First up is Linda Gassenheimer with her latest book; Quick & Easy Chicken – Diebetes-Friendly Recipes Everyone will Love.
Some great recipes to fix for Dad this Sunday!
Chicken is easy to cook, incredibly versatile, and a wonderful choice for health-conscious home chefs. It’s no surprise, then, that it’s also the most popular food item in the United States by a wide margin. In fact, on the American Diabetes Association website, the number one searched word by online visitors is, you guessed it, chicken.
To keep up with the popular appetite for all things poultry, the ADA has teamed up with best-selling author Linda Gassenheimer to cook up Quick and Easy Chicken, an affordable, easy-to-follow collection of chicken recipes designed for people with diabetes or prediabetes. With more than five dozen recipes based on flavors and traditions from around the world, this handy little volume is stuffed with quick, easy, flavorful recipes everyone will love. Get a copy today!
Linda Gassenheimer is a TV and Radio Personality, Syndicated Journalist, Best-Selling Author, Spokesperson, and Food Consultant. She is the producer and host of the weekly segment, “Food News and Views,” on WLRN 91.2 FM National Public Radio and has made guest appearances on numerous radio and television programs throughout the United States and Canada. Her Miami Herald column, “Dinner in Minutes,” is distributed on the McClatchy-Tribune Wire to over 4 million readers each week. In addition, she writes regularly for “Bottom Line Newsletter” and has written for Women’s Health, Fitness Magazine, Food and Wine, Prevention, and Cooking Light. She also appears on the Television Food Network and has been a guest on other national and international television shows including “Good Morning America,: “Cookin’ U.S.A.,” and “Canada AM.” Learn more about Linda at www.DinnerInMinutes.com
Later in the show I’ll be talking to David Bahre about Wheat State Distilling and the unique products he is crafting right here in Wichita. David calls it field to bottle distilling, tracing the ingredients used from the FARM to the MILL to the STILL to the BOTTLE. Talk about the perfect gift for many Dad’s this Sunday. Not only a bottle of great Kansas made spirits but they have distilled products and gallon barrels that you can age your own at home. My rum came out spectacular!
Wheat State Distilling is a Kansas artisan distillery producing premium spirits including vodka, gin, whiskey, bourbon and rum. Our Wheat Vodka is for sale now at the distillery and at Kansas liquor stores with our Gin and White Rum for sale later this spring. We currently are aging our Wheat Whiskey, Bourbon Whiskey and Spiced Rum.
David is a Wichita native and self-professed nerd. Following a family tradition in agriculture, he received his bachelor’s degree in Grain Science and Milling from Kansas State University and is working on his Masters in Agribusiness from KSU as well. Wheat State Distilling is a family owned and operated business.
Wheat State Distilling is located at 1635 E. 37th St. North near 37th and Hydraulic and is open this Saturday 10 a.m. -5 p.m. for your last minute gift giving ideas…tell Dave you heard about it on The Good Life.
www.wheatstatedistilling.com
Good Life Guy’s Wine of the Week:
2013 B.R. Cohn Silver Label Cabernet Sauvignon
88% Cabernet, 12% Merlot aged in French oak. This wine is a blend of select hillside vineyards in Sonoma, Mendocino, Lake Counties and Olive Hill Estate Vineyard. Years of working with these vineyards provides the advantage of selecting only the best low-yield vineyard blocks to produce this rich concentrated Cabernet. Complex and full, rich aromas of plum, cassis and black cherry are accompanied by a bouquet of the finest French oak, cedar, cola, anise, vanilla, and nutmeg. On the palate, our Silver Label is a big rich Cabernet with luscious flavors of dried berry and cherry, ample tannin, and a long finish. ABV14.3%
The Carneros Cuvée is Gloria Ferrer’s flagship Tête de Cuvée sparkling wine. It is a made from the most premium estate fruit from our 333-acre Carneros vineyard. With over 9 years en tirage and a minimum of six months on the cork, this decade old wine is remarkably fresh, rich and complex and represents the ultimate statement of our sparkling house style.
Currently you can purchase from the winery directly and I strongly urge you to join their email list. Small quantites produced often mean acting quickly to get some. You will be happy to know that Benovia wines should be available here in Kansas this Fall.
The 15th Annual Art of Wine is June 11-13, 2015, 
The average American will eat out at a restaurant five times this week, and while there are healthy choices available at restaurants, it’s not always clear what they are. Fortunately, Hope S. Warshaw has created the ultimate guide to eating healthy—and eating well—in restaurants for people with diabetes, prediabetes, heart health, or those just looking to lose a few pounds. In Eat Out, Eat Well, Hope has created individual strategy guides for a wide variety of cuisines, ranging from everyday burger shops to ethnic choices. Each style of restaurant includes healthy meal options, which recommend certain dishes and portion sizes. There’s information on what to avoid and how to go about the making special requests. Each restaurant style also includes nutrient counts to help identify healthy choices. For anyone trying to manage their diabetes but looking to have dinner out, this is an indispensable guide.
In the second half Peterpaul Florentino and Jay Warren, the two guys behind the Arkansas City wine production of Mabel’s Homestead Vineyard will be in-studio to talk about their unique friendship and their partnership in wine. We’ll be tasting several award winning wines that are available at Jacob Liquor Exchange.
From Mendocino County this wine is 82% Carignan, 10% Viognier, 2% Zinfandel, 2% Cabernet Sauvignon, 2% Pinot Noir and 2% Petite Sirah. Light cranberry color, juicy strawberry-watermelon fruit aromas, nice mineral, hint of pink grapefruit. Refreshingly crisp and dry. Great with almost any food, from sushi to salmon to BBQ!