Here's a free recipe book for diabetics.   Call 1-888-878-3256 (weekdays, 9 am to 8 pm ET) and ask for Diabetes.  You also get a booklet on preventing or managing the disease.  Or visit http://www.pueblo.gsa.gov

Want a free recipe book?  Contact Weber-Stephen by email and ask for their free booklet on how to make crispy, tasty pizzas on the grill. Or call 1-800-474-5568.  

For a free recipes about different ways to cook artichokes, cauliflower, broccoli and several other fresh veggies, log onto Ocean Mist Farms, or send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to Ocean Mist Farms,   Dept. N2, 10855, Cara Mia Parkway, Castroville, CA 95012.

The Bean Awareness Network is offering a free booklet with several famous chef's recipes.  To get a copy, send a self-addressed, stamped, business-size envelope to "Millennium Meals",  115 Railway Plaza, Scottsbluff, Nebraska 69361.

Call 1-800-528-0849 for a free recipe book from Cream Corn Starch, a "Dial" company.  You'll get a cents-off coupon, too.

Have to cut cholesterol?  Using Egg Beaters?  Get a free recipe book by sending a self-addressed stamped business envelope (4-1/8" x 9-1/2") to:   Egg Beaters Recipe Book, PO Box 5885, Clinton, IA 52736-5885.  Delivery in 4 to 6 weeks; one per household or organization, please.

Recipes using marshmallows are available by calling 1-800-244-4596.   Clearly leave your name and full mailing address, and state that you want the "Jet-Puffed recipe booklet".    Note that marshmallows are primarily sugar;  they are, however, fat free and can be combined with nuts, cereal, graham crackers, cocoa, etc., so you could do a lot worse when it comes to sweets.

For a free book, "Recipes for Peanut Butter Lovers"; click on "Recipes" on that site and page down.

Seven favorite meatloaf recipes are available from Quaker Oats;  write to Magnificent Meatloaf, PO Box 487, Chicago, IL 60690-0487

Free pork recipes from Smithfield's Lean Generation, plus cooking tips and nutrition information is available by calling 1-800-799-5326.

Reynolds, the aluminum wrap people, are offering a free brochure, "Quick and Easy Treats for Kids".   Order by calling toll-free, 1-800-745-4000.    This is an exceptional value; you get more than just the brochure.

Well, almost free.  Birdseye frozen vegetables offers a 100-recipe spiral-bound book, "Dinner Made Easy with Birds Eye".   $2.50 covers shipping and handling, and 1 proof of purchase from a Birds Eye product is required, but included are a number of coupons for a variety of Birds Eye products, so you'll come out with a nearly free cookbook.  Click on "cookbook" at Birds Eye's site. 

Free recipes from Kraft Foods and Miracle Whip.  Call toll-free, 1-800-847-1997.

Interesting news about the blues!  Send a business size stamped self-addressed envelope to: North American Blueberry Council, 2995 Golden Foothill Parkway,  Suite 2, El Dorado Hills, CA 95762 for a recipe booklet plus health news about blueberries.  You can visit their site to order the item, too. 

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