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Category: In the Kitchen

Cooking with Coffee
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02.13.2017

Cooking with Coffee

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Your morning cup of Joe isn’t just there to wake you up anymore! Using coffee as an ingredient…

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Let’s Talk about Skipping Breakfast
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01.16.2017

Let’s Talk about Skipping Breakfast

By Nathan Chambers, Recent Arizona State University Nutrition Student  Personally, I do not understand how people can skip breakfast; I’m starving if I don’t eat…

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Sort of Eggplant Parmesan
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12.05.2016

Sort of Eggplant Parmesan

By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communication Student Today I’d like to celebrate a childhood favorite of mine, eggplant parmesan.  Growing up in…

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Soup Recipes for the Soul
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11.30.2016

Soup Recipes for the Soul

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern As the weather cools down our stoves heat up. Here in Arizona, that’s a pretty big deal, as…

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Can Rewards Encourage Kids to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables at School?
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11.16.2016

Can Rewards Encourage Kids to Eat More Fruits and Vegetables at School?

  By Lori Meszaros, Nutrition Communication Student at ASU   Using rewards to get children to eat isn’t anything new. If you think about it,…

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5 Tips for Cleaning out your Refrigerator
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11.14.2016

5 Tips for Cleaning out your Refrigerator

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern Cleaning out your refrigerator throughout the year is worse than cleaning the pantry. Who looks forward to doing…

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Two Must Have Kitchen Gadgets for under $15
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11.09.2016

Two Must Have Kitchen Gadgets for under $15

By Lori Meszaros, ASU Nutrition Communication Student   Kitchen gadget essentials can run the gambit. But two I can’t do without following. And, they are…

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Spooky Halloween Treats
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10.28.2016

Spooky Halloween Treats

By Lauren Scott, Arizona Farm Bureau Intern  Halloween will be here soon, which means stocking up on candy, setting out the creepy decorations, and my…

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A Review of Quick and Nutritious Meals
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10.12.2016

A Review of Quick and Nutritious Meals

By Michael Russell, recent Arizona State University Nutrition Communications Student   These days, it seems we find more and more to put on our plate,…

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Pumpkin, this Season’s Superfood
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10.10.2016

Pumpkin, this Season’s Superfood

By Lori Meszaros, ASU Nutrition Communication Student   Pumpkins have always been known for their amazing ability to withstand carving and of course to make…

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Ode to the Pumpkin
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09.23.2016

Ode to the Pumpkin

Pumpkin is in the squash family and can easily be baked to prepare the pulp for use in pumpkin recipes.  Choose a sweet pie pumpkin…

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Of Hummus and Children
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09.19.2016

Of Hummus and Children

By Nathan Chambers, ASU Nutrition Student “Time for bed, please brush your teeth,” her mother will call from our bedroom down the hall. A brief…

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What are We Missing?
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09.12.2016

What are We Missing?

By Laura Slatalla, Recent ASU Nutrition Communication Student The average American diet is deficient in lots of vitamins and minerals, even though it’s dense in…

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