Arizona's Black Bean Burgers

Happy Meatless Monday everyone!  For those of you who aren't familiar with the magic that is Meatless Monday, it all started during World War I.  Wait, did you think I was going to tell you about some modern hippie food movement?  During WWI the US Food Administration encouraged families to decrease their food consumption to help support the war effort, coining terms like Meatless Monday and Wheatless Wednesday.  These efforts resumed in WWII when food rationing was used to supply food to war-ravaged Europe.  In 2003, Meatless Monday was revived by combined efforts of former advertising executive Sid Lerner and Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health's Center for a Livable Future.  Their goal was to develop a public health awareness campaign in response to the increasing prevalence of preventable diseases associated with excessive meat consumption.  Since it's beginning, Meatless Monday has become a global phenomenon and I'm challenging you to go meatless on Mondays.  For more information and recipe ideas, visit the Meatless Monday website.

Seasoned Sweet Potato Oven Fries

There is nothing that makes a burger taste better than a side of delicious french fries.  But we all know traditional french fries made with white potatoes deep fried in oil are a nutrition don't.  Giving up bad-for-you-foods doesn't need to include french fries, you just need to shift your thinking and discover oven fries.