Filed under: Playground bureau You want to create a family budget, but aren't sure how to get started. Here's a good place to start: Keep track of your receipts for one month. -- Alpha Mom Same-sex birthday parties are a common way to manage the headcount at birthday parties, especially if you can't...

As many of you readers know, we are going on a month long cruise. We leave 2 weeks from yesterday. I’m so excited. I still can’t believe we’re going, it just hasn’t sunk in yet. It’s all happened so fast. You also know I’m on a journey to reclaim my life from bein...

Don't Miss 10 Most Romantic Recipes for Valentine’s Day … 5 Effective Strategies to Get Rid of Cellulite… 12 Easy Ways Not to Put Weight during Holidays … In the previous article, as we discovered the benefits of eating red meat, I promised to report back on the healthiest an...

Welcome to the recession folks. That means all of us should be mindful of how we spend our money, and that means for some of us a lot less dining out. But eating at home doesn’t have to be boring. You don’t even have to sacrifice on quality, “Luxury” ingredients that would ot...

Cold hard reality Along with all the temptations and opportunities to overconsume food that are provided during the late fall and winter months — Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s, Superbowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day — there is another factor at work making it harder for the ...

Contributor: “Dr. J” Dr. J offers his irreverent, slightly irrelevant, but possibly useful opinions on health and fitness. A Florida surgeon and fitness freak with a black belt in karate, he runs 50 miles a week and flies a Cherokee Arrow 200. When Mike Tyson tried to explain his appetit...

How many times have you asked yourself, "What should I eat?" You may have encountered this dilemma, more than you care to remember, especially if you are directing you life down a healthier path. With so many foods touting as "healthy" or "natural," and so many "so-called" gurus giving a ton of conf...

Filed under: Newspapers, How To, Health & Medical, Food News This past weekend, Reuters reported the death of an elder woman in Minnesota due to Salmonella infection. She is the seventh person in the U.S. to die from this bacteria. As of last Wednesday, 491 people have been infected during the c...

Following is a guest post by Melissa McCreery, PhD, CMC. Her bio and contact info is at the end. The Number One Trap for Emotional Eaters (and the Key You Need to Escape) The number one trap for emotional eaters has nothing to do with food-but it flavors everything.The number one mistake people make...

Today I’m honored to have Jennette Fulda of the Pasta Queen doing a guest post today. Jennette was my roommate at BlogHer 2008 - she’s a terrific person to room with since she goes to bed early like me. (We may look like fabulously hip bloggers, but inside we’re rather tired, achy ladies. Sigh...