KFC Challenge: 0, Home-Made Meals: 1

I don’t know about you, but I am tired of fast-food restaurants billing themselves as the go-to answer for all of our food concerns.  Take the recent string of commercials by KFC: they challenge an “average family” to procure items needed to make a KFC dinner at lower cost than at the restaurant.  Needless to say, the family is stumped.  [...]

December 8, 2008  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Health, Uncategorized  No Comments

The Hunger Challenge–Could You Live On $21 a Week?

Lessons for Us All:
The Hunger Challenge:
Taking the Hunger Challenge meant living for a week on the same budget allotted to those in the Food Stamp program.  Gayle Keck, from the San Francisco Food Bank, challenged bloggers and politicians alike to eat healthily and to not go hungry on $21 over 7 days, which is about [...]

December 3, 2008  Tags: , , , ,   Posted in: Health, Politics  5 Comments

Moms Blog for McDonald’s

McDonald’s is taking a hint from mainstream media when it comes to reinventing itself as the go-to place for busy Moms. While mainstream media asked, “who would you rather have a beer with?” to determine a candidates trustworthiness, McDonald’s is asking, “who would you make a play date with?” Beginning last year, McDonald’s has been [...]

November 22, 2008  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Health  No Comments