COOL TIP: Low-Cost Diets That Actually Work! (Hint: most are free and most will save you $)

Paleo, Vegan, Mediterranean, Raw Food, South Beach,  Jenny Craig, Nutrisystem, Red Mountain, Medifast…….all of these diets can be very confusing.  No, actually they ARE confusing.  They are selling you the goal you are wanting: to lose weight and feel better.  BUT, in most cases, they want to sell you their system.  The most common mistake … Read more

COOL TIP: Predicting the Price of Produce

Produce prices fluctuate.  Sometimes dramatically.  Take celery.  Normally, you can buy a stalk of this ubiquitous vegetable for about $1.   Yet, currently, its price is 400X higher — closer to $5 in some states.  The culprit: rains in California washed out much of the nation’s celery crop.   The same fate befell strawberries.    Throughout the … Read more