It There is a great little guide that you can use to help you make that spending decision more wisely. It’s produced each year by the Environmental Working Group, a non-profit group that does annual testing on conventionally (non organic) grown fruits and veggies to determine the…
“What NOT to Feed your Children” with the shocking photo of what constitutes “chicken” in certain processed chicken products (ie packaged chicken nuggets) we would share with you a great healthy substitute for chicken nuggets – Dinner Daily Chicken Schnitzel. This is a favorite weeknight recipe that gets a healthy dinner on the table fast.…
Interested in the extreme couponing craze or just looking for some great new ways to save money? For those of you that are local to the Lowell, MA area there is a great upcoming workshop hosted by Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union through their Money Strong for Life program, being held on September 18th at…
INGREDIENTS: 1 tbsp olive oil 2 cups chopped broccoli 2 chopped tomatoes about 3 to 4 cups of chopped arugula (or use baby spinach or kale) 1 shallot, minced or chopped 8 eggs 1/3 cup of milk, low fat 1/3 cup feta cheese (crumbled) and a bit more for sprinkling salt and pepper to taste…
The Environmental Working Group (EWG) has recently updated their annual produce guide with the 12 most contaminated and 15 cleanest produce items. We are talking pesticide exposure and its a great list to guide you in the grocery store when deciding if its worth it to buy organic or not. If the item is on…
same list when those items were not on special, you would have spent $30 to $40 MORE for the exact same ingredients. (This brings up visions of rolling down the window and throwing two $20 bills out the window). Plan your meals around the store flyers for a few weeks and see for yourself. You…
Are you in a side dish rut? Sick of doing the same old same old? We thought we would share one of our easy weeknight side dishes that we include on our menu plans and cook in our own kitchens on a regular basis. We just did this one in my house the other night…
really good to many of us right now. Trying to cut back on pasta or carbs? Just eliminate the fettuccine and serve the meatballs over some mixed greens instead! We made it with 2 lbs of ground chicken and that gave us about 24 meatballs. We had friends over and some sleepovers happening so we needed the…
