Have picky eaters at home? If you're concerned about their nutrition, try these sneaky yet easy tricks to healthier eating:

• Serve smoothies made with non-fat yogurt to get finicky eaters to load up on fruit.
• Fill your spaghetti sauce with minced carrots or other vegetables. It's a nutritional entrée when spread over whole-wheat pasta.
• Finely dice vegetables or make a veggie puree to add to recipes. Chances are your picky eaters won't notice these additions but will still receive all the benefits.
• Put antioxidant-rich blueberries in pancakes to give breakfast a fruit boost. Stir flaxseed meal into the batter to boost the nutritional value even further.

Spring brings renewal, including clearing the clutter that's collected since last year's deep-clean. As you begin spring cleaning, the following tips will help you put some money-saving muscle behind your elbow grease to make it even more worthwhile.

• Organize - By getting rid of the items you no longer use, you can better organize the things you do. This allows you to find items when you need them and cuts down on unnecessary purchases.
• Sell your items - Sell anything that you no longer use but has decent resale value. Host a garage sale or list your items on the Internet.
• Donate to charity - Any item that isn't worth selling but is still useful should be donated to charity. When you donate, take the tax write-off that will help you at the end of the year.
• Clean your appliances - Appliances tend to get overlooked during the cleaning process. Simply cleaning the filters on refrigerators, dishwashers and dryers will help them run at peak efficiency, saving on energy costs over the long run.
• Cleaning supplies - Look for discounted cleaning supplies throughout the year and stock-up when you find a good deal. This way, when it's time for spring cleaning, you won't need to buy any supplies at full price.

Cellphone use while driving contributes to roughly 100,000 accidents and thousands of fatalities each year. Though many states have banned cellphone use while driving, distracted driving continues to be a widespread issue. April is National Distracted Driving Month, the perfect time to recognize the dangers of distracted driving, and to make a pledge to stop!

• On average, texting causes drivers to look away from the road for 4.6 seconds. When traveling at 55 mph, a car travels the length of a football field without the driver looking at the road.
• A driver using a cellphone has the same reaction speed as a driver with a blood alcohol concentration of .08 percent-the legal limit for drunk driving.
• Drivers using cellphones miss half of the information in their driving environment, such as relevant objects, visual cues, exits, red lights and stop signs.
• A texting driver is between eight and 23 times more likely to be in an accident.
• Cellphone use is reported in 18 percent of distraction-related fatalities.

Distracted driving is a difficult, but important, habit to break. Follow these guidelines if you are tempted to use your cellphone while driving. 

• Turn your phone on silent so you are not tempted to respond to any text or call.
•  Keep your phone in your trunk or glove box while driving. 
• If you have a smartphone, download an application like ZoomSafer that blocks incoming calls and texts if you are traveling faster than 10 mph. 
• If you need to make a phone call or send a text, pull over to a safe location and put your car in park. 

For more information about distracted driving, visit www.distraction.gov

Community-supported agriculture (CSA) is a growing trend that allows consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer. CSA generally consists of a local farmer offering a certain number of "shares" of his crop to the public. Consumers purchase a share and receive a box full of fresh produce each week throughout the farming season.

Here are some of the benefits of CSA membership:

• Members get to eat the freshest produce available, full of flavor and vitamins.
• Because they receive whatever the farm produces, members are exposed to new fruits and vegetables
• Typically, farmers will provide an annual tour of their farm for CSA members.
• Children will often prefer food from "their" farm, eating vegetables they've never been known to enjoy.
• All profits go to the farmer, stimulating the local economy.

For more information, visit www.localharvest.org/csa/.