This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

You might not have noticed, but I’ve been doing a little baking, lately, and so have many of my friends. Cookies, brownies, bread – we’re going through a lot of flour to bake the treats that make this time of year so special. But have you ever wondered about the process?

The Wheat Foods Council has created a multi-media, interactive web experience called How Wheat Works, a “farm-to-fork” experience, that takes you (and your kids) through the entire process. Beginning with virtually planting seed all the way through virtually eating the food you choose, you learn about how wheat is grown, harvested, milled, and gets to your table. The process is divided into four sections. Each section takes just a few minutes, then you’ll get an e-mail the next day, prompting you to come back and complete the next section, over the course of four days.

You and your kids will not only get an appreciation of how wheat grows and winds up in the products most of us eat everyday, but you’ll have the opportunity to do some good, as well. For every participant who completes the four-part experience, the Wheat Foods Council will donate two pounds of flour – up to 90,000 pounds – to Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization that provides assistance to needy U.S. troops and their families.

There’s also tons of information, recipes and resources, as well as a special section just for kids to get involved.

I really do urge you to visit, participate in, and complete the How Wheat Works experience, and help give back to those who give it up for us.

This isn’t a subject I would normally find myself writing about. And let me start out by saying that MJ and I have been happily married for almost 20 years. I can’t even imagine how tough it would be “out there” these days. It was hard enough back in the day. I still have vivid memories of bad blind dates and, oh yeah, the time my mother met a matchmaker and signed me up without telling me. I remember the feeling of coming home after a miserable evening and thinking: “Well, that’s three hours of my life I’ll never get back.”

I’ve said for years now that if, God forbid, anything ever happened to MJ, I would be perfectly content to settle for the companionship of friends and my cats. Bar scenes? No. Pathetic singles’ socials? No. Where would I meet someone if I were “in the market”? I’m suspicious of all these singles’ websites that have popped up over the last few years. Where’s the security?

I ran across a site through SocialSpark called TRUE.com. I checked it out for fun and I have to say I was impressed. First, you can sign up for free and you can search for free. But more importantly in my mind, they check you out. They don’t just take your word for it that you’re single and not a felon. They check. They not only give you tips on staying safe, they even have a security expert on hand to answer any questions you might have. Knowing that your safety and security are such a priority with TRUE, has got to make meeting new people a more relaxing and fun experience.

So even though I’m not personally in the market, I’d recommend TRUE.com to anyone who might be, but is a little skittish about the great unknown. You can sign up for free and you can search for free. You never know, right?