Food & Dining

There's something very personal about snack and very social about recess.  The way you eat your snack, how it is packaged, and what your mom, your dad, your sibling, or "other" packed for you

A few years ago, I gained a lot of weight after a pregnancy. I had just moved and was depressed and bored and instead of losing the baby weight, I gained a bunch of weight!  Finally, after trying a lot of

If you are on the Atkins Diet or are considering starting it, you have got to check out the Atkins Diet Bulletin Board. It's a free forum full of people who are on Atkins or have successfully lost a lot of

The older I get, the more I care about what my kids eat.  And I'm really trying to avoid eating junk food as much as possible.  The problem is that my kids really, really love food that's not

I don't enjoy cooking that much, but I really try to feed my family healthy and home-cooked food most of the time.  Anytime that I can cook once and create more than one meal, I'm a really happy camper. 

We all know that berries are great for us. For instance blueberries are filled with antioxidants and not to mention a delicious treat. But did you know that lemons are great for skin too? Sure thing! Squeeze them

There aren't many foods that everyone in my family enjoys.  Rice, however, is a favorite of everyone in my household.  Sadly for them, I can not cook rice to save my life.  The only type of rice

I've been trying to cut down on the amount of kitchen gadgets that I have in my home, but my Cuisinart Mini-Prep Processor is one of those things that I just can't give up. If you don't need a large

In my family, the Kitchen Aid stand mixer is a rite-of-passage. Kitchen Aid has been selling these babies since 1919 and many generations of my family have gotten one for a wedding gift. It all started with my

I was surfing the 'net today and was so excited to find this Easter Retro Candy.  You can actually buy a box of candy that was popular from every decade, starting with the 1950's and going through