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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Keeping a basic, healthy pantry

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May 14, 2026

In our last post in the "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series, we strolled through the breads aisle and bakery area. Today, we'll tackle the how to stock a pantry. Many households overlook the value of keeping a healthy, organized pantry. ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
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Grocery Shopping for Your Health– Building a healthier way of eating

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May 14, 2026

As part of our "Grocery Shopping for your Health" series, we will take you on a tour of a typical store. But, before we begin, let's look at what it means to build a healthy eating pattern. Keep in mind that a healthier eating pattern doesn't ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Produce department – fruits

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May 14, 2026

In our last "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" post, we talked about building a healthier way of eating. Now that we have an idea about our eating patterns, let's get shopping. First, there are plenty of places where you can buy food. You might ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Produce department – vegetables

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May 14, 2026

In our "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" post, we discussed the produce department, focusing on fruits. This post will focus on vegetables. As a general rule, start by noting the condition of the produce department. It should be clean and ... READ MORE

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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: The freezer section

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May 14, 2026

In our last two "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" posts, we covered the produce department, looking at fresh fruits and vegetables. In this post, we will head over to the frozen foods aisle, and talk about frozen dinners, frozen fruits and ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: The refrigerated case – milk and yogurt

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May 14, 2026

In our last "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" post, we tackled the frozen foods aisle. Now, let's move onto the refrigerated cases. Here you will find a large variety of milks, yogurts, cheeses, eggs, dairy creamers, biscuits, juices and more. ... READ MORE

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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: The refrigerated case – cheeses

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May 14, 2026

Welcome back to our "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series. We focused on milk and yogurt in the refrigerated case in our last series post. We're staying in refrigerated case for this post, to discuss cheeses. Note that stores typically ... READ MORE

Category: Food Safety, Health & Nutrition, Money Matters, Work & Life
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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: The refrigerated case – eggs

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May 14, 2026

In the last post in our "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series, we dipped into cheese. This blog post keeps us in the refrigerated section a bit longer, to talk about eggs. Eggs are economical, convenient and easy to prepare. You can serve ... READ MORE

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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Canned foods and more

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May 14, 2026

In the last post in our "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series, we spent some time talking about eggs. Today, we are leaving this area of the store and heading over to the canned food aisle. This aisle packs an assortment of canned (and ... READ MORE

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Grocery Shopping for Your Health: Nuts, peanuts and peanut butter

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May 14, 2026

In our last post in the "Grocery Shopping for Your Health" series, we focused on beans and legumes. This time, we'll cover nuts, peanuts and peanut butter. You might have wondered why I didn't include peanuts when we discussed beans and legumes. ... READ MORE

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