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Of course you are not going to deprive your self of snacks but ideally that snack should be fast to grab, cheap, healthy and super easy to eat.

Even more you want to be able to take your snacks with you.

An apple fits all of these requirements but the trick of making it easy to eat is how you slice it up.

Apples are notorious for turning brown as soon as their flesh is exposed but there is a way of doing it that will keep them fresh for the day until you are ready to eat them.

Out with the old and in with the new! There is no better way to celebrate the old year and look forward to the New Year than having a New Years Eve party!

Many of us have wonderful desserts that are family favorites that taste spectacular but tend to look a little boring when they are on the plate.

Think again. 

It doesn't matter if it is a birthday party for a group of 5 year olds or a sophisticated cocktail party for the trendy set, it doesn't just happen.

To have a great party to you need a check list to make sure that all the little things are done so you don't have to worry and can enjoy yourself along with your guest.

(Add these printable tags to them so they know what they are getting.)

If you need to defrost meat in a hurry there is an old trick that cooks like to use that is fast and safe. 

Pancakes are made from mix, mash potatoes from dried flakes and cookies are cut from plastic tubes of dough.  

When women set off to the work force in droves in the 70's a market opened up to feed on their guilt that they were not being good mother's or wives and that could all be solved by convenience foods. This was the first generation of women who struggled to do it all. 

Advertisers continually harp on us that cooking from scratch is not only hard, but time consuming and ridiculous to try.

Isn't it time for you to find out that cooking from scratch can be easy, fast and cheap?

Regular paper will look nice but it doesn't have that sheen to it. Wrapping paper that is glossy rarely comes in white.