Denise Hall, Fit Fare - I have fond memories of the hamburgers my father would cook for me when I was a child in Louisiana. At that time hamburger meat was just called ground beef. One size fits all. Some markets had a choice between ground sirloin or ground chuck. No one knew or cared much about the fat content. Fat adds a lot of flavor and that was a good thing. Walk into any supermarket today and you are offered ground turkey breast, ground turkey, lean ground turkey, ground chicken and ground beef that is marked 75/25, 80/20, 85/15, 87/13, 90/10, 93/7, 95/5, and lately 97/3. So many numbers...

Faith Kramer, Paper Palate - Can’t find the September issue of Vegetarian Times on your newsstand?  Well, it might be because the publisher is doing a nationwide, two-issue, newsstand-only test of a renamed Vegetarian Times.  Look for a publication called Greens, with an orange cover featuring a colorful pizza [sorry, the pizza isn't dairy-free, but the magazine is usually filled with tons of vegan recipes that are].  The cover also sports a big green oval with the words “from the editors of Vegetarian Times.” The subtitle is “Eat Fresh. Choose Organic. Be Healthy.”

"... I went ahead and took a bite out of that final flavor, the Raspberry sorbet.  It’s a good thing that I didn’t delay sampling it for too long as this deep, dark red delight knocked my socks off! ... Having eaten my weight in raspberries this season, I think I know a good rendition when I taste it and a spoonful of this stuff was absolute heaven- All that was missing was the experience of picking the berries straight from their bushes.  Slightly tart, vaguely floral, and perfectly refreshing, it was the perfect ending to an amazing series of frozen desserts..."  Read This Review / Read All Reviews

(Dairy-Free, Nut-Free, Soy-Free) - We couldn't resist this delicious combination of crystalized ginger and fresh peaches from Sarah at No Whey Mama.  This is the perfect recipe treat for enjoying a wonderful fruit of the summer season.  Of course, these muffins can be enjoyed year round with the use of frozen peaches. View This Recipe / View All Recipes

Just in time for the back to school rush, a new company Going by the name of Funky Monkey Snacks has released Fruit that Crunches... and I must admit, they sound pretty tasty for being such simple food. Here's the full scoop -- FISHERS, Ind., Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Funky Monkey Snacks(TM) today announces the September introduction of Fruit that Crunches!(TM) to the U.S. market, with four delicious snack flavors of all natural, freeze-dried fruit: