There are so many ways to prepare potatoes that it's no surprise spuds remain a family favorite.

Delicious, good-for-you dishes that don't take much time or money to make - sound impossible? Not if you have the right ingredients.

Oct. 21-28

Have you ever headed into the kitchen to prepare a meal and realize that you’re missing an ingredient?

If you want to avoid a trip to the grocery store, there may be a way to incorporate another ingredient or ingredients as a substitute. Some sources that can help you figure out a substitution:

With busy school schedules and after-school activities, family life often becomes an even bigger balancing act. As a frazzled parent now faced with less time to get dinner on the table, the same meals easily become routine, and before you know it you're stuck in a cooking rut.

If you cook with canned pumpkin, you might want to buy it now.

There has been talk of a canned pumpkin shortage this year because of less-than-ideal weather conditions around Morton, Ill., where a high percentage of the canning pumpkins sold nationwide are grown.

It’s fall, and our thoughts turn to — beef stew. There’s nothing like a kitchen filled with stew aroma to get the appetites roaring.

Stew need not be a whole chapter in a cookbook. I’ve found the simpler the design, the faster and the better.

Candy is the central focus of Halloween, the spookiest holiday of the year. The average American consumes 24 pounds of candy in a year, most of which is eaten right after Halloween, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.

Packing a lunch, for yourself or your kids, is a good way to ensure a nutritious meal while saving money.

It’s time for the annual Ardmore Village Spaghetti Luncheon at 1550 Knox Road.