As the beginning of the school year nears, parents once again face the challenge of preparing healthy lunches and snacks that their kids will actually eat. After all, you can send your child to school with a well-balanced lunch a home-ec teacher would be proud of, but if he trades his carrot sticks for a cupcake, all your efforts go down the drain.

For Valentine's day, a holiday gift basket with chocolate, wine, and maybe a Teddy bear says "I love you." For Mother's Day, a spa gift basket full of bubble bath and scented lotions tells Mom it's her turn to be pampered.

Everyone likes to eat homemade, fresh food. Though we all love fast food and junk food and it is widely available, however no one can eat it on an everyday basis. Junk food, even though it may be quite palatable, is not good for health and imbibes lot of calories that do no good to our body apart from making us fat and obese.