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6 Steps to Sticking With Your Healthy Diet While Traveling

July 12, 2016 2 Comments

If you travel often you know how difficult it can be to eat healthy when you are away from home. Strange schedules, restaurant food and endless snack buffets can wreak havoc on your diet. I admit burgers and sandwiches are our staple diet while on travel. We can’t stick to a strict diet plan when we are on the move

6 Steps to Sticking With Your Healthy Diet While Traveling

Travel is stressful which affects your metabolism, and it can be even more difficult to keep to a healthy diet if you are travelling with companions who are going out to eat and drink every night. While it can be a challenge, it is possible to eat healthy even when you are traveling. Here are several ways to keep your diet healthy even during a trip.

5 Summer Drinks to Keep You Cooler on a Budget

June 9, 2014 Leave a Comment

Summer is here and I just couldn’t wait any longer to write and publish another food related post. Don’t worry I am not going to make this a food blog, OCAAT will remain as a finance blog 🙂 The other day we had a party at home and the drinks were liked by our guests. Here’s some of the drinks I specialize and rely on to beat the Florida heat.

Beating the heat with cool summer drinks is something that everyone looks forward to when summer comes near. In this article, you will be able to find the cheapest, most foolproof drink recipes that are not only refreshing, but they’re also incredibly tasty! Be sure to try these recipes out, so you can find one that suits you and your family. This way, your family will have a signature summer drink.

10 Lunch Menu that Only Cost Less than $5

April 1, 2014 1 Comment

Couple of weeks back I got a mail from one of my readers. She mentioned herself as a regular reader. she wanted to see menu planning and frugal food related posts here. I asked her to give a few of her favorite low-cost recipes. Here’s what she came up with in 3 different emails. I can see the menu serves all tastes and food habit.

I always take the left over food for my lunch. In our cafeteria I see most of my co-workers buying food. Although subsidized, their per lunch cost must be more than what I pay for my boxed lunch. This compilation is made up of ingredients that are readily available, good for almost every taste and most importantly, they cost little less money than your regular lunch. About the time these preparations take, they don’t take more than an hour!

American Food Waste Enough to Feed Starving African Children

February 14, 2013 7 Comments

Americans throw away plenty of food each year. as per Reuters, “Americans throw away nearly half their food every year, waste worth roughly $165 billion annually“. They are tossing each piece of food that appears along their path. That is precious resources and money pretty much down the drain. Simultaneously there is a huge food problem in Africa and starving kid’s statistics are growing. Keep reading and discover what you don’t know about such scenario.

Imagine what could be achieved by reducing this waste. Only 15% reduction in waste annually can be enough to feed 25 million people. We often hear about poor and starving African children. We see their pictures in the new papers. They are starving. As per Wikipedia,Total African population is 1 Billion and among them, 50% are below age 25. If 15% reduction in waste can feed 25 million people, a 90% reduction would feed 150 million people. Almost the same size of starving African children population.

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