Winter nights are filled with many activities from sports and 4-H meetings to after school clubs. Finding time to plan and prepare dinner can be a challenge. However, having a few tricks in the pantry to make a quick casserole for dinner or even prepare them on the weekends and freezing them will save time […]
Rethinking Food Scraps
Preparing food generates scraps that are thrown away. Food scraps are the kitchen and restaurant waste from meal preparation, including vegetable peels, meat trimmings, and fruit cores as examples. Food scraps can also result from excess food or unwanted leftovers. Unfortunately, food waste can be a common occurrence in our daily lives and a systemic […]
Manage Holiday Spending
The holiday season is here and along with the fun and family time, come extra expenses. The holidays can mean extra spending on gifts, travel, charitable giving, decorations, and food for special meals. If you haven’t planned ahead for extra expenses, it can mean swiping the credit card to cover it. The average American spends […]
