Sep. 21, 2010 10:13 pm
Updated: Oct. 16, 2010 3:05 pm
I was recently approached by folks at the Eastern Illinois Foodbank and asked to participate in the SNAP Hunger Challenge. SNAP, the
Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a government assistance program to help low-income households pay for food. SNAP used to be called the Food Stamp…
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Sep. 20, 2010 8:38 pm
Updated: Sep. 28, 2010 9:42 am
There are night's when you just feel like grazing. I actually love those evenings.We'll put out small plates of fruit, fresh and
pickled veggies, crackers and cheese. We'll throw in a movie and everyone chills, snacks and enjoys the flick.
We recently had one of those nights with fresh,
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Sep. 16, 2010 9:01 pm
Updated: Sep. 17, 2010 6:09 am
A face can say so much without a word being spoken. When we sit down for family dinners, I like to sit back a moment and watch as
Nancy and Quinn start in. I'm waiting for "that" face, the one where the eyes close and that deep exhalation of satisfaction can be heard. When I get
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Sep. 15, 2010 8:37 am
Updated: Sep. 16, 2010 8:59 pm
You know those days when you open the cupboard and see all those ingredients that you bought for a particular dish and either you
had more than you needed or you never actually got around to making that particular dish! I don't know why, but there is a certain amount of guilt associated to…
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Sep. 8, 2010 5:00 am
Updated: Sep. 10, 2010 11:46 am
Fall is clearly making its way into East-Central Illinois. The corn in the fields have turned brown and the soybeans are moving
from green to yellow. There's a chill in the morning air these days. We're harvesting the last of the produce from our garden as well. I always feel the that the
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Sep. 2, 2010 8:38 pm
Updated: Oct. 31, 2010 1:33 pm
I love experimenting with recipes, trying dishes I've never made before or combining cuisines. But sometimes, my son Quinn calls
me out and requests, "something simple." This dish, was a response to one of those requests.
I have to admit, it wasn't that hard to convince me. I
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Aug. 31, 2010 8:12 pm
Updated: Sep. 2, 2010 12:32 pm
This is a wonderfully cool and refreshing soup that makes a fantastic starter for any summer meal and would be perfect as part of
a Labor Day barbecue or even desert! It's also incredibly easy to make.
This soup is lightly sweet with just a little bite of heat from some jalapeño. The co
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Aug. 29, 2010 9:13 pm
Updated: Aug. 30, 2010 5:36 pm
To finish off my healthy homage to Southern cooking I made mashed sweet potatoes and cornbread to go with Oven-Fried
Catfish and Southern-Style
Green Beans. Traditionally, both these dishes have lots of fats, either butter, cream or oil.
For the sweet potatoes, I mixed in almond mil
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Aug. 26, 2010 8:22 pm
Updated: Aug. 27, 2010 6:55 pm
Traditional southern-style green beans are made with bacon, sugar onions, and often potatoes. The ingredients are mixed in water
and slow cooked, often for an hour or two, depending on whether the potatoes were used. They come out very tender, mushy really, and with a wonderful bacon flavo
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