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Serve Mustard Coleslaw at Your Summer Barbeques!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Summertime always calls for a barbeque at some point or another! Both the barbequed meat and all the side dishes that go with it are always amazing! Every couple of months, my…
What to Look for on a Nutrition Label
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern When you’re at the store purchasing food to stock in your fridge, freezer, and pantry, how often do you look at the nutrition label on the back? If you don’t already, I…
Add Some Citrus to Your Water
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know the importance of staying hydrated. It is especially important for those of us living here in Arizona, as the heat during the summer can get quite intense, making it…
20 Dietician-Recommended Heart-Healthy Snacks
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern We all know the feeling when a few hours after lunch, we begin to feel “snacky” again. Often, when it comes to buying or preparing snacks, our main objectives are to…
Almonds Promote Gut Health
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Fill Your Plate Intern Gut health is a topic that has been receiving a lot of attention lately, and as it should. Our gut health is crucial to our overall health. Since digestion occurs…
Sweet Potatoes Versus Regular Potatoes – Which is Healthier?
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Forget the age-old debate of whether it’s pronounced po-tay-toe or po-tah-ta, how about which kind of potato has more to offer to our health? Sweet potatoes and regular potatoes are both super…
Take Care of Your Liver!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Many of us like to eat and drink certain things to improve the function of a certain part of the body. For example, eating probiotic-rich foods to promote gut health, or eating…
Kick That Sugar Craving!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Let’s be honest with ourselves. Every now and then, a sugary snack just hits the spot. Unfortunately, however, these sugary snacks are less than healthy, and sometimes that craving for some sweet…
Beets – A Vibrant and Healthy Veggie!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern I absolutely LOVE vegetables. I’ll eat them raw, roasted, sautéed, grilled, and pretty much any way that they can be prepared. However, there is one vegetable that I’d rather not eat. That…
Spruce Up Your Salads!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Did you know that Yuma, Arizona is known as the lettuce capital of the world for a portion of the year? For five months out of each year, Yuma produces approximately 90…
Plums are Both Beautiful and Nutritious
Photo by Pixabay By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern What is filling your fruit bowl? For most people, it’s typically the standard fruits, like apples, bananas, pears, and maybe some little clementine oranges. But how often are plums…
Grapes are a Healthy Fruit to Snack On!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Whenever I visit my grandparents, there is always a bowl of grapes on the counter or in the fridge. And, at every family gathering at their house, the fruit trays that my…
Fill Up Your Plate with Veggies!
By Heide Kennedy, Arizona Farm Bureau Communications Intern Growing up, my mom always had to fight my brothers and me about eating our vegetables. The three that we all absolutely hated with a passion were brussels sprouts, sweet potatoes, and…