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03.24.2011

Spring Salad with Poppy Seed Dressing from Jan D’Atri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZyQHPMVWzoI&feature=player_embedded Editor’s Note: This article originally appeared in the Arizona Republic. With the author’s permission we publish the story here. By Jan D’Atri, media celebrity…

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6 Money Saving Tips for Eating Healthy
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02.18.2011

6 Money Saving Tips for Eating Healthy

[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Image via Wikipedia[/caption] Do you think that it costs too much money to eat fresh fruits and vegetables? Think again!  In…

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Show Your Love with the Cupid’s Diet for Valentine’s Day
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02.14.2011

Show Your Love with the Cupid’s Diet for Valentine’s Day

Flowers? Stuffed animals? Heart-shaped boxes of chocolates? Why not surprise your sweetheart on Valentine’s Day with a Cupid’s menu centered on aphrodisiac foods that can…

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Simmer Down
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01.17.2011

Simmer Down

[caption id="attachment_1405" align="alignleft" width="150" caption="Photo courtesy of austinevan @ Flickr"][/caption] Soups on! Good, homemade soup  is just the ticket in the month of January. Plus,…

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Celebrate National Oatmeal Month!
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01.10.2011

Celebrate National Oatmeal Month!

Do you remember those mornings when you rolled out of bed and shuffled down to the breakfast table only to be faced with a bowl…

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Fill Your Plate
12.02.2010

Move Over Ordinary Rice Casseroles, Here Comes Arroz Con Chile Verde

By Jan D’Atri, Arizona Agriculture Advocate [caption id="attachment_1245" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Jan D' Atri's Arroz con Chili Verde"][/caption] Move over ordinary rice casseroles. I may have…

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Fill Your Plate
11.30.2010

A Solution for Leftover Turkey

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id="attachment_1227" align="alignright" width="239" caption="Try a grilled turkey sandwich made with leftover Thanksgiving turkey! Photo credit: Flickr.com Matt DeTurck"][/caption]…

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11.24.2010

7 Arizona grown foods to eat every day

We all know that variety is the spice of life when it comes to what we should be eating.  Nutritionists recommend that we eat a…

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11.10.2010

Pumpkin Pie Cake-Too Good for Words!!

Editor’s Note:  This post courtesy of Jan D’Atri Rescued Recipe #179 Pumpkin Pie Cake [caption id="attachment_1002" align="alignright" width="300" caption="Pumpkin pie cake photo credit: Jan D'Atri"][/caption]…

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10.18.2010

It’s National Pork Month – Go Hog Wild

You’ve heard the slogan about pork, “it’s the other white meat,” but do you know it’s the most widely consumed meat in the world? According…

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Fill Your Plate
09.15.2010

Arizona’s wheat – all it’s cracked up to be

Wheat is one of the world’s oldest and most important crops grown and Arizona is a big player in the wheat field! [caption id=”attachment_865″ align=”alignleft”…

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Fill Your Plate
09.07.2010

National Breakfast Month: How to get your kids to eat breakfast

September is National Breakfast month so we thought we’d take this opportunity to highlight what is considered to be the most important meal of the…

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09.01.2010

Recent Egg Recall Reminds us about the Basics in Food Safety

By Julie Murphree, Arizona Farm Bureau [caption id="attachment_817" align="alignright" width="300" caption="(photo courtesy freefoto.com)"][/caption] Sharing words of appreciation for our nation’s food safety system, Mary Lee…

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