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When we were kids, you were very grateful for the food on your plate—whatever it might be—and you finished every last morsel thank you very much. I’ve carried that mantra with me into adulthood, which does not bode well when I’m at some BBQ picnic having a standoff with the pound cake or craving an ice cream banana split sundae on a hot summer day. (Find 7 tricks to survive the temptations at summer BBQs here.)

Read more here: 100-calorie summer treats to outsmart your cravings

When it’s 90 degrees outside, the last thing you want to do is fire up your oven. Even if the air conditioning is blasting, it still seems wrong to waste energy cooling down the kitchen in the summer. Thankfully, there are plenty of healthy, delicious meals you can put together without preheating the oven, turning on a burner, or even standing over a flaming outdoor grill in the sweltering heat. Here are ten of my favorite “no-cook” dinners to keep you feeling cool all season long:

Read more here: 10 No-Cook Dinners To Beat The Summer Heat

The release of the details of George Osborne’s first budget as Chancellor yesterday has seen a largely positive response, while acknowledging that tough times lie ahead.

“As expected, this budget has been tough, reflecting the current economic times. We welcome the Government’s commitment not to introduce VAT on food during its period in office,” said Jonathan Knight, Chief Executive of The Regional Food Group for Yorkshire and Humber. “Delaying the 2.5 percent VAT increase until January 2011 should encourage consumer sales momentum in the run up to Christmas, which will help the food and drink sector, especially independent retailers and producers.”

Read more here: Food Industry Responds to Osborne’s Emergency Budget

With so many kitchens decked out in stainless steel these days, you’d think there’d be more options for fantastic made-for-stainless cleaners on the market. If you’ve ever shopped for said products though, you’d probably agree that the choices are pretty dismal. I’ve tried a couple different aerosol sprays, but they were so chemical-laden I always wound up with a splitting headache after using them and the nagging feeling that inhaling the fumes was generally just a bad, unhealthy idea. So I was thrilled to see this post on unplgged.com recently, which outlines some simple mild-but-effective solutions to get stainless steel sparkling:

Read more here: How to clean stainless steel