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Your Favorite Recipes: Thanksgiving
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Submit your recipe today for Fill Your Plate’s Favorite Home Recipe Contest! Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] There is something about the classic…
Schnepf Farms’ Famous Chili is Now as Close as Your Local Fry’s
[caption id="attachment_3393" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Celebrate fall with a warm bowl of Schnepf Farm's famous chili. Image Credit: Adactio on flickr"][/caption] You don’t have to visit…
AZ Local Ingredients Come Together to Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger
[caption id="attachment_3315" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Farm Fresh Ingredients Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger. Image Credit: Chichacha on Flickr"][/caption] Hamburgers are almost as American as corn on…
Food Trends & Social Media
By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau The Food Channel’s Kay Compton-Logsdon recently shared some top food trends. The Food Channel’s vice president and editor-in-chief made…
It’s Not How Far You Have to Go to Get Healthy Food, It’s How Much it Costs When You Get There
As the obesity rate in America continues to rise year after year, researchers, policymakers, and experts in diet and nutrition have diligently looked for both…
How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Get creative and offer your kids a variety of foods. Allow them to be involved in preparing meals. (Image courtesy Wikipedia)"][/caption] By Rima…
Join us at Taste of San Tan on October 7, 2011
For the fourth year, Valley nonprofit, Save the Family Foundation of Arizona, will be hosting the Taste of San Tan at San Tan Village…
20 Fun Facts about Hot & Spicy Food
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Let’s celebrate the heat of southwest cuisine on August 19th with National Hot & Spicy Food Day! Whether…
The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks!
[caption id="attachment_2948" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks!"][/caption] The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks! is a colorful landscape of ingredients, products, talents and passions designed…
Make your own Lunchables
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="240" caption="Image by Seven Morris via Flickr"][/caption] By Peggy Jo Goodfellow, Arizona Farm Bureau Packing a healthy lunch, day in and day…
Peach Perfect Meal
[caption id="attachment_2917" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image Courtesy Wikipedia"][/caption] Here in Arizona the sun shines and the fruit grows all year long. We are blessed with bountiful…
Fresh Arizona Fruit: More than Just Desserts
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] Most people think of fruit as an afternoon snack or as the sweetest parts of the dessert cart. …
Higher Food Prices, So What: Elevating Leftovers to Gourmet Status!
Fifth in a series on food prices. The first is here. The second is here. The third is here. The fourth is here: By Julie…
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Fueling Up Right: What to Eat Before a Workout
After years of evening gym sessions after work, long runs under the desert sun, and hiking Arizona’s rugged trails, I’ve realized something that changed the…
What Nutrition is in Mushrooms? Nature’s Low-Calorie Powerhouses
Mushrooms have long been a curiosity, popping up in fairy tales as enchanted homes for woodland creatures or as potent ingredients in ancient potions. But…
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