"I’m hungry, and there’s nothing to eat!" If you’re the parent of a teenager, you probably hear that refrain several times a day. Teenagers seem to be constantly hungry, foraging through the refrigerator and cupboards for a snack. At meals they might seem to be eating machines.

Active, growing teenagers require huge amounts of nutritious food to keep them healthy and happy. To accomplish this takes a bit of strategic planning and shopping.

Eat This Not That is a wake up call on nutritional facts like calories, fats and sugar content in the foods we consume at restaurants, over the holidays, purchase at the grocery store and even through vending machines.

Jiffy muffin mixes are popular with my teen, so we have been making the Chocolate, Corn and Buttermilk Biscuit muffin varieties often. Recently my teen asked me what the difference was between cupcakes and muffins.