Convenience is tempting when you are rushing to prepare a healthy breakfast. The produce department offers beautiful plastic tubs filled with brightly colored, precut fruit. You pay a premium for the chopped fruit to save 10 minutes of prep time in your own kitchen. While buying sliced apples or peeled grapes is generally safe, certain…
You know the feeling well. You plan to cook a specific dinner, but you realize you are missing a single ingredient. To cope, you decide to make a quick trip to the local supermarket to grab a jar of pasta sauce. You walk through the doors and immediately fall into a retail trap as you…
Adding more fresh vegetables to your daily diet is a brilliant health goal. Many people prefer to eat their produce raw to preserve the crunch and maximize the vitamin intake. Snacking on raw carrots and bell peppers is completely safe and nutritious. However, you cannot apply this raw rule to the entire produce department. Certain…
Grocery inflation hits low-income households the hardest. Families utilizing the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program often stretch their limited funds by buying cheap, highly processed carbohydrates. Fresh fruits and vegetables are viewed as expensive luxuries that break the monthly budget. A brilliant national program is actively working to change that dynamic. The Double Up Food Bucks…