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We asked Catherine Joiner, a nutritionist and volunteer for the American Heart Association, to share a little about her background and career as a registered dietician. Catherine will be helping to answer our questions about healthy living, offering practical advice on how to improve your heart health. If you’d like to ask Catherine a question, please email us or add […]
One more expert to recommend today: This week, Jane Brody - the New York Times award-winning Personal Health columnist - is taking questions online about diet and nutrition. Brody, reporter for The Times and author of several books on medicine and science, is a great resource to answer any questions you may have about healthy eating.Â
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It would be hard to miss all the heart icons in our stores and on the Let’s Dish! website as we “Go Red” in February. As Jeremy wrote yesterday, we’ve pledged to learn more about healthy living and do all we can to prevent heart disease.
And, we can do a lot - nutritious meals and heart-health awareness to thousands of families to start. We partnered with the American […]
February is American Heart Month. It’s an important time at Let’s Dish!, and of course, an important time at Food For Thought, the Let’s Dish! blog.
Heart disease is this country’s #1 killer, claiming over 900,000 American lives annually. Fortunately, and thanks in a large part to the great work of the American Heart Association (AHA), […]
It’s time for us to move our focus for Food for Thought to heart health for American Heart Month, but we hope our month-long series of Resolution Solutions has been helpful to you. Whether you stay firm to your goals and achieve them or forgive yourself for faltering, the key is that your resolutions should […]
As we wind down our month of Resolution Solutions, I think it’s important to recognize that it’s not always about what you need “to do” or “to be”. Sometimes it’s about what you don’t do that can help you achieve your goal. Here’s one idea from Sharon Rainey:
I also give myself permission NOT to answer […]
Staying on the topic of whether or not you should throw things away, do you ever just look around your house and have the epiphany that you just have a LOT of stuff? This always happens when I’m spending a Sunday afternoon cleaning the house, and I realize that I have tons of stuff that […]
Did you make a resolution to eat better this year? I know I make it every year but here is my own quick tip to help you and a recipe to make it really work!
I often will find that we don’t get to our bananas fast enough (actually my kids like them at only a […]
Reading Jeremy’s post earlier reminded me of what I consider “vital records” and are just as important to organize and protect - digital photos of family and friends!
We’ve spent most of the month sharing Resolution Solutions on clutter control, time-management and goal-setting tips, but Mel Rosche passes on several very useful tips on how to […]
Here’s a piece of advice you’ll be tempted to ignore… until you really need it. But remember that an ounce of prevention is worth, well, at least 6 pounds of cure in this case. Imagine how thankful you and your loved ones will be if you ever need one of the binders suggested by professional […]
It’s very satisfying to have a clean kitchen at the end of the day. When everyone helps it gets done much faster. Here’s a simple tip to make kitchen clean up a snap:
Break down kitchen clean-up by using a garbage bowl for table scraps and paper napkins and stack similar dishes in the sink with […]
If you’ve got kids, you’ve got plates, bowls, cups and silverware for kids. You’ll most often find these items emblazoned with a cartoon character on the top or side, smiling at you as you load Beauty and the Beast into the dishwasher. (And, why is that they seem to endure forever when my Villeroy & Boch […]
Take a look at this very handy tip from professional organizer Monica Conners. This is a great suggestion for organizing new contact information (and keeping your desk post-it note free).
Everyone has little slips of paper with phone number and addresses on them, and they sometimes get lost. You can tape an envelope in the back […]
Janet and I must think alike -Â I’ve actually been using this tip for years:
When going to the grocery store you should always make your list following the layout of the store. As an example, if you enter your favorite store in the produce department, your list should begin with produce items. This will save you time searching through […]
We got another tip on how to minimize the magically-reproducing paperwork in your house.  Sharon’s advice certainly relates to processing mail and more, so I thought we’d add it to today’s Resolution Solutions:Â
I try to pick up a piece of paper only once. So once I pick it up, I try to do something: write the check, file […]
Ugh! Mail. When I was a kid, I used to look forward to it - a postcard from my grandmother or letter from my summer camp buddy. Seems these days we never get anything good in the mail (OK, with the exception of an occasional Let’s Dish! coupon). And the pure quantity of mail creates […]
To help kids do their homework (and not be on a scavenger hunt for supplies), set up a portable homework center. You could use a tackle box or portable file box. Be sure to include all those necessary tools for homework such as glue, scissors, markers, tape, calculator, extra paper, pencils and the like. With […]
Yikes. Tax time is upon us again. I know because in the last week, I’ve received all manner of tax statements, requests for tax statements, and warnings about requests for tax statements. Not to mention, estimates of taxes owed. Ouch, not fun!Â
For most of my life, this time of year was easy because I’m a […]
Anyone who’s seen me around the home or office knows I’m a planner… and I’m rarely seen without my to do list. In fact, many people enjoy making fun of it… what with all those checkboxes and lines. But it doesn’t matter to me. My to do list helps me distinguish between the “important” and […]
Usually memories are better than the reality. Actually, good memories and stories seem to get even better as time passes. Nothing about piles of stuff cluttering up your space gets better.
Creating an album/journal where you can write stories, paste photos, articles and small souvenirs is a great way to memorialize many of life’s precious moments […]
When in our Let’s Dish! stores, I often hear customers struggle whether to prepare full or split dishes – 6 servings is a little more than you need but a half portion may leave you hungry. I personally always opt for a full portion (even when our youngest was not yet eating solids) because I […]
Do you find yourself looking through note cards, torn-out newspaper or magazine recipes to find your favorite one to make? Here is a tip about organizing in the kitchen. Most people have a container to hold their recipes whether it be a file card holder or accordion file as I have. But the problem comes […]
