By Amanda Hill Confession: I didn't grow up on a farm. In fact, I grew up smack dab in the middle of a Dallas suburb—and had little contact with farmers and ranchers until I started working with Texas Farm Bureau. Because of my job, I have great opportunities to talk directly with Texas farmers and [...]
By Amanda Hill We Texans love our chili. Everyone's recipe is a little different—whether you make it with extra jalapenos, beans, no beans, thick, thin, venison or lean beef. It's the perfect dinner option for a cold winter night. At Texas Farm Bureau, we have an annual chili lunch, hosted by the Commodity and Regulatory Activities [...]
By Amanda Hill Healthy eating and improving health habits top the list of New Year's resolutions for many Texans each year. If eating a heart healthy diet tops your list for 2012, a new study by Pennsylvania State University may give you some pretty tasty motivation. The recent study, published in the American Journal of Clinical [...]
By Amanda Hill Earlier this week I wrote about some of our family holiday traditions. One of my mom's and my favorite traditions is making all kinds of treats—all sorts of cookies, candies and other tasty confections—for family and friends. To go along with those treats, I found a great slow cooker recipe for Holiday [...]
By Amanda Hill Growing up, we had a ton of family holiday traditions. So many that we actually laughed about how many traditions we had—and strictly stuck to—at Christmas. The holidays were a magical time at our house. Christmas brought a special look and feel that you could count on each year. The day after [...]
