There are two adults and two children in my family. We eat at home most of the time. I like to cook and I try to shop for food every day if possible. The combination of healthy eating and frugal living makes this a great challenge for me. I’m starting on Monday, April Fools’ Day… is that a sign?

Do you think I can do it? 

I was driving to Wisconsin the other day and on the radio I hear Queen with “Somebody to love”. I grew up listening to them and whenever they sing to me, they always take me back home and into my childhood.

“Somebody, somebody - Can anybody find me somebody to love…”

You see, for me love has only one meaning. In my culture we use the word love exclusively for that “somebody” we love. We don’t say “I love you” to our family members, we don’t say “I love you” to our children. We don’t “love” the car we drive or the song on the radio. We only love the person who has our heart.

I left home at 17 and by then I have already experienced the sweet ...