Many of us start watching our waistlines in earnest once the weather gets warm. These low fat recipes are a big help.

OK, of course I’ve had a veggie or two during the winter. Otherwise, I’d probably be too listless to write this newsletter. Still, the change in weather makes it easier to contemplate healthier food.

This is my favorite recipe, among the favorite recipes: pumpkin maple flan . 10 Low-Fat Pumpkin Recipes Pumpkin Recipes for Vegetarians

This is my favorite recipe, among the favorite recipes: pumpkin maple flan . 10 Low-Fat Pumpkin Recipes Pumpkin Recipes for Vegetarians

“Cheap steak” has always been right up there with “black market antibiotics” in my pantheon of bad-idea phrases.

AP - SMALLER LOSS: KB Home trimmed its fiscal second-quarter loss from a year ago, when the homebuilder recorded nearly $50 million in charges related to land and other assets. It didn’t book any such charges this time.

AP - The homebuyer tax credit party is over and the hangover may be just beginning.

AP - Freddie Mac said Friday that one of its executive vice presidents was fired this week.

Reuters - KB Home , the fifth-largest U.S. homebuilder, reported a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Friday as pressure on home prices offset the company’s first rise in home deliveries in three and a half years.

AP - SINKING RATES: Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week to an average of 4.69 percent, the lowest since the mid-1950s.