‘Groceries Go Home’ Archives
Strawberries can help keep hearts healthy »
Strawberries can help keep hearts healthy. Enjoying strawberries regularly can increase the body's antioxidant capacity, which may have a positive affect on heart health and other health benefits, according to a new study from UCLA that was published in the Journal of Medicinal Food. Researchers studied 21 healthy women who ate about [...]
National Potato Chip Day »
National Potato Chip Day was yesterday. Who knew? Well even though I missed it...what the heck, I'm extending it through today...'cause I love potato chips! I also just found out that Lay's was giving away potato chips yesterday all around New York...that's right giving them away! Oh well. I'm off to buy my own. But in the meantime here are [...]
Jellybean Art Contest! »
Go ahead. Take your whole family to the grocery store to buy a whole bunch of jelly beans. Then show off your artistic side...oh you are allowed to munch some in between being creative. Just in time for spring celebrations the tasty and colorful Jelly Belly jelly bean launched a drawing app at Facebook.com/jellybelly inviting artists of all [...]
Bagged Salad Fixings For Super Salads »
What's in my grocery cart today? Salad stuff...lots and lots of salad stuff. I'm feeling spring is just about here and its time for lovely green, crunchy salad--so this weekend I'm giving up my cooked, steamed, hot veggies and going salad all the way! One of my favorite ways to fix a salad is to get down my big wooden salad bowl, rub a [...]
Freeze Fresh Herbs and Save »
Freeze Fresh Herbs and Save. I love this suggestion from Frugal Village so much I'm reproducing it here....but keep reading because there's more! Anyway Frugal Village offers this advice on freezing fresh parsley..."Chop the parsley and place it into an ice cube tray. Top each ice cube tray section with water. You want to use about 1/4 cup [...]
Crest & Oral-B and My 3D SMILE »
Crest & Oral-B and My 3D SMILE. I usually reserve the Groceries Go Home section for all my foodies--but who can resist the gleam of a sparkling white smile. Not me, that's for sure. That's why I'm featuring this great new idea...so watch out for it...and get that 3D smile yourself. Procter & Gamble is going 3-D with its new Crest and [...]
Herbs & Spices ‘Spice Up’ Nutrition »
Herbs & Spices 'Spice Up' March which is National Nutrition Month! Cooking with herbs and spices is trendy, healthy, and can be a real taste adventure and many are considered to be 'superfoods'--that's another bonus. ""Add a cinnamon stick to simmering tomato sauce to create a surprising sweet undertone. A pinch of curry goes a [...]
Coffee May Lower Stroke Risk »
Coffee May Lower Stroke Risk...and I LOVE My Coffee, Don't You? According to a study presented at the American Stroke Association's annual stroke conference, regular coffee drinking may reduce the risk of stroke. The study followed 23,000 men and women for approximately 12 years. Subjects who reported drinking coffee had a 27-percent lower [...]
Salt School »
Salt School. I found this fab article about salt, which has been in the news a lot. We all love it. But too much can cause some pretty nasty health problems. So when I read this very cool piece in Serious Eats about the different kinds of salt and how to use them I wanted to pass it on to you. Here are some of the highlights from my own salt [...]
DIGIORNO 200 Calorie Control Portion Pizza »
NEW! DIGIORNO 200 calorie control portion pizza. This is a very good idea. Why? Because I love products that tell me exactly how many calories they have--have to admit, that sometimes I cheat, and even sneak an extra sliver of pizza without accounting for the extra calories--shame on me! But seriously, I think this is a great lunch or pizza [...]
