It’s National Chicken Month, and we’re celebrating with a classic favorite. With only five ingredients, this makes for a fast, versatile chicken salad. Eat it on a sandwich, with crackers, or scoop it up with some celery. What is your favorite chicken recipe? Quick and Easy Chicken Salad Ingredients: 3 cups cooked chicken breast, diced or shredded 1/3 cup chopped pecans
National Corn on the Cob Day is Sunday, August 16. We’re celebrating with a delicious and healthy corn salsa recipe. What are some of your favorite ways to use corn on the cob? Zesty Corn Salsa Ingredients: 2 large ears corn 1/4 red onion, diced Can of black beans 2 ripe tomatoes, seeds slightly removed and diced 1 serrano or
On Monday, July 13, the St. Louis Area Foodbank worked with the Missouri Corn Growers Association (MCGA) for the third time since 2010 to harvest 7,210 lbs. of corn. The corn was then donated to Loving Hearts in Washington, MO, a partner agency of the Foodbank. In 2010 the donation was 4,708 lbs. followed by 4,386 lbs. in 2014. This
Last year the St. Louis Area Foodbank distributed 310,000 pounds of sweet potatoes to our neighbors in need in the bi-state region. Foodbank staffers are celebrating National Cook a Sweet Potato Week by sharing some of our favorite recipes.
Our partner agencies help provide vital food to families throughout the bi-state region. They also provide something that is less tangible, but no less important: hope that things will get better. Part of that hope comes from empowering clients with the knowledge of how to prepare the nutritious food they receive from their local food pantry. Because of its location
What I have found is that it isn’t just food that they are receiving, but the hope and knowledge that someone out there cares.
In honor of National Nutrition Month, it is important to take a look at the efforts being made to provide healthy food options to the millions of people in need of food assistance in our country. With an ever-growing push toward eating healthy and staying fit, food banks like the St. Louis Area Foodbank are trying to do their part
I’m fat.Technically, I’m probably considered obese. I don’t say this because I’m fishing for the obligatory “no you’re not.”I say this because, well, it’s true. I gained more than 100 pounds during the nine months of my pregnancy. And since my son’s birth in August 2013, I’ve only managed to lose about 30 of those pounds. I share these intimate
Ah, the holidays. They’re a time of gift-giving, parties and jubilant celebration. Sadly, the winter holidays are also a time of elevated stress and budget-blowing overspending. Even those who aren’t struggling financially may find it hard to come up with the extra money for holiday gifts, décor and food. Here at the St. Louis Area Foodbank, we know just how
At last month’s Agency Conference, our agencies got a sneak peek at some of the exciting new ideas we will be exploring with our partner Le Cordon Bleu College of Culinary Arts. In last session of the day, Chef David Frattini cooked up a wonderfully healthy and easy minestrone soup. He did a great job of incorporating ingredients that are regularly