One of my favorite memories growing up is our family trips to the apple orchard. Every fall, my parents would take my sister and me on the hour long drive to a pick-your-own apple orchard. We had a blast! We’d pack a picnic lunch and spend the day running through the trees trying to find [...]
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Ideally you would harvest zucchini that is tender, about 6 to 8 inches long and about 2 inches in diameter. As zucchini grows larger, it becomes tougher and has more seeds. Unfortunately even if you harvest them daily, there is always that one or two that sneak past the optimum size. Actually, I don’t think [...]
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Last weekend I was going through the newspaper ads and became frustrated when I saw this ad:
I was frustrated because it encourages parents to serve their hungry kids bowls of potato chips when they come home from school. Now potato chips aren’t a “bad food”, but as a dietitian they would not be what I would serve to hungry kids at [...]
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My garden has flourished in the last two weeks. I went out last evening and found cucumbers growing! I did my little happy dance, and am looking forward to having both of them this weekend. Yeah-there are just two-but hey-they grew in MY garden! The tomatoes have slowed and the herb garden has gotten way [...]
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