Gardening!

Gardening is fun, relieves stress and gets you outside for fresh air and exercise.  I don’t claim to have a green thumb, big garden or special expertise, but I have been growing perennial flowers for about 35 years and I do add some vegetables in to the mix most years.  What is my secret for success?  Composted [...]

National Chip and Dip Day!

By Michelle Plummer Chip (or anything you wish) & Dip day is here! According to Webster:Dip is an immersion of something into a liquid to coat such as a candle.  As Hoosiers, we have embraced and celebrated that thought!  As this is quote a National Chip & Dip day no one really knows who started [...]

Feeling Green?

By Mary Nicholson Ah, St. Patrick’s Day!  That means, even if it’s snowing, spring is just around the corner.  It also takes me back to fourth grade.  That was my first year at Irving Grade School, which was in the “city” (population 17,500) compared to the rural school I had come from (town population of [...]

Will you be celebrating Frozen Food Day?

By Diane Ruyack Did you know March 6th is FROZEN FOOD DAY?  Congress, by Senate Joint Resolution 193, designated March 6, 1984, as “Frozen Food Day” and authorized and requested the President to issue a proclamation upon this occasion. How did freezing food begin? Beginning in 1929, Clarence Birdseye offered his quick-frozen foods to the [...]

If Pets Had Thumbs Day – (March 3)

Thumbs – one of the main attributes that sets us apart from other animals on this earth. We can open doors, text, thumb wrestle, hitchhike and the list goes on. Imagine what it would be like if your pet had thumbs. Pretty unsettling isn’t it? Walking your dog at the park might end up a bit different. I believe that food in the house would disappear very quickly! You’d need to put a pad lock on your fridge! Oh wait, they would have thumbs…they could work the lock!! Dogs and cats would control the TV, by hiding the remote control, only to be stuck with 24 hours of Animal Planet. And can you imagine your cute little pooch getting on the internet?! I dread the thought of what web sites Gunther would be viewing…’Hot Lassie.com…Mischievous Labradors.com! Oh my~

Attention Colts Fans

Would you like to win an autograph from Indianapolis Colt’s Dallas Clark? The first person to tweet a photo of their 2012 Indiana Dairy Button using the hashtag #Dairy2012 will win the autograph above. Don’t have your button yet? We still have a few left. Just drop by our office at 9360 Castlegate Drive in Indianapolis!

Presidential Trivia

By Jenni Purcell On our blog we love to share information of all kinds and usually we give you tons of info on food and recipes. But today we are going to ‘chat up’ Presidents. Happy Presidents Day weekend! In the United States, Presidents Day is always celebrated on the third Monday of February. I [...]

Top 10 Memories from 2011

We had another busy year and made many memories.  It’s tough to choose just 10; but here, in no particular order, is my top 10 list: Celebrating 80 years of nutrition education in Indiana through our Dairy Council.  Indiana dairy farmers are long time supporters of nutrition research and education for the health of Hoosiers. [...]

Happy National Cappuccino Day

Happy National Cappuccino Day!! I can remember when the term cappuccino started to become a household name. I didn’t know what the recipe was for a cappuccino, but it sounded fancy. The basic formula for cappuccino is actually very simple – espresso, hot milk, milk foam, and lots of caffeine! Nowadays coffee houses have so many varieties, it can be quite overwhelming, so I’m going to give you a ‘How To Guide’ for ordering coffee!

Fall is in the air—Please Pass the Cocoa!

I remember a few years ago a friend brought her five young children out to ride the horses at our place in the country.  After the ride, one of the little boys took me aside and said, ‘you know what would really be nice?  If you made us cocoa!’  How do you pass up an [...]