Five Meals under Five Bucks

Did you know that Americans spent nearly $433 billion dollars on meals away from home in 2010? That’s a lot of restaurant-eatin’…and a lot of money that could have been saved. Eating out is an expensive habit, with restaurant-prepared meals often costing 2-3 times that of their homemade counterparts. Although it is true that you [...]

Waffles for Breakfast and Brinner

When I was growing up, one of my absolute favorite meals was breakfast for dinner—”brinner,” if you will. Why? a) I got to drink the juice from the canned pears my mom always served, and b) more importantly, brinner almost always revolved around homemade waffles. It’s no wonder my mom included them in regular dinner-time [...]

Technicolor Dream Granola

Although my eating style has changed a fair amount over the years (omnivore, vegetarian, vegan, vegetarian again, and now pescatarian), I’ve consistently strived to live by one healthy eating principle: eating by color. Consuming a variety of colors not only guarantees that you have an eye-catching plate (a very important feat, indeed!) but also that [...]