Blog

Category: Cooking

Your Favorite Recipes: Thanksgiving
Fill Your Plate
10.10.2011

Your Favorite Recipes: Thanksgiving

There is something about the classic flavors of Thanksgiving that can instantly transport you back to the comforts of home and the feeling of family. …

Read More
Schnepf Farms’ Famous Chili is Now as Close as Your Local Fry’s
Fill Your Plate
10.07.2011

Schnepf Farms’ Famous Chili is Now as Close as Your Local Fry’s

You don’t have to visit the farm to enjoy Schnepf Farms Famous chili, it is now available at your neighborhood  FRY’S FOOD STORES.  Over the…

Read More
AZ Local Ingredients Come Together to Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger
Fill Your Plate
09.30.2011

AZ Local Ingredients Come Together to Create a Delicious Healthy Hamburger

Hamburgers are almost as American as corn on the cob and apple pie and we the people, love our burgers.  New research released by Technomic,…

Read More
Food Trends & Social Media
Fill Your Plate
09.19.2011

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…

Read More
It’s Not How Far You Have to Go to Get Healthy Food, It’s How Much it Costs When You Get There
Fill Your Plate
09.14.2011

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…

Read More
How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables
Fill Your Plate
09.12.2011

How to Get Your Kids to Eat More Vegetables

By Rima Mehta, Nutrition Edu/RYT and owner of The Easy Nutrition, in Chandler, Arizona As parents, we face many challenges with raising kids, and one…

Read More
Join us at Taste of San Tan on October 7, 2011
Fill Your Plate
09.05.2011

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…

Read More
20 Fun Facts about Hot & Spicy Food
Fill Your Plate
08.19.2011

20 Fun Facts about Hot & Spicy Food

Let’s celebrate the heat of southwest cuisine on August 19th with National Hot & Spicy Food Day! Whether your idea of hot & spicy is…

Read More
The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks!
Fill Your Plate
08.16.2011

The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks!

The 7th Annual Phoenix Cooks! is a colorful landscape of ingredients, products, talents and passions designed to intrigue the palette and zest for culinary experiences,…

Read More
Make your own Lunchables
Fill Your Plate
08.15.2011

Make your own Lunchables

By Peggy Jo Goodfellow, Arizona Farm Bureau Packing a healthy lunch, day in and day out can be a real challenge.  Packing the kid’s lunches…

Read More
Peach Perfect Meal
Fill Your Plate
08.13.2011

Peach Perfect Meal

Here in Arizona the sun shines and the fruit grows all year long. We are blessed with bountiful harvests that span longer growing seasons than…

Read More
Fresh Arizona Fruit: More than Just Desserts
Fill Your Plate
04.18.2011

Fresh Arizona Fruit: More than Just Desserts

Most people think of fruit as an afternoon snack or as the sweetest parts of the dessert cart.  As attitudes about the health benefits and…

Read More
Higher Food Prices, So What: Elevating Leftovers to Gourmet Status!
Fill Your Plate
04.14.2011

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…

Read More