Happy Weekend! I’m not sure about everyone else, but this week went by so fast for me. I didn’t get to do all the blog reading I wanted to, but I did find some interesting things this week.
I hope you enjoy them as much as I did. Have a great weekend and I’ll see you on Monday!
Healthy Discoveries had an interesting post on Nia (Neuromuscular Integrative Action). I had a coworker back in the States who taught this, but unfortunately I was never able to try a workshop. It looks sounds so interesting hopefully someday I’ll get the opportunity.
Zesty Cook had an awesome recipe for easy beer bread. I love beer bread! I think I’ll make mine with Guinness.
Will the recession make you fat? My husband sent me this article from MSN this week about how having less money to spend on meals may cause people to choose less expensive, unhealthy foods. Certainly something to think about.
Back in Skinny Jeans had a post about eating out less and hosting dinner parties to save money. First of all, I love hosting dinner parties. I don’t save much money that way, but I guess if you rotated hosting with friends you could.
I do want to say that one of the best ways to save money is stop eating out. This is the main way my husband and I save our money to travel. In Brazil, it is much less expensive so we tend to do it more often, but when we lived in the US we probably ate out about twice a month.
I would always come across people giving me the “must be nice” attitude when we would head out for a trip. Meanwhile they were spending buku bucks on lunches out every day. Eating from home can really save the dollars!
Such a cute pug!! 😀
Great link picks, as always – have a love weekend!!
It has gotten so expensive to eat out in Ireland over the past few years that you really can save a good deal by not eating out so often. I have certainly gotten into the habit of making lunches to bring to work (or making enough dinner so that there are leftovers aplenty for portable lunches) – usually means it’s healthier for me too 🙂
Lori, I have some resources on my recent blog entry that might interest you: 4 or 5 different food pyramids from the Mayo Clinic, the Mayo Clinic Healthy Weight Pyramid tool: this one’s cool! I got a kick out of it. And my fave food pyramid from integrative nutrition.
Saludos,
Heather
Mr. Noodle and I eat out once a week at our fave little joints where the food is usually pretty simple and inexpensive. But even those are starting to get hit by the recession – a few have closed or are struggling. It’s a catch-22: going out more is hard on our wallet and waistlines but these places are hurting b/c of less traffic. I hope we can all hang in there a little longer.
VeggieGirl – Thanks! I of course think she is the cutest pug around. 🙂
Daily Spud – I was pretty blown away by the food prices in Dublin and surrounding towns on my visit last year. It is difficult to stick to a budget there for sure.
Maeskizzle – Thanks for the tip. I haven’t been keeping up with my reading very well lately. I’ll stop by and check it out.
TN – Thanks so much for bringing up another perspective to the issue. I certainly want to support locally owned restaurants. It seems everyone is struggling now. It sounds like you all have a balanced plan with saving when you can, but still helping out businesses and enjoying great food. 🙂
Adorable picture and I love all the links.
Lori, Thanks for mentioning me! I was out of town all weekend and just getting caught up on my blog reading tonight. I saw your Saturday post on Monday. Thanks so much!–Jolene
Meg – Thanks. I’ve decided she needs to make the occasional appearance. 🙂
Jolene – You are welcome! I loved the post. I also saw your tweet about your trip. Sounds awesome!