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Let Soup Warm You this Winter
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] Cream mushroom soup (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Soup has been around about as long as people have used pots to cook their…
Let’s Talk Tomatoes
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] What is your favorite way to eat a tomato? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Tomatoes may be the most complex vegetable in our…
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Hot Chocolate
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] There is not much like drinking a cup of hot chocolate on a cold winter’s day. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] There is…
Fun Facts About Eggnog
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] A glass half full of eggnog sprinkled with nutmeg. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] HistoryWhat would the holiday season be without Eggnog? …
Tamales: How Do You Like Yours?
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] How do you like your tamales? (Photo credit: Wikipedia)[/caption] Popular in much of the Southwest, tamales have a special place…
What Should I Bring to the Holiday Party?
Holiday How To: What Should I Bring to the Party? If there is one thing this time of year is never short on, it is…
Do Your Cranberries Pop?
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="328" caption="Fresh cranberries. Image via Wikipedia"][/caption] By Peggy Jo Goodfellow, Arizona Farm Bureau Back in the days when our children were…
Fall into Autumn with Specialty Soup and Stew Recipes
Across the country, the leaves are falling, the temperatures are dropping and cooks everywhere are pulling out their stock pots and soup ladles. Fall…
Falling for Traditional Foods with a Twist
There is nothing quite like the smell of fresh baked pumpkin pie to make it feel like fall. Traditional fall foods like pumpkins, sweet…
Let’s Talk Turkey
Thanksgiving is right around the corner and if cooking dinner is on your to do list, planning and innovation are the key to a stress-free…
What’s For Dinner Tonight? Something New!
If you are like us on the Fill Your Plate team, every week when you get ready to go grocery shopping, you think about what…
Freaky, Fantastic Fennel
By Kelly Saxer, Desert Roots Farm As I go over the Fall planting schedule here at Desert Roots Farm, I see fennel on the list and…
Nuts Over Brownies by Jan D’Atri
Editor’s Note: This article first appeared in the Arizona Republic. Article used with permission. By Jan D’Atri (JanDAtri.com) [caption id=”attachment_3917″ align=”alignright” width=”314″ caption=”Your family…
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