Category Archives: food

Healthy Grocery Shopping Tips: Fresh versus Frozen 24.03.2015

A healthy family means preparing healthy meals throughout the week. But fresh produce can be expensive, especially in the winter months. How can you buy healthy food without draining your wallet?
Well, you do not have to sacrifice food nutrition for the amount of groceries you buy at your local grocery store. Most stores have a wide variety of fresh produce and frozen vegetables so you have plenty to choose from. We’ve compiled some shopping tips on how to pick nutritious ingredients so healthy food can get back on your family grocery list.
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Grocery Shopping Tips: How to Select and Buy Bread 20.03.2015

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If walking down the bread aisle feels like trying to decipher a calculus equation, we are here to help you with a little food nutrition guide 101. Perhaps a little more than a decade ago, you didn’t need to be an astrophysicist to bring home the bread literally. Now, just like the ways of earning a living has changed, you know earning some bread, buying bread has also changed. Nowadays, people are much more self-aware about the foods they choose to put in their bodies. The buzz word is choice. This article sheds some light on some healthy tips and smart shopping to help you keep some of those hard-earned dollars where they belong – your pockets. Shopping on a budget is a skill that can be mastered. Part math to fit your budget, and art to determine the best fit bread for yourself and your family’s needs. Learning how to spend less on groceries is a talent worth nurturing, after all, you have to grocery shop for life.
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Tips and Tricks for Shopping Smart and Buying the Freshest Fish 17.03.2015

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You’re smart, so you know that fish is a healthy alternative to meat. You know that there is a variety to choose from; there’s salmon, blue fish, perch, and tuna to name a few. But how do you go grocery shopping for fish that is fresh and won’t bust your family shopping budget? Smart food shopping is never easy and shopping for fish can be intimidating. But don’t worry! Read our tips on buying fresh seafood and you will become a fish shopping guru.
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Shop Smart with Grocery List Strategies: What not to Buy in Bulk 10.03.2015

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If you want to save on foods, start at the beginning – with your shopping list.

Smart shopping is all about strategy and flexibility. Shopping on a budget may have you thinking, “bulk bulk bulk!” but that is not always the best plan. To really start saving money, you’ll have to shop smart, too. There are many effective grocery shopping tips already out there, and here’s another you may want to try.

Whether you’re a member of a wholesale chain or not, this plan may help you feel more at ease and ready to start saving money while shopping smart. Use this plan as a guideline for how to organize your grocery list. It works by separating your list into three main categories: the Must Haves, the Get Ifs, and the Treats.
And which is worth buying in bulk?

Scent Marketing Can Make Differences: Smells that Sell 06.03.2015

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Today’s consumers go smart shopping and are in constant hunting for the best possible goods and service, that is competitive price alone cannot draw in smart consumers or satisfy them. Consumers today are not only keen on saving money but also benefiting family life too. They don’t want to just take advantage of coupons or promotions in order to save on foods but be part of consumer culture.
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What to Watch out for When Creating a Shopping List: Free Range Products Myth 04.03.2015

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In today’s world, people are becoming more and more aware of the importance of having good, healthy food on the table, and trusting everything you hear on ads or read on labels is not such a smart thing to do. For a healthy meal, we usually try and look for foods that are “all natural”, “organic” and “free range”, but we are not always aware of how misleading that can be. We are not simply talking about mass production of animals that are designed for slaughter, but we are talking about animals that are denied of their natural habitat, their natural behavior, and are tortured and mistreated only to get to your nearest store fast enough. In all of the human history, there has been a delicate bond between a hunter and its prey, which gave dignity even to the animal that would end up as someone’s meal.
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Meet New Generation eCookbook integrated with “Buy Me a Pie!”: Turkhead Culinary Delights – A West Cork Indulgence 11.12.2013

We are happy to introduce our new first and unique partner – Turkhead Delights, who have created a lovely and unique eCookbook, the first and only eCookbook that connects automatically with “Buy Me a Pie!” thereby providing a one click “Add to!” your shopping list experience on your mobile device, and in doing so, ensuring you always have the right ingredients and quantities at hand when shopping. Strongly recommended to everyone who enjoys the process and the result of cooking!
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Late Night Snacks To Have You Sleeping Well 23.08.2013

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Sometimes, after a long day doing.… well, all the many things I do in a day, I look at the clock and think, “I really should hurry off to bed so I can get up early and do all of this again tomorrow.” I really try to get a decent amount of sleep each night so that I can function at full capacity (or at least pretty close). But quite often I find that I face a little problem. Just as I am ready to head off to bed I get that all too familiar feeling…

I’m hungry!

So now what do I do? I know that I need to head to bed now if I want to get enough sleep, so I don’t want to spend time making (and eating) a snack. But I also know my stomach is not going to be quiet and just let me go to bed either. And of course I won’t sleep well if my stomach is this empty and my blood sugar isn’t balanced. I also need to be careful because a sugary bedtime snack can lead to a blood sugar spike, and then crash, that can lead to a groggy and grumpy morning.
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Healthy Dessert Ideas That Won’t Ruin Your Diet 21.08.2013

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Just because you are changing your eating habits for the better doesn’t mean you need to deprive yourself! There are lots of ways to still eat dessert without going overboard or even risk ruining your hard work. Many of these healthy dessert recipes are easy to make. Your loved ones and friends will love the taste, and they might not even know that they’re healthy for them! Most of the ingredients you can find in your local supermarket and don’t require fancy equipment. So what are you waiting for?
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Make Me A Pie! 19.08.2013

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As summer ends and fall draws near there is a bountiful amount of ripe, delicious fruit at hand. It’s a beautiful time to enjoy jams, jellies, smoothies and of course…PIE!

Wether you have never baked a pie in your life (and truth be told, you’re pretty intimidated) or you are a pie professional, we have some indulgent and sweet pie recipes that will have you excited to fire up that oven.

Crust

We must start at the foundation of your pie – the crust. People are often leery of making their own crust, but it needn’t be something to fear. The recipe below is simple and full of buttery, flakey flavor. And if you are short on time, or just not ready to take the leap, go ahead and by a prepared pie crust (we won’t tell).
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