Basic Meal & Menu Planning

by: Kirsten Hawkins

As a basis for meals and menu planning, refer to the pyramid information mentioned earlier to make sure you have the basic food requirements met for all family members. Then cross check and plan by looking over basic food categories to target healthy foods to fit the lifestyles and health of everyone. For example, if someone has depression, add some foods mentioned above to his or her dietary plans that aid in the healing and prevention of depression.Meal planning also depends upon several factors …

How to Plan a Dinner Party with a Diabetic Guest
By Laura Reynolds, eHow Contributing Writer
Planning a dinner party for a group of diabetics is not too difficult. Planning a dinner for a group where no one is diabetic is not difficult. Why, then, do we panic when we have a mixed group? We end up catering to one group over another, often serving a diabetic menu to meat-and-potatoes fans. Baby Boomers, who were raised on sugared cereals, French fries and soda pop, are beginning to have to pay the piper as type …