Recalled shell eggs affected by the expanded recall are packaged under the brand names: Albertsons, Farm Fresh, James Farms, Glenview, Mountain Dairy, Ralphs, Boomsma, Lund, Kemps and Pacific Coast. Eggs are packed in varying sizes of cartons (6-egg, 12-egg, and18-egg cartons, and loose eggs for institutional use and repackaging) with Julian dates ranging from 136 to 229 and plant numbers 1720 and 1942.

Dates and codes can be found stamped on the end of the egg carton or printed on the case label. The plant number begins with the letter P and then the number. The Julian date follows the plant number, for example: P-1720 223.

The recall affects eggs shipped since May 16, 2010 were sent to food wholesalers, distribution centers and foodservice companies in California, Illinois, Missouri, Colorado, Nebraska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Utah, Arkansas, Oklahoma and Iowa.

Please share this information with friends and family by forwarding this blog to them.  Thank you!

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Designed for busy people with lots of good intentions and little time to cook. Perfect for anyone wanting to lose weight or anyone with heart disease or diabetes.

This cookbook provides Recipe Notes to discuss briefly six important aspects of what the content of the recipes are and why they are important.

Brenda gives Dinner Menus for those of us who run out of ways to put meals together. The menus are listed by week and include a shopping list. There is a column in the right margin to list breakfast and lunch foods you may want to add to your shopping list.

There is also a list of breakfast and lunch menu ideas. In this section Brenda offers suggestions for what foods can be considered for breakfast and lunch and what might go well with that food.

One of my favorite sections is the “Change Recipes… to Reduce Fat, Sugar, and Calories”. For example, her chart on page 35 gives suggestions for changing from frying and the alternative ways to cook.

There are tips for eating out and even a Salad Bar Guide.

You can use the chart on page 45 to determine your healthy weight and calorie needs. Many people want to live a healthy lifestyle and with so many programs and diets it is easy to get confused about one’s own individual needs. This chart makes it crystal clear as to what you need! There is a food chart that is blank so one can track what they are eating currently.

Brenda has thought of everything!

Now we finally get to the recipes!

Here is the list of the types of recipes included in “Quick and Healthy: Volume II More Help for people who say they don’t have time to cook healthy meals”.

• Appetizers and Sauces
• Breads
• Soups and Stews
• Vegetables
• Salads
• Potatoes, Rice, Beans, and Pasta
• Sandwiches
• Meatless (woohoo!)
• Poultry
• Seafood
• Beef and Pork
• Ground Beef and Sausage
• Desserts

Each recipe has a Nutrient Analysis listed to show what nutrition is in it.

Finally, at the end there is an Index. If you have a particular food in mind you can simply go to the index and look up the food and find a recipe for it.

Having this cookbook is like having your own personal dietician beside you as you plan and cook for the family.

Ponichtera’s books have been recommended in publications such as “O” The Oprah Magazine, Cooking Light, Miami Herald, Shape magazine, and USA Today, as well as by health care professionals, and busy cooks across the country. Ponichtera has sold over 700,000 copies of her Quick & Healthy cookbooks.

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Keep in mind that using different roasts of coffee will reflect in different flavors in the meat.

Ingredients:

• 1/4 cup fine coffee grounds
• 1/4 cup smoked paprika
• 2 teaspoons ground chipotle pepper
• 2 teaspoons cumin
• 1/4 cup turbinado sugar
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 tablespoon garlic powder

Directions:

Mix all of the ingredients together, and rub well into the meat. Allow this to stand for one hour before grilling. You can store the excess of this mixture in a cool place, like your pantry, but not in the refrigerator. The turbinado sugar is necessary for this recipe because it melts quickly in the heat and creates a nice texture on your grilled entrée. The sugar can also be substituted for brown or plain sugar to your liking, which will change the taste of the final product.

Get creative and experiment with using different coffee roasts to create different flavor profiles in your BBQ!

For a great selection of coffee makers Bunn, check out Bethany Ramos’ website, The Coffee Bump.

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This is a critical mistake because children learn the wrong reasons to eat.  We are to eat because we are hungry and when the feeling of fullness occurs, eating needs to stop. This bad habit (disguised as a good habit) can go with a child into adulthood.  There is even a name for this habit (The Empty Plate Syndrome). Having feelings of guilt about leaving food on the plate has haunted many a person and some have passed this habit on to their family.  Yes there are starving children in Africa, but let’s participate in some other way to help them.  Let’s not stuff our selves on their behalf.  Overeating helps no one.

Allowing others to feed your children off schedule or off the good food course.

Setting boundaries can be tough.  Setting boundaries around the food and the time the food is eaten can be tough too, especially if the violator is a family member.  My mother use to give my kids food anytime of day when I was not around.  I had to take a deep breath and ask her to respect my schedule.  I was young and cared about my mom’s feeling but the eating pattern I had for my children was even more important. These eating patterns have a tendency to continue into adulthood and can cause serious health problems.   Moms make a critical mistake when we allow others to get us and/or our children off the healthy eating path.   I know it’s not easy, because if it was, everybody would be doing it.  Take a stand. Read this: “Stop Forcing my Daughter to Eat.”

Using food for comfort or emotional support for our children.

Most people who use food for comfort as adults can testify that this addiction started in childhood.  Ask yourself why do you use food for comfort and make a conscious effort to teach your children to have a healthier relationship with food. Here is an article:
Diet: Comfort Food that can help you explore this topic.

Thinking what we do doesn’t matter.

Sometimes we can repeat do’s and don’ts and the reasons why so many times that we feel like our efforts aren’t doing any good.  As a mom of three adults I can tell you, you words and actions do make a difference in the lives of our children.  The results do not always manifest themselves until later. Once the child has been out in life on their own, they discover what you really meant and what you really mean to them.

Defining ourselves as a mom to the extent of forgetting about our other roles and relationships.

Being a mom has been the most challenging thing I have ever done and it consumed quite a chunk of my life; but even when my children were younger my husband I made a point to continue to have date nights and I continued to go out with friends and family and eventually I went back to school.  It took me a long time to get comfortable doing non-mommy things but I continued to re-fuel myself and I could see and feel how refreshed the time for the other parts of me gave me more patience with my kids.  Moms, take care of you – I mean all of you.

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The top three winners are:

Who Knew? The Dirt on Stadium Food Practices – One of my themes regarding food is know, as much as possible, about the food you put in your mouth and your family’s mouths.  And that includes the  ballpark.  I think we want to relax and enjoy the game, but we must be aware so read post number one.

iCarly’s Reed Alexander in the Kitchen – Kid friendly recipes are even more interesting to kids when they see one of their tv show star/friends creating recipes for kids, cooking, and enjoying eating healthy food!  Check out this post with your kids!

Healthy Choice Pick: Sensational Smoothies – I love smoothies and sometimes I need a little help coming up with a variety of possibilities for smoothies.  This ebook is just the ticket for a new healthy smoothie recipe.

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Healing Trail Mix Recipe

• 

  1 cup raisins

• 1 cup unsalted walnuts
• 1 cup roasted unsalted soy nuts
• 1 cup carob chips
• ½ cup chopped dried dates
• 1 /2 teaspoon sea salt

Mix thoroughly

Why is it healing?

Healing demands specific nutrients for cellular rebuilding, stronger immunity, and optimum organ function. These ingredients specifically address the nutritional needs of children.

For example, the raisins, dates and carob are high in fiber and anti-oxidants, the walnuts contain essential oils, the soy nuts are known to be a great protein source, and the sea salt is a healthier alternative than conventional salt because sea salt contains many minerals. This recipe is a wonderful balance of fiber, healthy carbs, protein, and healthy fats. It’s also low glycemic. And the taste? Fantastic! Kids love it!

This is a great healthy recipe for kids!

Dr. Tom Potisk – AKA the “Down-to-Earth” doctor

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Just released this year, this 364 page holistic self help book can make this your best year ever!

If you’re looking to shed pounds without cockamamie diets, want to improve you posture, or even raise healthier children, this practical easy-to-follow guide is loaded with tips.

Written by a 25 year veteran of the holistic health field, Dr Tom Potisk is known globally as The “Down-to-Earth” doctor because of his personal holistic lifestyle and his easy-going teaching ability.

“If you are struggling with a health problem, or just not feeling confident that you’re doing everything possible to ensure your longevity and vitality, I have 2 good things to tell you.” says Dr Potisk, “First of all your struggle is most likely not completely your fault, you just have not been told all that you need to know about what ‘real’  health is. Secondly, getting and keeping ‘real’ health is not that difficult.”

The first chapter of his book,  Whole Health Healing, defines “real” health in simple terms, pointing out the differences between medical (allopathic) viewpoints and holistic (vitalistic).

He advocates using the best of both viewpoints and even helps us keep control of our health with a chapter called Talking to Your Doctor – Using the Power Struggle to Your Advantage.

For specific solutions he includes a chapter called Help For your Ailments. It contains holistic tips to manage or even solve over 40 common ailments like acne, arthritis, fibromyalgia and even baby colic.

Here is one of the healing and healthy recipes he created to compliment the book: The Healing Trail Mix for Kids

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There have been several pet food recalls and some pet owners have had their pets’ health negatively affected by the salmonella poisoning.

That is something no one wants to have to worry about and author, Dr. Amy Cousino has a cookbook for your pets, called How to Cook for Your Pet

Dr. Amy offers a solution to the pet food recall

“I agree that people need alternatives in case of a pet food recall.  Since I wrote this book just after the March 2007 recall, there have been several small recalls.  Usually these are not heavily reported, as the companies involved do not want to lose sales of their products.  It would make me happy indeed if every kitchen in America had a copy of my book.

Pet owners would be able to have a guide for making fresh wholesome food and not make the typical mistakes most pet owners make.

What so unique about this book?

The unique part of my cookbook is the expansive No No List/Yes Yes list of foods and seasonings that are  not safe/safe to feed dogs and cats.  Most people are unaware that foods and seasonings they use in their own food can be toxic, provoke illness, or are indigestible for dogs and cats.”

Her book covers foods for dogs, pups, cats and kittens.

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Chef Ann and others are a part a team efforts to present boot camps for lunch ladies. This boot camp teaches how to cook lunch for school kids from scratch. Chef Ann the self-proclaimed “Renegade Lunch Lady” blogs about the boot camp she participated in.  Chef Ann offers some tools and one of them is a booklet “What You Need to Know About School Lunch“.

“We used to cook this way a long time ago, and I think it’s great,” Marlene Camdelaria, a Denver high-school cafeteria manager, told the AP. “I have no idea why we went to all the processed stuff. This is so much better.”

Isn’t it great to know that such attention is being paid to the food our children will be eating in school? First Lady, Michelle Obama says, “The last thing parents need is to see the progress they’re making at home lost during the school day.”

Michelle Obama wants Chefs to Adopt a School

First Lady Michelle Obama is spearheading new programs to battle childhood obesity, and among them is “Chefs Move to Schools“, an initiative where top-notch chefs “adopt” a local school and “become healthy food educators,” helping students, staff and families to take on healthier eating habits.

Sounds like school cafeteria food is getting healthier and yummier!

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At the ESPN Sports website you will find an interactive map and a rectangle box on the right hand side so you can see by percentages, how many of the vendors in the stadium had violations.  I started at the bottom to see which stadium had NO VIOLATIONS.  There are ten in that category and three of those are in Canada.

The main thing this reports uncovers is that 30% of the stadiums had violations.

Gross! Really Gross!

I read some of the results and there is nothing appetizing about infractions such as slime, unwashed employees’ hands, and exposure to toxic substances, etc.. Gross! Really Gross!

All of 3 of Detroit’s stadiums were in violation.

I think this news is very important because we need to stop taking things for granted when it comes to the food we are putting in our bodies! We need to be aware, as much as we can what’s going on with our food.  Also you can eat at home before you go to a game.

What can you do if your stadium is on the list of violators?  I suggest you call and write a letter to the management of the venue, to let them know that you know that food safety procedures are not being followed. You might consider encouraging others to write in or call in.  Call the local food inspectors office to check on this and other places you frequent.

Consumerist put together a list of the Top Ten Disgusting Vendor Health Violations.

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What you need:

• 2 cups of oat flour
• 2/3 cup of raw sugar
• 1 tsp of baking powder
• 1/2 tsp of baking soda
• 1/4 tsp of salt
• 1 cup of nonfat milk
• 2 tbsp of canola oil
• 2 egg whites
• 1 tbsp of agave nectar
• 1 1/2 cups of blueberries
• paper muffin liners

What to do:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Prepare your muffin tin by inserting paper muffin liners in each muffin cup. Set aside.
3. In a large bowl, mix together all dry ingredients–oat flour, raw sugar, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
4. In a separate bowl, mix together all wet ingredients–nonfat milk, canola oil, egg whites, and agave nectar.
5. Add all wet ingredients to dry ingredients, and mix thoroughly until there are no lumps in the batter. Then, add the blueberries. Stir until they are evenly combined.
6. Pour the batter into the cups of your muffin tin and bake for approximately 20-25 minutes!

Serve and enjoy! Really kewl!

Using Reed’s muffin tin, this recipe makes 12 muffins

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The sweet potato is the 6^th main world food crop and 90 percent of the world’s crop is grown in Asia.

For more information on Sweet Potatoes see Sweet Potato website.

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This video is an interview that Reed did to talk about his journey to healthy eating and having fun doing it.  He answers why he started getting serious about his health, his eating regimen, his exercise and his recipes and the most important meal of the day!

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As a foodie blogger it is good business to get to know other bloggers out there in the blogosphere!  It is not only good business, it is also a great feeling to see others who are as passionate about good food as I am.

My Number One Favorite is Gina’s Weight Watcher Weight Recipes.

Her blog is amazing, first of all because of her numbers. Today is Wednesday and so far she has had 74,294 visitors to her website this week!  Second, the each recipe has a nutritional content list that shows how many servings the recipe makes, the Weight Watchers  point value and the other info about calories, fat,  protein, carbs and fiber.

A couple of the recipes on her blog caught my eye are:

• Friuit Kabobs
• Avocado, Black Bean Cucumber and Tomato Salad

I wished I could have reached onto my computer screen and picked up those goodies and ate them right then!

If you need something healthy and tasty and you just don’t know what to do visit Gina’s Weight Watchers Recipe blog and you will not be disappointed.  You will find something that will fit your desire and needs.

Gina describes her recipes as “Easy recipes your family will love. All my recipes are low in fat and calories, but high in flavor. You don’t have to give up the food you love, just make it lighter. Your family will never know it’s healthy!”

I Am Also Keeping My Eye On Cheap, Healthy Good.

There are three women who share the blogging there.  They are Kristen, Leigh and Jamie. I think that pretty cool that they are working together!  I noticed a post entitled: Top 10 Posts of the Week” where the links to other bloggers are featured.  That’s pretty cool! Why re-create the wheel when some else out there has already done it.  I appreciate the fact that they are also promoting other bloggers by posting this weekly feature.

Finally Veggie Girl.

Liz has a passion for eating healthily and she experiments alot in the kitchen.  She manages her Crohn’s Disease by selecting various foods that aid her body so she can continue to live a full life.  Veggie Girl is listed on the Foodie Blogroll. I admire her spirit of living life to the fullest and reaching toward other goals in her life despite her diagnosis.

Keeping an eye on these bloggers means that I will be sharing their recipes, news topics, interviewing them or even have them be a guest blogger.  I am sure there is much to be gained from these women!

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Parents don’t usually encourage theri kids play with their food, but the people at Worldwide Fred Inc. have a different idea.

The plate is ceramic, so if you kid is very young you might want to wait.

What a fun way to eat! I could never play with my food when I was kid!

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The teriyaki chicken bowl is great for lunch or dinner. Stuffed with vegetables, chicken and brown rice-you’ve got an entire meal in this one delicious bowl.

What You Need:

• 2 cups of broccoli
• 2 cups of mini baby corns
• 2 cups of snow peas
• 1 cup of sliced carrots
• 1 ½ cups of brown rice
• 2 boneless skinless chicken breasts
• nonstick cooking spray
• low-sodium teriyaki sauce, to taste
• fresh sliced scallions, to taste
• fresh minced gingerroot, to taste
• garlic powder
• salt
• pepper

What To Do:

1. Cook brown rice on stovetop according to package directions (start rice first–it takes the most time to cook!).
2. Steam all vegetables–broccoli, mini baby corns, snow peas, and carrots–in a pot of boiling water.
3. Season chicken breast with salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste.
4. Coat a pan lightly with nonstick cooking spray. Set over medium heat on your stovetop. Place your chicken in a pan on stovetop and cook thoroughly when the chicken turns golden brown approximately 5-7 minutes.
5. Add vegetables to pan, and sauté with chicken until the vegetables are tender.
6. Remove chicken and vegetables from pan. Slice chicken into strips.
7. Combine teriyaki sauce, sliced scallions, minced gingerroot, salt, and pepper, to taste, in a small bowl.
8. When brown rice is finished cooking, remove from pot. Divide into two servings and layer in the bottom of each bowl.
9. Top the rice with the sautéed vegetables and chicken.

Top off your Kewl Teriyaki Chicken Bowls with the teriyaki sauce. Enjoy!

Makes 2 Kewl Teriyaki Chicken Bowls

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What you need:

• ½ cup of uncooked oats
• 1 cup of whole wheat flour
• 2 tsp baking powder
• 3 tsp of light brown sugar
• ¼ tsp of salt
• 2 egg whites
• 1 cup of nonfat milk
• canola oil (for spray pan)
• ½ cup of fat free, sugar free syrup
• 1 ripe banana

What to do:

1. Blend up the oats in a blender until they are in flour state. Pour them into a bowl.
2. Add in brown sugar, salt, baking powder and whole wheat flour.
3. In a separate bowl, beat up the egg whites and add in nonfat milk.
4. Combine this with the mixture in the first bowl. Let this batter settle together for approx. 5 minutes.
5. Slice up the banana in thin slices.
6. Spray pan with canola oil and place on the stove burner at a medium temperature.
7. Drop in batter using about ¼ cup for each pancake. Add in a few slices of banana to each one.
8. Flip your cakes when the middle of each begins to bubble.
9. Dip each bite into a little bit of fat free sugar free syrup.

Makes 4 servings

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Ingredients:

• 4 tablespoons fresh coffee grounds, preferably dark roast
• 3/4 cup milk
• 1 cup flour
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoons cinnamon
• 1/4 teaspoon ground cloves
• 1 cup sugar
• 3 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 1/4 cup melted butter
• Frosting of your choice

Directions:

1. Begin by mixing together the coffee and milk in a saucepan, and bring to a boil on the stove. Allow to steep on low for 10 minutes. Strain the mixture through cheesecloth into a measuring cup, which should yield a half cup of coffee milk. Keep this mixture warm on low heat.

2. Sift baking powder, salt, flour, cinnamon, cloves, and nutmeg, and set aside.

3. Beat eggs for two minutes in a large bowl at a high speed until they have a thick consistency. Slowly add the sugar, and beat for five minutes.

4. Use a mixer at low speed, and beat in the coffee milk until it is blended. Beat in the vanilla with a mixer at low speed, and fold in the flour mixture until it is blended. Take care not to overbeat.

5. Fold in the melted butter.

6. Pour this mixture into two floured and greased 8 inch round cake pans. Preheat the oven to 350°, and bake for 25 minutes until a toothpick inserted in the cake comes out clean. Allow the cakes to cool for 10 minutes, and then frost and stack to create a delicious two layered cake!

For a great selection of Bunn coffee filters, check out Bethany North’s website, The Coffee Bump.

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What you need:

• 1 mini whole-wheat pizza crust or whole-grain flatbread
• 1 head of romaine lettuce, washed and sliced into bite-sized pieces
• 1 cup of cooked black beans (or 1 can, drained)
• 1 cup of cooked corn (or 1 can, drained)
• 1 can of garbanzo beans
• 1 red bell pepper, diced
• 1/2 red onion, diced
• 1 boneless, skinless chicken breast
• Sea salt, to taste
• Ground black pepper, to taste
• Fresh cilantro leaves (to garnish)
• Honey
• 1 Lime
• Extra Virgin Olive Oil
• Garlic Powder

What to do:

1. Preheat oven to 350° Fahrenheit.
2. Season chicken breasts with salt, pepper, and garlic powder to taste and grill over medium heat until fully cooked through.
3. When finished, remove chicken from grill and cut chicken breasts into long, thin slices. Set aside
4. Lightly brush whole-wheat pizza crust with extra virgin olive oil to coat and place in oven for 3 to 5 minutes to toast until crispy
5. Layer flatbread with first Romaine lettuce, add black-beans atop the lettuce, followed by the corn, garbanzo beans, diced red bell pepper, and diced red onion. Arrange the chicken slices on top and garnish with fresh leaves of cilantro.
6. Drizzle dressing over top

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Some the recipes that Reed created are on this video.  You and your child can watch it so you can see how simple it is for a child to do. I love that he shares his story and talks about health issues in his family as a motivator to eat well.

He has lots of energy and passion for food. He’s a real foodie!

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Reed Alexander is “Nevel Papperman” on the Nickelodeon show, but that’s not all Reed does.  Reed is a 15 year actor who is also very proactive about eating healthy foods so he can take care of his body.  Not only is he taking care of himself but encouraging other kids to do the same.  Reed has created some recipes that kids can make themselves and I have permission to share a few of them with you here at Family Foodies.

American Breakfast Sliders

What you need:

• ½ cup of egg whites
• 1 slice of low fat American cheese
• 1 100% whole-wheat slider bun
• 1 slice of tomato
• sea salt, to taste
• ground black pepper, to taste
• canola oil spray OR nonstick cooking spray

What to do:

1. Spray the interior of a microwave-safe mug with canola oil OR nonstick cooking spray.
2. Into the interior of a microwave-safe, add the egg whites and salt. Stir until mixed, and then microwave for approximately 2 minutes.
3. When the egg whites have completed cooking in the microwave, remove and set aside.
4. Prepare the “slider”–place the tomato slice on the bottom half of the bun, followed by the cheese. Add the cooked egg whites and top with the remaining half of the slider bun.
5. Serve and enjoy!

Reed is getting the word out about his website and the importance of eating good food.  He had a display at the Comic Con in San Diego this past weekend. There were thousands of kids there.  It is great to know that he is getting the word out to young people.

Help the kids surf on over to Kewl Bites.  When you enter the site you hear Reed’s voice and when the cursor is placed on the items in the kitchen they reveal different information.  When you touch the blender it spins to make the smoothies! Just surf over and see the other fun and educational stuff there.  Remember to enter contest !

Stay tuned for more great recipes!

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In the future I see myself traveling to meet the authors and people I write about in my blogs. I love traveling, and meeting new people and sharing my experiences with photos.  Reviewing cookbooks and websites and trying recipes is great and all this could be even more exciting by meeting those who have written the books and those who blog and share their recipes.

There are so many foodies out there that my work would be endless!  My emphasis will be finding healthy foods and healthy cooking techniques.

I see traveling to other countries and trying out different produce items that do not grow the US.  I can see video recording these experiences and sharing them on a Public Access channel in my home town.

Food is Universal!

I see myself having a YouTube Channel so people all over the world can share in the recipes I create.  It just feels good to share food.  Food is a language that everyone understands!  Food is as universal as laughter!

As I create various recipes, I see a cookbook in my future!  I am journaling the recipes that my husband and I are creating. We are already in the process of compiling content for a cookbook.

I would love to meet some of the FoodNetwork Stars and attend a cooking contest!

Also I see becoming a certified raw chef.  I have attended a few demos at Whole Foods Markets in my area.  I have also eaten at a vegan restaurant that serves raw dishes. The raw food lifestyle really interests me so I want to go deeper.

This are only a glimpse into the vision I have for my life as a foodie.  The possibilities are endless!

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Yummy!!!

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