I am always, always, trying to work grains into every food category I possibly can from appetizers to desserts.  In case I haven't mentioned it, I just love whole grains.  How could I help it?  I grew up on a grain farm in the middle of North Dakota, whre my family planted wheat, barley and oats.  My mom was experimenting with wheat germ and triticale long before most people had even heard of them, let alone knew they were grains.  While at college, (NDSU), I worked for an oat and wheat breeder, planting seeds, watering, fertilizing, harvesting, milling and counting (yes, counting) the finished grains to determine the yield of...

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Consumers have a hard time getting Quick & Easy, (let alone Healthy) dinners on the table that their kids will eat these days.  (Heck, it's hard for me to do and I know about food and where to find the recipes.) That's why I wasn't surprised when our latest cooking class, "Quick Fix Healthy Meals" filled up within minutes.  I teamed up with my dietitian friend, Maureen Doran, to teach the class.  We work well together, I talk about the food and she talks about the nutrition, although at times we interject themes from each others' world, as we've been doing this for a while.  The General Mills Wellness Committee sponsored the class--I'm an active comm...

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