- Celebrating Mother’s Day by sharing tried and true recipes
- Judy Vaughn of Willow Springs recalls Sunday trips to the family farm, where Grandma Cora Cunningham grew her own apple trees and made homemade apple butter. “She had a woodpile for her wood cook stove. The pieces of wood Grandpa must have hauled in from a mill. They were small and we loved to play with them,” said Vaughn.
- Nuts Offer Heart Health Benefits
- “If you look at a nutrition label you will find that one ounce of nuts has between 160 and 200 calories and can have as much as 80 percent of the calories from fat. Most nutritionists would advise you to stay away from something that has that much fat but nuts warrant a closer look,” said Tammy Roberts, nutrition and health education specialist, University of Missouri Extension.
- Reducing Bad Fat in Diet One Healthy Change to Make
- “Making decisions about which kind of fat to choose can be confusing. Some fat is actually needed and plays an important role in good health. Other fats should be limited,” said Tammy Roberts, a nutrition and health education specialist with University of Missouri Extension.
- Winter Gardening - A Time for Planning or Planting
- “The break gives gardeners time to reflect on the successes and failures of last year, time to plan for the standard spring activities and time to prepare for something new or different,” said Patrick Byers, horticulture specialist, University of Missouri Extension.
- Whether an Allergy or Intolerance, Avoid the Food
- A food allergy is a response by the immune system when it does not recognize a food ingredient which is usually the protein of the food. When the body does not recognize the protein, the immune system works hard to destroy it.
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