Tweet 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... 
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Tweet  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... 
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Tweet 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... 
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Tweet 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... 
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Tweet Easy Kids Meals ———- 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... 
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Tweet 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!  Read More →

Tweet 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... 
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