(ARA) – With the holiday food-fest soon over, you may be looking for ways to get back on track with your weight. You might be tempted to skip breakfast as a way to save calories, but this plan usually backfires. Bypass breakfast and you’ll end up being ravenous and unable to make smart eating decisions at lunch.
“Skipping breakfast only delays hunger, and often leads to overeating later in the day,” explains Bob Greene, an exercise physiologist, personal trainer to Oprah Winfrey and author of ‘The Best Life Diet Cookbook.” “But …

Rice Helps the Heart, and the Wallet
(ARA) – With the rising cost of groceries, families are trying to make their hard-earned dollars go farther. Buying staples — as opposed to manufactured mixes — and using them in several different recipes is one way to reduce costs and yet provide a healthy meal for the entire family.
Of all the products on supermarket shelves, one of the most versatile is rice, a complex carbohydrate that is free of sodium, cholesterol and trans fat. It is also gluten-free, non-allergenic and easy to digest. …

(ARA) – Think it’s tough managing your grocery budget and making the most of family mealtime? Meet Kathryn Sansone, a St. Louis mother of 10 who, along with her husband, puts dinner on the table six nights a week. If anyone knows the value of stretching the dinner table dollar, it’s the woman who sets a table for 12 almost every night of the week.
“Cooking for my family is not just about feeding them — it’s another way my husband and I express love to our kids,” says Sansone. “We’ve …

The price tag stopped Yvonne Smith in her tracks.
Grocery shoppers continued to grab items from the refrigerated cases around her, but Smith, a local Realtor, said she couldn’t take her eyes off the eggs during a recent shopping trip. She marveled that the Fort Wayne store was charging $1.69 for a dozen eggs – an item that cost less than 90 cents a few years ago.
“I think everything today is high,” Smith said. “You just wish they’d say stop.”
But grocery prices continue to soar, even in a faltering economy. Although …

Serving Size: 1/6 of recipe
Yield: 6 servings

Ingredients:
2 Tablespoons margarine or butter or turkey drippings
3 Tablespoons flour
1/4 teaspoon salt