My daughter was asking about making brownies for a bake sale at her school (a public high school), and was told that she certainly could. Great!! Oh, as long as you make them with chlorinate sugar (a.k.a., Splenda). The cafeteria had gone over their limit in the amount of...

  You can adjust this recipe to make larger or smaller quantities; just be sure to keep the proportions of salt to vinegar to water the same. You’ll Need: 1 3/4 cups pickling salt (not iodized) 2 1/2 gallons water 2 1/2 cups vinegar 1/2-3/4 cup Pickling Spice Mix...

It's 3:00 am. I can't sleep, I think, because I'm so excited about this upcoming week. This week, I will be on the road at Berry College, my alma mater. We are launching an amazing initiative that coordinates all aspects of campus life, from Food Service and Academic Affairs...

We spend over 1 billion dollars each year on products that have probiotics in them. But 85% of us don’t even know what they are, and 67% saying that had never heard the term “probiotics”!! Get the whole article here.Just this year, the World Gastroenterology Organization said that probiotics...

We are symbiants with our food. Sorry. We just are. And we need to recognize our biology, and the synergy it has with other living organisms, in order to have optimal health. In fact, research has shown that adding “friendly” bacteria to your diet improves the health of your...

You’ll Need: 1 cup barley ¼ cup butter 1 ½ cans onion soup ½ can water Directions: Preheat the oven to 350 F. Saute the barley in butter until lightly brown. Then add soup and water and bring to a boil. Then place in an 8 X 10 casserole...

  You’ll Need: 1/2 pound (2 sticks) butter, softened 1 cup firmly packed brown sugar 1/2 cup granulated sugar 2 eggs 2 tablespoons milk 2 teaspoons vanilla 1-3/4 cups all-purpose or whole wheat flour 1 teaspoon baking soda 1/2 teaspoon salt 2-1/2 cups Oats (quick or old fashioned, uncooked...

  You’ll Need: 1 cup brown lentils 2 cups rice 2 large onions, sliced 3 cups water 1 tsp. cumin 1/4 cup olive oil Salt and pepper to taste Directions In pot, combine lentils, water, salt, and pepper. Cook over medium heat for 7 minutes or until lentils are...

  You’ll Need: 1/2 cup chopped mushrooms 1/2 cup chopped green or red bell pepper 1/3 cup chopped onion 2 cloves garlic, minced 1 Tablespoon olive oil 1-3/4 cups Old Fashioned oats, uncooked 2 egg whites lightly beaten 3/4 cup chicken broth 2 teaspoons dried basil leaves 1/2 teaspoon...

It’s the perfect side dish of health! And we’ve been eating sweet potatoes since prehistoric times (there are “sweet potato relics” dating back 10,000 years, discovered in Peruvian caves), but only in the Americas. It took Christopher Columbus to bring them to back to Europe. 100 years later, sweet...

  This recipe will work well for various cook-out events. Use it as an appetizer and serve it with slices of carrots, bell pepper and celery…..fresh from the garden   You’ll Need 1 ½ cups cooked chickpeas ¼ water 2 tablespoons tahini (sesame seed paste) 1 ½ tablespoons lemon...

Bran has an image problem. Bran is like … prunes. It’s what the elderly eat when they have to deal with the gurgling issues of their gastrointestinal netherworld. But what is bran? It’s not just muffins that weigh as much as a brick. It’s basically the part of rice...