FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. - With the right choice of condiments, seasonings or sauces, ordinary food can go from “blah” to “ahh” - with a boost in nutritional value.

“Think color,” said University of Arkansas dietetics professor Marjorie Fitch-Hilgenberg. “We eat with our eyes, and choosing colorful condiments can enhance the nutritional value of a routine food.”

Adding dark leafy greens and tomatoes to a sandwich and replacing…[more]

Ready to start your day out with a 920 calorie breakfast that also delivers a full day’s worth of fat?

St. Louis based Hardee’s - the company that brought us the 1,420 calorie Thickburger and an 1,100 calorie chicken salad – has introduced its newest product, the Country Breakfast Burrito.

The new breakfast item contains two egg omelets, and is packed with bacon, sausage, diced ham,…[more]

Homemade apple juice or cider is a great way to make use of small apples or apples with small blemishes according to Tammy Roberts, nutrition and health education specialist with University of Missouri Extension.

A bushel of firm (but ripe apples) are needed to make three gallons of apple juice. Under-ripe apples make a flat-tasting juice.

“Your juice can be made with one variety of apple…[more]

When only one variety of grapes is used to make a wine, the wine is called a varietal and is named after that grape. Regulations vary by location, but in California at least 75% of the juice in a wine must be of a particular grape in order for the wine to be labeled as a varietal.

TYPES OF WHITE WINES

Chardonnay (Shar-doe-nay)
This…[more]

For decades, “War Eagle Weekend” has been an integral part of the autumn landscape in the northwest Arkansas Ozarks. However, the present-day weekend of arts and crafts fairs, traditionally held the third week of October, encompasses much more than the primary show from which the name originated.

War Eagle Weekend began…[more]

That there was such a thing as the National Frozen Pizza Institute? That its research was covered by a magazine called Frozen Food Age? Or that St. Louis is ranked fourth in the country as a frozen pizza mecca?

Well, it does.  According to the above-mentioned trade journal the above-mentioned think…[more]

In recognition of the positive economic, social and cultural impact of the travel and tourism industry, Arkansas will celebrate May 12 - 20 as See Arkansas Week/National Tourism Week, and Monday, May 14, as Arkansas Tourist Appreciation Day for the travelers who actually make that impact happen.

In 2006, more than 23 million visitors traveled in Arkansas, spending an estimated $5 billion, which generated nearly $283 million in…[more]

Meal: Chicken Spaghetti
Salad: Spinach Salad
Dessert: Lemon Sorbet

Chicken Spaghetti

Ingredients:

1 cup Chopped onion (about 1 large)
1 cup Water
1 tsp Dried oregano leaves
3/4 tsp Dried basil leaves
1/2 tsp Dried marjoram leaves
1 tsp Sugar
1/4 tsp Dried rosemary leaves
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Folk wisdom has always singled out fruits and vegetables as being indispensable for health, but it has only been within the last thirty years that we know why. Science and technology have isolated compounds in plants and vegetables that have literally been our life-savers. These are phytonutrients which all fruits and vegetables produce because their means of survival in the environment is through the release of disease-fighting phytochemicals. Phytochemicals stimulate…[more]

Banana Facts

Banana “Trees” are not actually trees but are herbaceous plants in the genus Musa and of the family Musaceae. Due to their size, shape and structure they are often mistaken for trees. Bananas are largely cultivated for their fruit. But the plant is also used as ornamental plants in gardens.

Typically, there are two types of Bananas that are cultivated, mainly in tropical regions.…[more]