For a quick, healthy, and easy breakfast or snack, either at work or at home, nothing beats those little packets of flavored instant oatmeal. But the high sugar content, artificial ingredients and cost sometimes turn me off to buying them. Instant oatmeal is pretty quick and easy to make yourself. And you can save a significant amount of money by making it yourself.

Here is a report of the latest research on nut consumption from Medscape website.  The good news…nuts are good for us!

Stop buying the expensive granola mix, make your own and save money.

This list contains 7 of the items in our kitchens that many of us are storing incorrectly.  Storing food correctly can save us money with less wasted food.  Food stored properly tastes better and lasts longer.  If you got all ten right—pat yourself on the back.

This is my first Christmas as a Gluten Free individual. For those of you that don’t know what being gluten-free really means, it means no wheat, no flour, and many other grains are out of the question. It’s not easy, let me tell you, especially around the holidays. The parties, the snacks at work, and the Christmas cookies all get adoring glances but no nibbles. Not only is it hard on me, it’s hard for my friends who try to figure out food that I can eat.