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Bean Sprouts

January 30, 2007 by christine  
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Have you ever tried sprouting your own beans?  This is a great project to do with the kids!  I am going to try it this week with my boys.  Apparently they are quite yummy – rumor has it they taste similar to fresh picked peas.  We’ll see how it goes! 
Debbie over at Kids Cooking Activities  http://www.kids-cooking-activities.com/bean-facts.html has simple [...]

Vegetarian

January 28, 2007 by christine  
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 Are you a vegetarian?  Our family is not, but we are working on putting together a Vegetarian Meal Plan in the near future.  Here is some interesting info. if you are a Vegetarian, or just would like to know more about it.  This info. is curtesy of E.D. Foods (used with permission).  If you haven’t [...]

Superbowl Recipe

January 27, 2007 by christine  
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A Great Superbowl Treat Tip Sent in From Dine Without Whine Member Christina Hoskins.
For football cookies, I take a can from soup or canned veggies- whatever, and  bend (flatten it) into a football shape. That becomes my cookie cutter. I make sugar cookies, then frost them with chocolate frosting and use white piping to make the stripes [...]

The Perfect Pie Crust

January 26, 2007 by christine  
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Pie Dough Recipe
1 3/4 C. All Purpose Flour
1/4 t. Salt
3 T. Sugar
1/2 C. Butter, chilled and cut into small pieces
1/2 C. Shortening
1/2 C. Ice-Cold Water
Chill all ingredients for at least 10 minutes before mixing. 
Mix flour, sugar and salt. 
Add butter and work mixture until ingredients form pea-size balls.
Slowly add water and continue to mix until dough [...]

Easy Kids Meals

January 14, 2007 by christine  
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Easy Kids Meals
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With dance practice,  basketball, cub scouts, and tae kwon do, who has time to cook a nourishing meal for the kids in the evening? You do!  You can have time if you prepare an easy to cook kids’ meal.
Of course it’s effortless to toss a hotdog in the microwave or place a tortilla [...]

New Year – A New You

January 12, 2007 by christine  
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Here is an excellent free e-book entitled “New Year, New You:  Make a Naturally Healthy Start“.  Susanne Myers, my partner with Healthy Menu Mailer has written a couple of the sections within the book.  Enjoy!

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Have a Cup of Java and Learn About It Too

January 11, 2007 by christine  
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I am not a coffee drinker (although I love the smell of flavored coffee brewing) but I know many of you are and I thought this article was interesting.  (even for the non-coffee drinker)
The history of coffee is hard to completely verify for accuracy, but the legend goes… a sheepherder realized the effects of coffee while [...]

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