It's been a while since I have done this, but the recent addition to my extended family has me giving advice about making baby foods. 

While I realize the new moms in my family think my ideas are a little crazy sometimes, they also know that I have money in my pocket because I spend carefully.  Still, they purchase baby foods at full price and complain that they are broke.  

For this reason, I'm grateful to have an audience who is actually looking for these ideas.

Jim absolutely loves the new way that I've been cooking baby carrots lately.

(And he's on the low-carb diet again, so it's difficult to find vegetables that he's willing to give up some carbs to! Carrots and green beans are good. For example, he can have 16 baby carrots at a cost of 6 carbs.)

These carrots are really quick and really easy. I've adapted this recipe from one I saw Alton Brown using on The Food Network.

Wondering when certain fruits and vegetables are in season?...

I've written about this before... which foods you should buy "organic" vs which are okay to buy "regular" (...because they aren't as likely to be loaded with pesticides).

But now I found the official study behind those reports, and I've been hearing a lot about this in the news lately. Thought some of you might be interested in seeing this too...