Fabulous fall flavors Pumpkins and sweet potatoes are as season perfect as autumn leaves, Halloween and Thanksgiving Wednesday, October 24, 2007 JO ELLEN O'HARA News staff writer Pam Hazelrig lives on a farm with her family and witnesses firsthand the bounty of fall's harvest. Fabulous fall flavors Pumpkins and sweet potatoes are as season perfect as autumn leaves, Halloween and Thanksgiving Wednesday, October 24, 2007 JO ELLEN O'HARA News staff writer Pam Hazelrig lives on a farm with her...

Manufacturers Prestat, chocolatiers to the Queen, claim that just two squares of dark or milk chocolate Choxi+ will provide all the antioxidants the human body needs for a whole day. London, Nov 5 : People who love to indulge in chocolate will no longer need to feel guilty, for a new "healthy" option has hit the stores. Prestat claims that Choxi+ dark chocolate contains almost 20 times as many antioxidants as blueberries, and two squares of the chocolate provides the same amount of...

Elementary and intermediate lunch nCorn dog, chicken sandwich, burger salad, macaroni and cheese, fruit cocktail and apple crisp and at the elementary broccoli and at the intermediate mixed vegetables. Junior high and high school lunch nBeef and bean burrito, salad combination, ranch dressing, picante sauce and pears, and at the junior high stuffed potato with cheese and ham, Texas toast, Mexican corn and chocolate chip cookie, and at the high school Pepperoni pizza, super nachos, chicken...

Keeping up with food prices this year has been tough for families nationwide, with egg and milk prices going up 35 percent and 20 percent, respectively, from August 2006 to August 2007, according to the U. The store also has bargain prices on some fruits and vegetables. households experience "food insecurity" or uncertainty about whether they can feed their families at some point during the year, according to an Agriculture Department study released in 2006. The Grapevine family made it...

Toasts beautiful for a "surprise" at breakfast and is equally delicious served under a scoop of apple-cinnamon, fat-free ice cream or yogurt. Beat together butter and confectioners' sugar in a large bowl with an electric mixer at high speed until mixture is light and fluffy. Bake at 325 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes until a wooden pick inserted into center of cake comes out clean. Add the eggs and vanilla to butter mixture and beat until they are incorporated. Stir in cornmeal and...

The Fresh Act would scrap direct payments to farms and corporations and replace them with a free insurance program for nearly all farmers and ranchers. Lautenberg and Lugar say the committee's bill continues to send federal payments to big agricultural corporations that don't need them, especially when crops are selling at or near record-high prices. That's because federal policy subsidizes a handful of crops that mostly are not grown here, such as rice and cotton, but provides little or...