I've revised my website http://www.ImagesUnlimitedPub.com and have added a FREE chapter from our latest children's book, Cooking Around the Country with Kids - USA Recipes and Fun Activities by Amy Houts. I invite you to take a look at the revamped website, see what...
The results of the study by the Food and Drug Administration advisory panel, made up of doctors, scientists and consumer representatives, meeting recently to study a possible connection between food dyes and hyperactivity in children, indicated through a vote of 8-6...
As your kids burst through the door after school are their first words "I'm hungry - what's there to eat"? You may have anticipated this and been ready with a prepared snack. Or they may have to find or fix something themselves. A bag of chips is the quick and easy...
Colored Easter candy is flooding store shelves, ready to fill children's baskets. Other colored foods are in most every aisle of the store - breakfast cereals with their rainbow of colored pops and grains, yogurts with their multicolor blends, even Fido the dog has...
The $4.9 million grant received by the University of Michigan will try to figure out how to eliminate behaviors leading to obesity before a set pattern begins. The funds will be used for research and obesity prevention programs in Head Start. This federally funded...
Here is a good read about England and their long apple history. This universal fruit has fans the world over - but some fans are more discriminating than others. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2011/mar/14/apple-britain-gala-traditional I enjoyed reading how...
Whether you have a bushel or a peck or only a pound, you will find over a hundred ways to use apples in this apple cookbook, From the Apple Orchard - Recipes for Apple Lovers. Others have said: "Good to the Core". The Mountain Airy News. "I purchased this book while...
One of the most universally loved fruits is the apple. Apples are packed with fiber, have a low sodium content, and are the truly fat-free product of nature. There are many health attributes of apples such as lowering cholesterol and protecting against heart disease....
It tastes so good...plus Fruits are important sources of many nutrients, including potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C, and folate (folic acid). Diets rich in potassium may help to maintain healthy blood pressure. Fruit sources of potassium include bananas, prunes and...
During long sea voyages, it was usual for sailors to develop a disease called scurvy. In 1747 a physican to the British Navy performed an experiment in which he chose twelve sailors who showed symptoms of the disease. These men ate the same food as the others, but...
