In ATL standing in line to board Delta flight to CHAT for 47 minute flight. Will be glad to land on home soil!!

Today, got a great targeted marketing program set up here in Maryland for client. Fly back home tomorrow! http://ping.fm/EUkji

Here's quite a culinary vegetable. Makes your mouth water? "Smoked White Chocolate Parfaits with Fennel Mousse!" http://ping.fm/Kpn6d

Seems that vegetables are becoming quite the culinary order of the day such as "Smoked White Chocolate Parfaits with Fennel Mousse!" http://ping.fm/Kpn6d

Vegetables Leap to Culinary Forefront

Add increased selection and tasty preparations to the good nutrition and overall wholesomeness long associated with vegetables, and you have a food group that's claiming an ever bigger portion of the dinner plate. Farmers are growing new, colorful varieties, creative chefs are whipping up flavorful vegetable dishes in restaurants and prepared food counters, and glossy magazines feature tempting vegetable recipes that exploit seasonal bounty. 

Vegetables and the side dishes they grace have moved into the culinary forefront, according to the Vegetables & Sides: Culinary Trend Mapping Report recently released by leading market research publisher Packaged Facts and the Center for Culinary Development (CCD).

"This explosion of farmers' markets with new and different varieties of vegetables has raised American consumers' vegetable IQs and influenced their lifestyles by encouraging them to add new vegetable-centric products to their diets," says Kimberly Egan, CEO of CCD. "And not just as sides, but as green breakfast smoothies, meatless entrées and even desserts made with vegetables that all extend vegetables into new dayparts."

Many consumers can now identify several types of heirloom tomatoes, which have opened the door for more exotic vegetables from watermelon radishes to kabocha squash to sea vegetables. 
Simultaneously, consumers are showing a renewed interest in growing their own produce and are either turning their yards into garden plots or are making a weekly trip to the farmers market their main and most enjoyable food shopping event. Supermarkets are responding both by retooling produce sections and by purveying a wider range of convenience and value-added products such as pre-chopped mirepoix for soup making or peeled butternut squash cubes for easy roasting or stir-frying. 

Vegetables & Sides: Culinary Trend Mapping Report, designed to help participants in the food industry seize a leading position in new product development, profiles several hot trends using CCD's proprietary Trend Mapping® methodology: 

Stage 1: Fried Brussels Sprouts - Brussels sprouts are now taking a dive into the deep-fryer as restaurants and food trucks feature fried Brussels sprouts as a snack or side dish. What chefs have taken to doing to Brussels sprouts might seem to cancel out their health benefits, but that isn't deterring diners. 
Stage 1: Savory Baked Goods -Creative and whimsical pastry chefs are now raiding the savory pantry and adding vegetables to their sweet creations resulting in delicacies such as Smoked White Chocolate Parfaits with Fennel Mousse and Beet Cake with Fromage Blanc Frosting. By highlighting the unique flavors and mild sweetness of vegetables in desserts, these chefs are ranging far beyond standards such as carrot cake and zucchini bread as well renouncing the old trick of hiding vegetable content to get more veggies into kids' diets. 
Stage 1: Sea Vegetables - Long appreciated in several cultures across the globe, sea vegetables such as nori, dulse and kelp are washing up on menus and even on grocery shelves as more Americans learn to appreciate their distinctive flavors and nutritional powers. The salty, briny taste of sea vegetables can provide umami flavor to dishes and be used as a seasoning, ground and added to spice rubs, spice blends, vegetable coating batters, rice dishes and stir fries. 
Stage 2: Kale - With its soul food resonance, superfood profile, and health foodie advocates, this leafy green could very well follow the path that baby spinach and bagged greens have taken in the past decade and become a mainstream addition to the weekly shopping list. 
Stage 2: Vegetable Juices Redux - As consumers (particularly Millennials) look for ways to work in their five-a-day servings of fruits and vegetables, they are turning to hip fresh veggie juice bars and carts and a range of trendy veggie juice detox cleansing programs. 
Stage 3: Farro - Carb lovers are opening their minds to alternative grains such as farro (or emmer wheat) that pack more nutritional punch. Fine dining currently is taking cues from the farro-based pasta, bread, croissants, flatbreads, cookies, crackers and soup mixes enjoyed in Italy. 
Stage 5: Sweet Potatoes - Never a hard sell, sweet potatoes have long been featured in classic American holiday dishes. But new uses for sweet potatoes are being seen across all stages of the Trend Map®, including at Stage 5 sweet potato fries in quick-service restaurants.

7502 NIGHTFALL CIR, OOLTEWAH TN 37363 - Snowy here in Maryland this weekend, but no ice storm as predicted. Took video and shot pictures to give my client report on his commercial property. http://ping.fm/VIF5o

GENEVE LN, CLEVELAND - Just arrived Detroit on flight from Chatt on way to Wash, D.C. --thanks to Priceline! Doing some targeted aggressive marketing for Chatt client also. 2 hrs layover! http://ping.fm/cqIlx

I thought this was a good reminder for us to consider and help avoid tragedy. http://ping.fm/eCHFe

Preventing Home Fires

Spent good share of the afternoon, Sunday, introducing our client to the neighborhood in which they just purchased a home. http://ping.fm/1Pwnq

Spent 2.5 hours personal consultation with software engineer Terry McDougal enhancing online marketing. http://ping.fm/Ottal

Be Glad We Live in Tennessee!! I found this map most interesting. Made me glad I live in TN. http://ping.fm/0m1mX

A Great App for Your Smartphone http://ping.fm/nFsni

A Great App for Your Smartphone

On my Android I have Google Sky. It is exceptional for identifying that Star or Constellation that you would like to know its name. It has taken my appreciation for the night sky to a whole new level. Have you used Google Sky?

Tonight, around 8:15 as I came out of the Church the night was clear. Looked up at the moon and close beside it was Jupiter. It was the brightest star in the sky. I wondered how much colder it was than our 38 degrees. Look for it tomorrow night and let me know if you see it.

OOPS--URL CORRECTION!! - Is 2012 Doomsday for the U.S. Dollar? -- I found this article quite sobering. Wanted to share it with you. Sounds like we could be in for some difficult times. http://ping.fm/Bufn5

I found this article quite sobering. Wanted to share it with you. Sounds like we could be in for some difficult times. http://ping.fm/qOn2r

Cold in Collegedale tonight. Predicted 28 degrees. Got home late as I was going to our vacant listings and turned on dripping faucets so pipes would not freeze. Glad to finally get home! http://ping.fm/S4b4v

Have just finished a 3-hr Social Network training with McDougal Design for enhancing the marketing of our listings. http://ping.fm/LyCeR

URL CORRECTION!! - I found this video very informative and wanted to share it with those who might be considering selling their home. http://ping.fm/xByTh

Setting the Right Price for Your Home

I found this video very informative and wanted to share it with those who might be considering selling their home.

New Listing - Still updating information. Check back often. Jon Green - 7002 SLEIGH LN, HARRISON TN 37341 - Crye-Leike Realtors-Ooltewah http://ping.fm/rCD3J