Weekly Recipe #56: Quinoa-Stuffed Peppers
The recipe this week uses quinoa (pronounced keen-wah) as the whole grain to help you achieve this week’s challenge. Not only is this a ancient grain superstar, it also is
March 13, 2012
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Letters From Ethiopia: The Orphans Left Behind
By David Plante, Volunteer On Tuesday, we visited the Mesfin Feyisa Initiative. In 2005, the Initiative began under the auspices of Adama Dawn of Hope — which Open Arms supports
March 13, 2012
Letters from Ethiopia: An Overview of Our Work
By Ben Penner, Farm Director An Open Arms team has traveled to Ethiopia to visit our nutrition partners in Addis Ababa and Adama, Ethiopia. For all of us, it is
March 8, 2012
Letters From Ethiopia: It Always Starts With One
By David Plante, Volunteer Every time I visit Africa I can’t help but feel how overwhelming life here seems. Not for me—as a middle class white American the most difficult
March 7, 2012
Weekly Recipe #55: Root Vegetable Tagine + Fruit Salsa
By Gwen Hill MS, RD, LD We have two recipes for you this week that draw inspiration from the first challenge of National Nutrition Month. The tagine recipe has a
March 6, 2012
National Nutrition Month: Make Half of Your Plate Fruits and Vegetables
By Leah R. Gramlow RD, Open Arms Volunteer Happy National Nutrition Month! Let’s kick off the month with a challenge to eat more fruits and vegetables. As a rule of
March 6, 2012
National Nutrition Month: Welcome!
By Gwen Hill MS, RD, LD Open Arms is celebrating National Nutrition Month! The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (A.N.D.), formerly known as the American Dietetic Association, encourages everybody to
March 1, 2012
Weekly Recipe #54: Sweet Potato Gnocchi
By Gwen Hill MS, RD, LD Happy Sweet Potato Month! Sweet potatoes are what we consider a “nutrient dense food.” They are filled with many important nutrients that your body
February 28, 2012
Weekly Recipe #53: Sweet Potato Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
By Jeanne Foels, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator For our third week of celebrating National Sweet Potato Month, we think it’s time to demystify a common point of confusion: what’s the
February 21, 2012
Toast! a 2012 volunteer celebration
2.20.12 | It’s a cooking competition — and you get to be the judge!
February 20, 2012
Recipe for Hope: A musical feast benefiting Open Arms of Minnesota
2.16.12 | VocalPoint raised an amazing total of $17,366 for Open Arms programs through two concerts last weekend.
February 16, 2012
Weekly Recipe #52: Sweet Potato Kimchi Pancakes
By Jeanne Foels, Marketing & Outreach Coordinator This week’s recipe pairs sweet potatoes with kimchi, a spicy pickled cabbage condiment that is used liberally in Korean cuisine. Savory and garlicky,
February 14, 2012
