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Guide to Low Carb Cooking & Eating for a Healthy You! Starting a Low Carb Diet ... So you've decided to cut back on carbs to lose weight or for better health!  Good for you! We eat way too many carbs and then end up storing them as fat because we simply do not move as much as we should ... Read More

Pack School Lunches That Your Kids Will Actually Eat! Summer is coming to an end and school is about to start. That of course means it’s time to get back into a school year routine. Part of that routine in many households is packing school lunches. Packed lunches are a great option when your child isn’t too fond of what ... Read More

10 Tips for Green Eco Kitchens It's no secret that our natural environment is affected by our individual choices. While we may think that saving the plant is too big of a job to tackle alone, there are many things that, when done collectively, can have a huge impact on the world we leave for our children and grandchildren. We ... Read More

Low Carb Menu Plan 7 Day Weekly Low Carb Diet Menu You Can Print to Get Started Getting those unwanted pounds off can do so much for your health and eventually even save your life. Family dinners do not need to be heavy on the starches and sugar in order to be delicious and enjoyed by your entire family. Planning ... Read More

Beef Cuts - How to Choose the Right Cut of Beef & Ground Meat Selecting Your Beef Cuts - Choosing the Right Cut of Beef for Dinner  You've found a great-sounding recipe for a beef roast. You need a cut of beef for a recipe you're preparing in the crockpot. You head to the butcher counter at the grocery store, and ... Read More

Dear DinnerPlanner - Our Question is, Can Dogs Eat Rice? Is Rice Good for Dogs? From time to time we get this question asked about what table scraps or leftovers are safe to give to your dog. This is an easy question since all of us here have dogs and some of them are elderly. Can dogs have rice?  Below ... Read More

Easy Sheet Pan Pancakes Recipe with Fruit -  Healthy & Delicious Blueberries and Strawberries Do you want your kids to eat healthier but not sure how to make even small changes in their diet? Start with these super-delicious and healthy easy sheet pan pancakes with fruit! Breakfast is an important start to the day and what you eat can determine ... Read More

What is the Difference Between Soba Noodles and Udon Noodles? Japan cuisine has become increasingly popular all around the world. This means that the varying types of Japanese noodles are being experienced by more and more travelers. Soba and Udon are two types of Japanese noodles that are quite iconic. If you are not familiar with Japan cuisine, you might ... Read More

How Many Calories are There in a Poached Egg? It's no secret that everyone here at DinnerPlanner.com LOVES our poached eggs! But just how healthy are these eggs and how many calories are in a small, medium or large poached egg? Make Poached Eggs Part of Your Low Fat and Healthy Diet! We all know that eggs come in different ... Read More

What Does Pineapple Do For Your Body and Why We Should Eat More Pineapple - When was the last time you cut into a fresh & juicy pineapple? Pineapple is one of the most consumed tropical fruits across the globe. It's naturally sweet yet sour flavor makes it a favorite with both children and adults alike. However, it is not ... Read More

The Incredible Health Benefits of Mushrooms and Why We Need to Add More to Our Diets - Mushrooms are low in fat and carbohydrates, so they are naturally low in calories as well. They are rich in vitamins, proteins and minerals, making this one of the vegetables we should eat more of. Mushrooms are also rich in antioxidants and antibiotics ... Read More

Autumn Fruits and Autumn Vegetables - Eating Foods in Season--Fall Foods Eating what's in season is one of the simplest ways to boost your health and nutrition intake. It's also good for your wallet, as plentiful harvests lead to lower prices. Make eating the seasons part of  your family's diet and you will benefit from the end-of-season fresh produce. Not ... Read More

Kitchen Tools and Equipment for The Beginner Cook Watch any late night TV and you will quickly see that there are tons of kitchen gadgets available. From pasta pots to slicer/dicers, this constant search for the ideal kitchen tool has been part of our culture and the source of amusement for years. The fact is that tooling up your kitchen ... Read More

How to Make your Own Salad Dressing - Salad Dressing Recipes Isn't it nice to have fresh and delicious homemade salad dressing for dinner?  Now you can make your own salad dressings from scratch instead of the expensive bottled versions! Why Make Your Own Salad Dressing? Have you ever looked at the list of ingredients in bottled salad dressings? Here ... Read More

Less Stress Cooking Tips to getting organized in the kitchen Out of all of our articles on this site, this is one of our favorites. Cooking at home is such a positive thing and has so many health benefits. This is a must read for any beginner cook or any cook that wants to make cooking more of a positive ... Read More

Savory Pork Stew - Braised first and then cooked in a delicious wine sauce Cooking Methods You Need To Know Do you feel that cooking is a science and art? Cooking, to many people, is just about throwing ingredients into a pot or pan and in a few minutes, they are munching away. Even worse to some people it can ... Read More

7  Sane Tips for Getting Dinner On The Table Quicker Cooking from scratch is “the single most important thing we could do as a family to improve our health and general well-being” ~ Michael Pollan Are you strapped for time but still want to eat healthy meals and have dinner on the table most nights?  In this hurry-hurry world we ... Read More

- How To Add More Kale to Your Diet and The Health Benefits of Kale - According to the National Cancer Institute, kale is yet another valuable cruciferous vegetable that has promise in helping humans win the battle against cancer. By adding more cruciferous vegetables to our diet we can actually prevent so many diseases. Kale is the king of ... Read More

How you Can Help your Kids to Eat More Vegetables A few tips and tricks to getting kids to eat their veggies - How do we help our children eat more vegetables is something that is felt world-wide. Well, we feel that it's all about curb appeal. If you want to sell your kids on eating more veggies, then you ... Read More

Tips on How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Fruit Tons of helpful tips on how to get your kids to eat more fruit! Most Americans don’t eat enough fruit. Despite efforts by the USDA to educate people about the benefits of eating fruit, recent studies found that only one third of Americans eat two servings of fruit daily ... Read More

   Healthy Apple - The Health Benefits Of Apples Oh the healthy apple! Sweet and delicious, apples are one of my favorite fruits. They are versatile, portable, inexpensive, and unlike a lot of other fruit, they store well. They also have quite a few surprising health benefits. There’s good reason why we have the saying “An Apple A Day Keeps ... Read More

Buy the Best & Healthiest Chicken at the Grocery Store and What the Labels Mean Good health starts with healthy food. Every year in the United States alone over 8 billion chickens are consumed.  That's a lot of chicken! But are we buying the healthiest chicken possible? When chicken is processed, it is packaged with labels to indicate how the ... Read More

Healthier Alternatives to using Sugar We love sweet things so much that we have entire holidays more or less devoted to them: From Halloween candy and Christmas cookies to marshmallow Easter bunnies and heart-shaped boxes of Valentine's Day chocolates, the candy aisles at the grocery store are always stocked with specialty confections alongside the old standbys. If only we reserved ... Read More

How to Cook and Eat Healthy Meals on a Budget and Serve Nutritious Foods for Less Money It's true that you are what you eat, and eating unhealthy food eventually makes you ... well unhealthy, there's no doubt about it. Added sugar, preservatives, processing chemicals, and other unnatural ingredients in processed foods are causing health problems of epidemic proportions, from ... Read More

Seven Foods for Healthy, Radiant Skin Everybody wants healthy, radiant skin, and while women often spend more time and money on perfecting their look, there's not a man out there who honestly would not love a big face full of beautiful skin!  However, a lot of people make one big mistake when it comes to skin care: not eating the ... Read More

What is Soybean Oil and how is it used? Move over sugar - there's a new bad boy in town and his name is soybean oil!  Did you know that  90% of all soybeans grown in the United States are genetically engineered?  Engineered to do what you ask?  Well, it turns out that these little beans have been genetically engineered to withstand ... Read More

The Importance of Meal Planning for Family Meals It seems we all want the same 3 things - good health, smaller waistlines, and more money! Well you can quickly get all 3 of those things simply by planning your family meals!  We promise! Make the family dinner table your favorite gathering place for a healthy you and healthy family! Cooking ... Read More

 4 Tips for Adding Healthy Ingredients to Meals Kids Love Every busy mom knows that finding healthy foods for your kids to eat is important to their physical and emotional development and their overall health. Unfortunately, getting kids to eat their vegetables isn't always easy. If your kids are picky eaters, it can be nearly impossible to come up with ... Read More

A to Z of All About Beans and Different Types of Beans - Beans are an Important Part of a Healthy Diet Beans, those wonderful little legumes that create constant confusion with those of us who love to eat them. There are so many different types of beans that it's easy to find your favorite. Which ones are actually beans? ... Read More

Why you need to buy a good Kitchen Knife! Want Faster Better Food? Buy a Faster Better Knife! Want speed and excitement right in your kitchen?  Buy a brand spankin' new knife! Walk around any department store or designer cookware store and you'll see huge knife blocks full of specialty tools that can easily cost you $300, $500 or more ... Read More