State Recipes from the Living Well Book

North Dakota

Dakota Bread

Settlers coming to North Dakota established the fertile Red River Valley in the east with Bonanza farms and the vast grasslands of the west with large ranching operations, including ranches owned by Theodore Roosevelt. Agriculture continues to play a major role in the state's economy. North Dakota leads production in durum wheat, spring wheat, sunflowers, canola, and oats; second in honey and all wheat production and third in rye. Dakota Bread showcases these agriculture commodities.

Living Well — More Than A Cookbook

This book answers your questions with research-based information for Living Well with practical tips. The first section, Recipes for Living, includes the following:

Healthy Lifestyles
Living Green
Home Safety
Financial Management
Care of Textiles
Etiquette

Living Well offers you a world of adventure in food from across the United States including recipes for planning a party or feeding the family.

— Thinking of a Western barbeque — check out Montana's Big Sky Elk Roast or Nebraska's Cucumber Ranch Steak with Alabama's Fried Green Tomatoes and Missouri's Blackberry Cobbler.

— Enjoy a Seafood Feast with Maryland's Crab Cakes or Connecticut's Clam Chowder topped off with Maine's Wild Blueberry Gingerbread or Indiana's Sugar Cream Pie.

— Summer Picnics won't be the same once you serve Hawaii's Chicken Lu'au, Nevada's Pine Nut Salad, Mississippi's Grilled Sweet Potatoes, or Georgia's Peach Crumble.

You'll find recipes from all 50 states and family favorites from Family and Consumer Science Educators. Members of the National Association of Family and Consumer Sciences deliver nutritional information, food safety tips, preparation suggestions and recipes for Living Well.

Chapters of Living Well Book

Chapter 1 — Recipes for Living (non-recipe material)

Healthy Lifestyles

Many individuals are looking for ways to be healthier and others ways to lose weight. To lose weight you must maintain a "negative energy balance" by burning off more calories with daily exercise and activity than you consume. Individuals can lose weight and still eat their favorite foods by decreasing their portion sizes. This section will provide you with information on ways to make changes to improve your health.

Healthy Lifestyles

Living Green

Consumers around the world are changing from a resource-consuming lifestyle to a resource-conserving one to help maintain our natural resources and create less waste. This section suggests ways to recycle, reuse, and reduce as we work to lessen our footprints on the environment.

Living Green

Home Safety

Is your home safe? There are simple steps you can take to protect yourself and your family from household hazards. This section asks questions to help you identify safety issues and potential hazards in each room of your home. This will guide you to making changes for a safer home.

Financial Management

Many individuals are living with less than the recommended three months' emergency fund and little or no money set aside for long term financial goals. You can take charge of your finances by setting goals and keeping track of where your money goes. The key to your future is in your hands. This section will provide you with tools to help you succeed financially.

Financial Management

Care of Textiles

Manufactures have responded to consumer demand for textiles with improved and specialized characteristics. Special finishes have been developed to enable natural fibers to compete in care and performance with the rapidly growing number and quality of manmade textiles. Consumers are always faced with the problem of removing stains successfully. This section will provide you with some solutions.

Etiquette

Welcome guests with confidence at a table graced with place settings for any special occasion. Whether you are serving brunch to a few friends or entertaining a crowd, a well planned table supplies the proper setting for good food. This section also addresses communication changes for all ages like practicing proper manners for public use of cell phones.