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DIY Trellises: If You Build It, They Will Grow

By Amber Pollei, May 16, 2013  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Amber Pollei

Trellises are essential for vining plants, such as pole beans, peas, and some varieties of squashes or cucumbers. (Check the tag or the seed packet. Varieties that don’t need a trellis are usually called “bush” variety.)

Trellis

Providing a trellis allows these plants room to grow up — and makes harvesting easier. There are plenty of store-bought versions, in just about any material (wood, plastic, or metal), but you can make a custom support system with just a little bit of effort. You can even find creative things to reuse!

Build It: Fancy Style

For my vining plants, I built A-frame trellises with hinges on top. I can use them in any of my garden beds, they work with all of the vining...

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Hot Value Tips for Summer Grilling

By Value Guru, May 15, 2013  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Value Guru

Grilled Sausage and Pepper SaladAre you fired up for backyard barbeques but fearful of your budget going up in smoke? Thanks to The Whole Deal® value guide, it’s easy to get the fire going without burning a hole in your pocket.

Fire Up Flavor

Saving money shouldn’t mean skimping on taste – especially when summer offers some of the year’s best bites. Here are three budget recipes that make the most of the season and The Whole Deal’s savings. Bonus: they each have only five ingredients and ring in at under...

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Incredible Crab

By Alana Sugar, May 14, 2013  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Alana Sugar

Summer Tomato and Crab SaladMy Louisiana roots give me a deep appreciation for good food and, in particular, crab. I have fond memories of eating king crab legs, crab cakes, French Cajun creamy crab bisques and spicy crab salad. Dad used to say: “Us Cajuns get mighty crabby without our crab!” 

There are two types of crab meat: lump and claw. Lump crab comes from the leg muscles. It’s the tastiest. Claw meat is the dark meat of the crab. Both are interchangeable in recipes, but as a general rule, lump meat is used in hearty crab cakes, crab cocktails and salads. It’s a pretty white color and stands well all by itself. The less expensive claw meat...

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Double-Duty Berry Beauty Parfait

By Kristen Arnett, May 13, 2013  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Kristen Arnett

Parfait ingredients

A Treat for Skin (and taste buds!)

Summer brings warm, sunny days and berries in abundance! Does anyone else wait all year to scarf down nature’s good-for-you, sweet snacks by the handful – or is it just me?

As a natural beauty devotee, the line is constantly blurred between food I want to eat and food I want to put on my skin. Whenever I make a mask at home with delicious, healthy ingredients I end up licking it out of the mixing bowl and sometimes off my face, too!

So I gave in and created one scrumptious, berry-filled, all-natural, skin-beneficial recipe to be both a facial treatment and a...

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Animal Welfare and Our Meat Department

By Elizabeth Smith, May 13, 2013  |  Meet the Blogger  |  More Posts by Elizabeth Smith

ChickensI’m increasingly aware about my purchases at the meat counter. As a mother of two little ones, I’m concerned with how the animal was raised and what added hormones or antibiotics it was given (or better yet, what it wasn’t given). I want meat and poultry that I can feel good about serving to my children.  

Why buy meat from Whole Foods Market?

Whole Foods Market’s meat departments are stocked with only meat and poultry from farmers and ranchers dedicated to meeting strict animal welfare standards, including:

  • no animal byproducts in the animal's feed
  • no added hormones*
  • no growth-enhancing drugs
  • no antibiotics, ever

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