THE SAVVY SHOPPER

Photo and more info from USDA - here. We eat a variety of fruits and vegetables in my home as part of a healthy diet. A confession: I wash a...

I’m not against health food stores, but for convenience, most of my pantry/refrigerator food comes from either a supermarket or Fairway (for...

Photo: Williams Sonoma - Peugeot nutmeg grinder Nutmeg is a spice made by grinding the seed of the nutmeg (or Myristica fragrans) tree into ...

I buy my senior Mom Walmart’s Equate (30 grams with 1 gram of sugar) protein drink to supplement her diet because she doesn’t eat lunch. On ...

Rum Cake courtesy of Good Cakes and Bakes here. Perhaps it’s because of the endless daylight that causes me to bake more cakes in the summer...

Two unopened boxes of these are in my cupboard. The taste and texture are good. Years ago, I ate protein bars for convenience and to satisfy...

Sometimes on a hot summer day, one thinks: I’ve got to get something into the pie holes of my family for dinner, but I do not want to cook! ...

As a child, I never saw artichokes at the supermarket nor on our dinner table. Now I buy  frozen  artichoke quarters all the time. They are ...

In a state of lunacy, I bought 4 pounds of brown lentils. I do not know why. We made lentil soup a couple of times, but we’re tired of soup....

Photos: Debra Turner (left) and Food & Wine (right) I won't lie. My favorite dinner is beef and potatoes in all scrumptious forms. S...