Can your diet affect depression? That’s the question that researchers have been studying for years. We’ve always known that eating healthy is good for us, but now research reports that people who regularly eat fruit, vegetables, and fish reduce their chances of suffering from depression.

There is now a website where you can swap books with others for free. It’s a great idea for those who love to read. Imagine the money you could save and the books are yours to keep or swap again. Take a minute to visit paperbackswap.com to learn how it works and then get started.

We’ve all done it…fess up!  We’ve bought that utterly useless gadget or trinket. Next year’s garage sale fodder, I like to call it.  Last summer when Geri, myself and a couple other close friends spread out all our useless stuff on my driveway for our now annual garage sale, it’s easier to see how much money we’ve wasted on things we really either didn’t need or didn’t use.

Garage sales will net you usually 25% of the original cost of the item. Imagine how much cash you’d have right now if you hadn’t purchased it in the first place? In these economic times, we all need to learn a hard lesson about impulse buying. And think of all the extra money you’d have over your lifetime? I’d be a wealthy woman.

I’ve always been interested in reading labels to find out what goes in and on my body.  But more and more, companies are proudly advertising what’s not in their products rather than what’s in it.  Here are a few phrases and what they really mean.

This is a very basic and simple recipe for a quick sauce to use over homemade enchiladas.

• ¼ cup your choice of oil
• 1 to 2 garlic minced garlic cloves
• 1 small minced onion
• 1 Tbsp. flour
• 1 cup diced green chili (canned or fresh)
• 1 cup water