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Good morning. I hope this finds you well. We slept a little later than normal as we had a late Saturday. On the rare occasion that I am off on Sundays we try to make Mass at our parish church. Today will be no different and we will be leaving shortly. We will go take care of some grocery shopping afterwards (but not too much as I am not walking far in Wal-Mart with heels on, lol).
Thanks go to Jessica, Corfu, Greece for the helpful weight-loss article, as well as all who shared recipes and other goodies for this issue. We have humor from some ???crazy??? readers in the ???Crazy Corner???. That section was actually named for ME and where I would place something to make you giggle. You have lovingly taken it over with your own brand and it remains a very popular part of each issue. How ever you choose, your participation makes each A to Z Recipes Newsletter special. If casting a vote is your way of showing some spirit and participation then you can do it right here. Thanks!
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Ramblings...
Words To Live By
Shared by Bette, Pittsburg, CA
This is what The Dalai Lama has to say on the millennium, which began
01/01/2001 All it takes is a few seconds to read and think about.
Instructions for Life in the new millennium from the Dalai Lama :
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve
great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self, respect for others and
responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful
stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to
correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think
back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current
situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go some place you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for
each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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Did You Know?...
Whole-grain Foods Ward Off Weight Gain
Shared by Jessica, Corfu, Greece
By Sally Squires - THE WASHINGTON POST
Sunday, December 28, 2003
www.washingtonpost.com
Just a bowl of high-fiber cereal and a few beans a day. That's all that stood between women who managed to keep
their weight steady for 12 years and those who put on pounds.
Drawn from the Nurses' Health Study of nearly 75,000 women, these latest results are the first to show that
simply boosting consumption of fiber and whole-grain foods can help cut the risk of obesity in half.
The findings, published in the November issue of the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, also confirm previous results in men and women showing that adding fiber and whole grains to the diet helps to cut the risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes, and it might reduce the odds of colorectal cancer.
In October, Harvard researchers reported that men who ate just 12 grams more of fiber than other participants per day whittled their waistlines by up to half-an-inch over a decade.
"Eating more fiber is one of the best things that you can do for your health," says JoAnn E. Manson, chief of preventive medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, and co-author of the study. Foods rich in fiber and whole grains "increase satiety -- you feel fuller -- and that may lead to consuming fewer calories, which can help with weight control."
Make it your goal this week to boost fiber intake. Aim for the 25 to 38 grams per day recommended by National Academy of Sciences.
In Manson's study, women who increased fiber by about 8 grams per day -- roughly equal to eating a bowl of whole-grain cereal and a slice of whole-grain bread a day -- ate 150 fewer calories per day than those who decreased their fiber intake by 3 grams daily during the study. Women with the highest daily fiber consumption wound up shedding about 8 pounds during the 12-year study, compared with a nearly 20-pound weight gain for those who cut fiber intake during the study.
"Overall, the higher the fiber intake, the higher the intake of whole-grain foods and the lower the intake of refined carbohydrates, the less the weight gain and the lower the risk of obesity," Manson says.
To help boost fiber:
Start the day with whole-grain cereal and berries. Some cereals have up to 13 grams of fiber per cup. Add a half-cup of berries, and you can get 3 to 4 more grams of fiber. Can't stomach high-fiber cereals? Top regular cereal with a quarter- or third-cup of the high-fiber stuff to make the taste and texture more palatable.
Switch to whole-grain varieties of bread, crackers, pasta and rice. They have double or more the fiber found in white bread, pasta and rice, which are stripped of fiber during processing. Rye, pumpernickel and other whole-grain breads are good choices, with about 3 grams per slice. Wild rice and brown rice have about 3 grams of fiber per cup. Whole-wheat pasta has about 6 grams of fiber per cup.
Snack on popcorn, fruit or vegetables. Popcorn has 1 gram of fiber per 1-cup portion. Get 2 grams from a small banana, 3 from a medium apple with the skin or a half-cup of cooked broccoli.
Sip bean soup. At about 17 grams of fiber per cup, beans, lentils and legumes also are high in protein and rich in complex carbohydrates, which helps keep hunger at bay. Bean dips are another good option. Food is only half of the equation for keeping weight steady. Physical activity helps burn more calories, so consider boosting your lifestyle exercises. If you use a pedometer, aim for about 1,000 steps more per day.
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Recipes For Romance
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Crazy Corner...
Marriage
Shared by Larry Holmes, Ontario, Canada
A 75-year-old woman went to the doctor for a check up.
The doctor told her she needed more cardiovascular activity, and recommended that she engage in sexual activity three times a week.
A bit embarrassed, she said to the doctor, "Please tell my husband."
The doctor went out into the waiting room and told the husband that his wife needed sex three times a week.
The 80-year-old husband replied, "Which days?"
The doctor answered, "Monday, Wednesday, and Friday would be ideal.
The husband said, "I can bring her on Monday and Wednesday, but on Fridays, she'll have to take the bus."
New California Governor
Shared by Elaine, MO
The New California Governor has just announced an agreement whereby English will be the official language of the state, rather than German, which was the other possibility. As part of the negotiations, The Terminator's Government conceded that English spelling had some room for improvement and has accepted a 5-year phase-in plan that would become known as "Austro-English" (or, perhaps even better, "Austrionics".) In the first year, "s" will replace the soft "c". Sertainly, this will make the sivil servants jump with joy. The hard "c" will be dropped in favour of the "k". This should klear up konfusion, and keyboards kan have one less letter. There will be growing publik enthusiasm in the sekond
year when the troublesome "ph" will be replaced with the "f". This will make words like fotograf 20% shorter. In the 3rd year, publik akseptanse of the new spelling kan be expekted to reach the stage where more komplikated changes are possible. Governments will enkourage the removal of double letters which have always ben a deterent to akurate speling. Also, al wil agre that the horibl mes of the silent "e" in the languag is disgrasful and it should go away. By the 4th yer peopl wil be reseptiv to steps such as replasing "th" with "z" and "w" with "v". During ze fifz yer, ze unesesary "o" kan be dropd from vords kontaining "ou" and after ziz fifz yer, ve vil hav a reil sensibl riten
styl. Zer vil be no mor trubl or difikultis and evrivun vil find it ezi tu understand ech oza. Ze drem of a united urop vil finali kum tru. If zis mad yu smil, pleas pas it on to oza pepl.
Signs to Keep You Smiling
Shared by Pat, High Sierras, CA
Spotted in a toilet of a London office:
TOILET OUT OF ORDER. PLEASE USE FLOOR BELOW
In a Laundromat:
AUTOMATIC WASHING MACHINES: PLEASE REMOVE ALL
YOUR CLOTHES WHEN THE LIGHT GOES OUT
In a London department store:
BARGAIN BASEMENT UPSTAIRS
In an office:
WOULD THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE STEP LADDER
YESTERDAY PLEASE BRING IT BACK OR FURTHER STEPS
WILL BE TAKEN
In an office:
AFTER TEA BREAK STAFF SHOULD EMPTY THE TEAPOT AND
STAND UPSIDE DOWN ON THE DRAINING BOARD
Outside a secondhand shop:
WE EXCHANGE ANYTHING - BICYCLES, WASHING MACHINES, ETC.
WHY NOT BRING YOUR WIFE ALONG AND GET A WONDERFUL BARGAIN?
Notice in health food shop window:
CLOSED DUE TO ILLNESS
Spotted in a safari park:
ELEPHANTS PLEASE STAY IN YOUR CAR
Seen during a conference:
FOR ANYONE WHO HAS CHILDREN AND DOESN'T KNOW IT,
THERE IS A DAY CARE ON THE 1ST FLOOR
Notice in a farmer's field:
THE FARMER ALLOWS WALKERS TO CROSS THE FIELD FOR FREE,
BUT THE BULL CHARGES.
Message on a leaflet:
IF YOU CANNOT READ, THIS LEAFLET
WILL TELL YOU HOW TO GET LESSONS
On a repair shop door:
WE CAN REPAIR ANYTHING.
(PLEASE KNOCK HARD ON THE
DOOR - THE BELL DOESN'T WORK)
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HONEY CHICKEN
~Sent in by Pat, Hahnville, LA
1/2 cup honey
1/2 cup prepared mustard
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1 teaspoon curry powder
2 (3 pound ) fryers, cut up or
your favorite chicken pieces
Combine first 4 ingredients: set aside. Remove skin from chicken, if desired. Dip each piece of chicken in sauce, and place in a large greased roasting pan. Pour remaining sauce over chicken. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour or until done.
Yield: 8 servings
BLUEBERRY BREAD
~Sent in by Ingrid, Coos Bay, OR
Capture the taste of summer by pulling out a bag of frozen blueberries
and whipping together this quick bread. Besides, it has so much more
than just blueberries; pineapple, nuts, coconut, plus a hint of lemon
combine to give the bread outstanding texture and flavor punch.
1-1/2 cups flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/3 cup shortening
2/3 cup sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk, at room temperature
3/4 teaspoon lemon juice
1/2 cup canned pineapple, drained
1 cup chopped walnuts
1/4 cup flaked coconut
1 cup blueberries (fresh or frozen)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease and flour a 9-inch loaf pan or
line with parchment paper.
Sift together dry ingredients; set aside. Cream shortening, sugar, and
eggs; add to dry ingredients. Combine milk, lemon juice, and
pineapple; add to flour mixture. Mix just until all ingredients are
moistened. Fold in coconut and berries.
Scoop into pan; bake 40 to 45 minutes, until a tester inserted in the
center comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool on rack.
Serves 12.
Per serving: 244 calories, 13.2 grams fat, 5.5 grams protein, 27.5
grams carbohydrates, 36 milligrams cholesterol, 142 milligrams sodium,
1.5 grams fiber.
TEX-MEX MEAT LOAVES
~Sent in by: Edna, Decatur, IL
1 1/2 lbs hamburger
1 cup taco sauce, divided
1/2 cup finely crushed tortilla chips (I also use corn chips)
1 medium onion finely chopped
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/2 tsp cumin
1 tsp salt
1/2 cup Monterey cheese
Combine meat 3/4 cup taco sauce, chips, onion, egg, cumin, and salt. Mix well. Form 6 oval shaped meat loaves. Place on rack of broiler pan. Bake at 375 for approximately 25 minutes. When loaves are done, spoon remaining sauce over them, sprinkle them with cheese, and return to oven long enough to melt cheese.
Serves 6.
BANANAS IN WARM HONEY-GINGER SYRUP
(Slow cooker recipe)
~Sent in by Jean, FL
Go bananas over ice cream with this tropically inspired, decadent dessert oozing with sweetness and a kiss of ginger.
4 ripe bananas, sliced lengthwise and halved
2/3 cup orange juice
1 tablespoon honey
1 piece crystallized ginger, chopped
2 teaspoons shredded unsweetened coconut
1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
Combine all the ingredients in the slow cooker.
Cook on LOW for 3 to 4 hours.
Serves 4
LAYERED SOUTHWESTERN PASTA SALAD
~Sent in by Mary B, MI
8 oz Medium Shells, Elbow Macaroni or other medium pasta shape, uncooked
2 tsp. Vegetable oil
1/2 tsp. Ground cumin
Salt to taste
15 oz can black beans, rinsed and drained
11 oz Whole kernel corn, drained
1 Red bell pepper, seeds and ribs removed, cut into strips
3/4 cup Sliced green onions
2 1/4 oz Can sliced black olives, drained
3/4 cup Non-fat mayonnaise
1/2 cup Non-fat sour cream
1/4 cup plus 2 tbs. hot or mild salsa
2 tbs. Minced fresh cilantro
1. Prepare pasta according to package directions.
2. Drain and rinse under cold water; drain again.
3. Toss with oil and sprinkle with cumin.
4. Salt to taste.
5. Layer pasta, beans, corn, bell pepper, green onions and olives in a 2 1/2- to 3-qt. straight-sided glass bowl.
6. In a small bowl combine mayonnaise, sour cream and salsa; mix well.
7. Spread mixture evenly over top of pasta, sealing to edge of bowl.
8. Sprinkle with cilantro.
9. Cover bowl tightly and chill overnight.
Each Serving Provides: 426 Calories, 20.4 g Protein, 56 g Carbohydrates, 14.5 g Fat, 15.7 mg Cholesterol, 499 mg Sodium, Calories from Fat 30%
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Heart Healthy...
CARROT PUDDING
~Sent in by Shirley, WA State
1 1/3 c. skimmed cottage cheese
dash salt
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
4 oz finely shredded carrots
1 pkg. Splenda (optional)
Preheat oven to 325 f. In medium bowl beat eggs. Stir in remaining ingredients. Pour into four 6-oz. custard cups. Bake 325F oven for about 1 hour.
WeightWatchers recipe from 1976.
4 servings
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For Two...
PUMPKIN CUSTARD
~Sent in by Jean, Syracuse, NY
INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup 2-percent evaporated milk
- 1 cup pumpkin puree (not pie filling, if using canned)
- 2 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 1/4 teaspoon ground ginger
DIRECTIONS
Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
In a blender or food processor, combine milk, pumpkin, sugar, egg and spices. Process until well blended; pour into 4 large or 6 small custard cups. Bake in preheated oven for about 30 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Serve warm or cold.
Nutritional Information Per Serving (1/6 of recipe):
Calories: 82, Fat: 2 g, Carbohydrate: 12 g, Fiber: 1 g,
Protein: 5 g, Sodium: 56 mg, Cholesterol: 39 mg
Diabetic Exchanges: 1/3 Fruit, 1/2 Low-fat Milk
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