Eating behaviors is a good thing to challenge over the next 5 weeks. And for those of you who are starving when it comes time to make dinner, try to eat a healthy snack and drink a glass of water about 15 minutes before you start cooking. It'll help to keep you from munching. Anybody try to adhere to the 6 small meals a day theory? I usually have a small snack mid afternoon, and if I find I'm hungry on the drive home, I'll eat half an apple or something along that line so I don't eat while fixing dinner. If anyone is interested, I have a really great low cal granola recipe I'd be happy to share. It's very inexpensive to make, and it makes a lot. You can keep a small baggy of it in the glove box as your emergency munchable.

I'll just post it here and anyone can have it if they want. Crunchy Granola (from Cooking Thin with Chef Kathleen Daelemans) 1 cup firmly packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup water 4 tsp pure vanilla extract 1 tsp salt 8 cups old fashioned rolled oats 2 cups chopped pecans, walnuts, or almonds Dried fruit (optional) Preheat oven to 275. Line two cookie sheets with parchment paper and set aside. Combine brown sugar and water in a 4-cup microwave-proof glass measuring cup or bowl. No smaller - it could boil over. Place in microwave on high for 5 minutes and cook until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from microwave and add vanilla extract and salt. Stir to combine until salt is dissolved. Place oats and nuts in a large bowl and pour brown sugar syrup over them. Stir until thoroughly combined. Spread mixture on cookie sheets and bake 45-60 minutes or until golden brown and crunchy. When mixture comes out of oven, it is still very pliable. You may choose to add dried fruit as a finishing touch at this time. When granola has cooled completely, store in airtight container. You can make this with 1 cup brown sugar and it won't be as clumpy or you can make it with up to 1 1/2 cups and it will be clumpier. Manipulate the raw granola just before you put it in the oven by squeezing it together in your hands and drop it onto the cookie sheets. The granola will clump together; however, once it is cooked, handle carefully or the nuggets will fall apart. PS - You may need to slightly butter your hands to keep the granola from sticking to it. I love this stuff in yogurt. Also, it makes so much, and depending on how fast you eat it, you may want to consider adding the dried fruit as you eat it. Otherwise, the fruit tends to get hard. I buy almonds, apricots, and dried cranberries in bulk and roughly chop the nuts and apricots. This makes A LOT, so I don't recommend doubling the recipe until you've made it at least once and see how fast you and family go through it.