(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 …

(ARA) – Providing a family with nutritious, well-balanced meals is hard enough for busy consumers, but in today’s changing economy, affordability is also a factor. While it may seem like the cost of everything from gas to groceries is on the rise, the good news is that you can feed your entire family organic and natural foods at a lower cost without having to make an extra trip to a specialty health food store. Now you can find a variety of organic and natural products at your local supermarket, for …

Cyndi Roberts over at 1 Frugal Friend 2 Another has great tips for saving money on food.
School Lunches the Frugal Way!
My children always wanted to bring their own lunches because they didn’t really like what was offered in the school lunchroom.  But it was sometimes a little difficult to make their lunches nutritious and tasty and also to put a little variety in their lunchboxes without spending a small fortune.
If we let ourselves, we can spend a “lot” on individual servings, lunchables, and treats for lunches.  Here are a few …

This article by Cyndi Roberts over at 1 Frugal Friend 2 Another reminds me how much money I can waste doing lunch.

Banish Boring Brown Bag Lunches!
One way that money slips through our fingers without our realizing it is by eating out at lunch every day.
Did you know that by taking your lunch 3 days a week instead of eating out, you could save as much as $800 a year or more? Think what you could do with that much extra money!

Serving Size: 1 muffin
Yield: 12 servings

Ingredients:
2 cups flour
3/4 cup sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder