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Tip: Cook once but eat all week!

Prepare a large batch of favorite recipes on your day off (double or triple the recipe). Freeze in individual containers and use them throughout the week to save time.

Recipe ideas: Chicken and Dumpling Soup Corn and Turkey Meatball Soup

To Watch or Not to Watch

To Watch or Not to Watch: What will you be doing at noon on Friday, January 20th?

Chunky Corn Chowder with Kale and Sweet Potato

Makes 8 one-cup servings. Recipe is by Holly Clegg. I made it and it is delicious!

Terrific Tip: If you want the soup a little thicker, dissolve two teaspoons cornstarch in a little water and add. After refrigerating leftovers, if too thick, add more broth.

1 onion, diced

1 cup chopped celery

1 teaspoon minced garlic

¼ cup all-purpose flour

2 cups skim milk

2 cups low sodium fat-free vegetable or chicken broth

1 (16-ounce) package frozen corn

1 large Louisiana yam (sweet potato), peeled and cut into ½-inch cubes

Salt and pepper to taste

1½ cups chopped kale

1. In large nonstick pot, heat oil and sauté onion, celery and garlic until tender, 5-7 minutes. Whisk in flour and cook, stirring constantly, for one minute.

2. Gradually add milk and broth; bring to boil, stirring several minutes or until mixture thickens. Lower heat and add corn and sweet potato, cooking until sweet potato is tender, 6-8 minutes. Season to taste. Before serving, stir in kale, cooking several minutes.

Nutritional information per serving: calories 186, calories from fat 18 percent, fat 4 g, saturated fat 1 g, cholesterol 1 mg, sodium 91 mg, carbohydrates 34 g, dietary fiber 4 g, total sugars 9 g, protein 6 g. Dietary exchanges: 2 starch, 1 vegetable, ½ fat

Tip of the Day: Craving some crunch?

Tip: Craving some crunch?

This is one of my biggest challenges -- can I convince myself that  I would rather eat fruits and vegetables INSTEAD of cookies, and cake?

New Normal? What’s That? Moving Forward after Breast Cancer

New Normal? What’s That? Moving Forward after Breast Cancer: It’s been more than six years since my breast cancer diagnosis, so it’s time to start taking stock of things, or so I’ve been told. I’m supposed to be making good progress on picking up the pieces. I’m supposed to start putting cancer behind me and find my emnew normal/em, whatever that means. Society seems to be nudging – no, more like pushing – me to hurry up. Be done. Put it behind me. Move on. Forget about it. Get back to the way things were. The trouble is, it’s not that simple, or even possible.
I will never be done with cancer. And guess what? I don’t even want to be.

FreeExpanded Food & Nutrition Education Program @ Keller Library & Community Center

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