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Refined Sugar and Me Week 3 -- By any other name would taste as sweet

Let's check in on week three of refined sugar & me in 2017. So this week... I gained a pound back. Which is disappointing, but although I did continue to chill on added sugar, it was one of those weeks where... well...I ate everything else. But, I see what I did here and why, so this …

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Produce Prices at Caputo's vs Jewel: A Snapshot

One of the ways I save on produce is by picking up most of my fruits and vegetables each week at ALDI and/or a local produce store like Pete's Market or Caputo's. I mainly shop the produce that's on sale each week, but thought it might be interesting to do a snapshot price comparison of …

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Five Things I wish ALDI carried regularly (but they don't)

What products do you wish ALDI carried that you haven't been able to find there on a regular basis? I do love that ALDI has been expanding its variety, cleaning up a lot of its foods, and adding more natural and organic options -- but there are just a few more items I'd like to be able to pick …

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Refined Sugar and Me -- Let's Check in on Week 2

It's Monday, so let's check in for week two of the limiting refined sugar challenge of 2017! How's everyone doing so far? Here: I'm down 5 lbs (!) from where I started doing this on December 30, but that has kind of stalled out. This was pretty much what I expected, though, after my last …

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Refined Sugar and Me in 2017 -- Week One: The Experiment Begins

I meant to have a thoughtful post all ready to go in the New Year to talk about how refined sugar fits into some of the ways Mashup Mom is changing focus in 2017, but I lost... well... focus. Blame it on the sugar. 🙂 So here's the off the top of my head version, and we'll …

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