Category Archives: Nutrition

My Favorite Vacation Meal

I have one "meal" that we have frequently on vacation, and sometimes recreate it at home for fun. When we travel, we try to take along some of our meals, especially lunch, so we don't have to stop for fast food. So, I pack cheese and meat and crackers.  Fresh fruit and a few chips and a homemade cookie round out the meal. Sometimes we also add pimento cheese, as it's an old family favorite--and does well on crackers. I
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From Locally Grown Produce to Sweet Potato Ice Cream!

Today I had the pleasure of picking up our CSA bag from Wenninghoff’s.  While I was there, I had fun taking pictures of the beautiful produce and even got to take a tour of the hen house with Amy Wenninghoff .  There were chickens laying eggs, a cute baby chick and an interesting rooster perusing around the house.

      This week we were given sweet corn, yellow squash (see recipe below),
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Great recipes using fresh green beans, broccoli, and zucchini!

This week in our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) bag from Wenninghoff’s we received Nebraska grown broccoli, green beans, zucchini and tomatoes.  I decided to try my hand at making zucchini bread, in the form of muffins so that my children would be more likely to try it.  They really liked it.  Click here to view the "Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bread," recipe that I made.  I also made a low calorie version broccoli salad and roasted
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