Tag: meal planning

Va. Chef Shares Tips on How to Feed a Family of 5 for Less in ‘Break Bread on a Budget’

By Rekaya Gibson From The Virginian-Pilot Norfolk—Lexy Rogers hopes to teach people how to make easy, soulful meals with her debut cookbook, “Break Bread on a Budget: Ordinary Ingredients, Extraordinary Meals,” which was released April 4. She should know since she’s a private chef, Air Force wife, and mother of three living in Hampton, Virginia….


7 Thanksgiving Survival Tips

Thanksgiving seems like a ridiculous time to think about making healthy choices. In between the parties and special holiday meals, it’s nearly impossible to avoid our favorite comfort foods that threaten to derail our best intentions. With that said, the health/weight experts at Kurbo Health offer their top 7 tips to enjoy a healthy, joyful…


How to Feed a Family of Four Across Seven Days for $200 (+ Recipes)

By Gretchen McKay From Pittsburgh Post-Gazette With grocery prices at record highs, we’ve put together a guide for a week’s worth of healthy meals There’s no getting around this simple and unpalatable fact: It’s pretty stressful to go grocery shopping these days. Thanks to the skyrocketing cost of inflation — which climbed to a 40-year…


With Meal Planning, Think Cost per Serving, Not Price per Pound

Pop quiz: Which is the better buy? Pork tenderloin for $2.97 per pound or boneless pork chops at $3.47 per pound—taken from my local supermarket’s weekly ad? If you answered the tenderloin, you’re in good company. Most of us would, but we’d be wrong. Price per pound can be misleading because not all cuts of…


The Busy Parent’s Guide to Packing Healthy Kids’ Lunches

Kids’ lunches have become somewhat of a moving target this past year, as parents juggle varying school schedules and situations. What better time than a new year to take a fresh look at what we’re packing—or serving at home—for lunch? I asked Laura Fuentes, cookbook author and founder of MOMables.com, a food blog and family…