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Kathy Manweiler

What I Do

After years of yo-yo dieting, Kathy Manweiler discovered ways to cook and eat healthier without giving up the foods she loved. Those recipes helped her lose 100 pounds and keep the weight off. Now she's sharing healthy cooking tips with readers through her weekly "Don't Say Diet" column. Kathy is an editor at the Wichita Eagle (Go, Eagles!) in Wichita, Kan. She welcomes your recipe questions and ideas.

Kathy Manweiler: Stretching the food $$: Taco casserole is a low-cost, low-cal, low-effort dish

IN THIS struggling economy, many of us are finding ways to stretch our food budgets further. When I lost my job about six weeks ago, I had to take a hard look at how much I was spending on groceries and make some cutbacks. But I was determined to keep eating healthy meals, so I needed to create some new recipes that were nutritious, filling and inexpensive.

Kathy Manweiler | Columnist 

Kathy Manweiler: Tomato & bread salad with halibut a great summertime dish

GRILLS can take a break from hamburgers and hot dogs this Memorial Day weekend with today's recipe. The American Heart Association recommends that most people eat at least two servings of fish each week, but many of us - including me - don't always follow that advice. Tomato and bread salad is one of my favorites, and I thought it might work well to toss some fish into that dish.

Kathy Manweiler | Columnist 
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