Grimaldi's Pizzeria to Chandler, La Casita Serves Up Mexican Food in AJ

Grimaldi's Opens Eighth Restaurant in Arizona - Earlier this week, Grimaldi's opened their eighth restaurant in Arizona at 7131 W. Ray Rd. Chandler, AZ 85226. Beginning in 1905 in New York, Grimaldi's Pizzeria is now based in Arizona. Don't let that fool you though, they've wanted to make sure the recipe stayed exactly as it was to the point that they hired a chemist to recreate the water with the same mineral composition so the dough tastes just as it does in New York.

La Casita of Apache Junction Opens - Located at 495 W. Apache Tr. Apache Junction, AZ 85120, La Casita opened up last month and is serving Mexican food 7 days a week. Check out La Casita on Facebook.

The Food Pyramid is No More, Say Hello to MyPlate

The USDA unveiled new guidelines today for watching what you eat. Since 1992 we've had a food pyramid to guide what we eat and how much. Now we have a plate. MyPlate, as it's called, is being hailed by nutritionists as significantly better than the pyramid. They say the sectioned plate is a better visual for people who want to know how much of certain foods they should be eating during meals. The plate has four sections of varying sizes, grains and vegetables are the biggest along with the smaller fruits and protein sections. Also, next to the plate is a cup for dairy.

According to the new recommendations from the USDA, you should eat less by avoiding oversized portions, fill half of your plate with fruits and vegetables (more vegetables than fruit), make at least half of your grain intake, whole grains, use skim or 1% milk, choose lower sodium foods and drink more water in place of high sugar drinks.

Do you think the plate is better than the pyramid? For more information, go to the USDA's MyPlate website where you can find more tips, read up on physical activity and learn about "empty calories."

Need Some Water? There's About to be an App for That

You're out, you don't want to spend $1.50, $2.00 or more for a bottle of water, or you already have a bottle of water, but you just finished it, it's empty.  Now what? Well, if you'd rather not buy another bottle because buying single bottles is annoying when you can buy in bulk for much cheaper, with the upcoming WeTap app hitting the Android Market from Google and the Pacific Institute soon, you'll be able to find and add locations of free sources of water.

One of the aims of WeTap is to "remind people that drinking tap water from reusable containers is the cheapest and most environmentally-friendly way to stay hydrated." WeTap is described via Insteading.com as:

"...an app that will allow smart phone users to add the location, condition, and quality to a national database of fountains. The uploaded data, and a photo, will be accessible to WeTap users who are looking for a drinking fountain in that area."

In addition, not only do the makers of the app want to encourage cities to install more fountains, but they hope this database will push municipalities to repair and maintain current fountains since users will be able to post photos.

WeTap is still in beta-testing, but if you're interested in helping out with the mapping and getting them started in Arizona or wherever you might be reading this from, check here.

Are you an iPhone user? While it seems there is nothing quite like WeTap yet, according to Treehugger, there are a couple of apps you may find interesting:

"TapIt in New York helps iPhone users find participating restaurants, cafes and other locations where they can refill their reusable water bottle, and GlobalTap is working on getting clean water bottle refilling stations set up in the Bay Area of California, with hopes of spreading nation-wide."