Preparation Time: 30 minutes
Number of Servings: 6
Cups of Fruits and Vegetables Per Person: 1.50

Ingredients:
1 head romaine lettuce
1 head Belgian endive
1 cup fresh mint leaves

I live on smoothies. I start most days with one. They are a great way for single folk to get their nutrients cheaply with just a blender, spoon and glass to wash.
(ARA) – With the abundance of fresh produce that accompanies the arrival of warm weather, you would think Americans’ diets would be healthier in summer than at nearly any other time of year. But what good are so-called “superfoods” like blueberries, fresh ginger and even eggs if you can’t get the kids (or your spouse) to eat them?
Plenty …

Even though corn is now selling for less than half of its June price, the Thanksgiving turkey that feeds on that corn costs 8% more per pound. The wheat baked into the dinner rolls is down 60%, but the rolls are up 16%. And the soybeans in all those holiday pie crusts? Down 47% since summer, but cost is 9% more, the CBS study found.
Experts say it’s because grocery pricing is about more than just commodities.
“Raw commodity costs represent about 20% of the total food bill at the grocery store. …

Lisa Williams has never liked sorting through coupons, and she no longer has to at Kroger Co. grocery stores.
Every few weeks, coupons arrive in Williams’ Elizabethtown, Ky., mailbox for items she usually loads into her cart. While Kroger is building loyalty – with 95 percent of a recent mailing tailored to specific households – Williams is saving money without searching through dozens of pages of coupons.
“I’m not that big a coupon-clipper,” she said. “It seems like a lot of coupons you see are (for) things that you never use.”

(NAPSI)-Research shows that people who eat rice–brown or white–tend to have healthier diets.
For optimal health, a diet should include hearty helpings of both. Brown rice is a nutritious whole grain, and enriched white rice also has a lot to offer. U.S.-grown white rice contains niacin, thiamin and iron and is fortified with folic acid, which can help everyone–from babies to boomers–protect their health.
Folic acid helps prevent birth defects and may reduce the risk of heart disease, certain cancers …