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Smart homemakers say: Planning, preparing, and serving meals is an art which develops through inspiration and thought. And meal-planning is really fun! It may look difficult to the beginner, but like driving a car, swimming, or anything we learn to do without thought or conscious effort, it is a skill which grows easier with . . . → Read More: Plan Your Meals Like a 1940′s Homemaker  7 comments - (Comments are closed)  Cooking, home economics, The Basic Seven  Basic Seven, meal planning Dear Friends, About a year and a half ago, I listed the United State’s Department of Agriculture’s Basic Seven Food Guide that was in place from 1943 until 1955 when the proverbial Four Food Groups took its place. Many readers never learned about the Four Food Groups and were stuck with that awful food . . . → Read More: USDA’s “My Plate” vs. USDA’s “Basic Seven” Dear Friends, Image courtesy of VintageAdBrowser.com I held my breath as I stepped on the scale this morning. How much “damage” did the trip to Tucson cause? I let out a sigh of relief. Although I was a bit behind schedule, I was halfway to my goal for the month. You see, I’ve . . . → Read More: Charm School: Nine Ways to Make Dieting Easier and More Effective Meal planning can seem daunting, especially if you get psyched out by the thought of having to organize it around The Basic Seven. However, our mentor Betty Crocker tells us in the first edition of The Picture Cookbook (first published in 1950): “The basic seven is easy if you follow this pattern…” For Adequate . . . → Read More: Meal Planning in Action: Braised Chicken |
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