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 TAILGATE SNACKS
August brings an abundance of sweet corn. There is nothing like going to the farmer’s markets and buying a dozen ears and eating them that after- noon. You can extend the freshness of the season by cutting the kernels off the cob, lay them on a cookie sheet, freeze them, then, put them into a freezer
bag and back into the freezer to use throughout the coming months. This recipe uses the frozen kernels.
2 packages mini-phyllo shells, room temp
In frying pan, heat oil over medium heat and sauté bacon for 3-5 minutes. Add mushrooms, pepper, and onion and continue to sauté another 5 minutes. Drain oil from pan, reduce heat to low and stir in cheese, garlic powder, salt, pepper, and parsley. Spoon into phyllo shells and serve.
1 cup mayonnaise
1 cup sour cream
1 envelope onion soup mix
1 medium tomato, chopped
4 slices crisp cooked bacon, crumbled
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1 tablespoon olive oil
3 slices uncooked bacon, chopped
1 cup mushrooms, chopped
1⁄2 roasted red pepper from a jar, diced 1⁄2 small onion, minced
1 (6.5 oz.) package spreadable Boursin
(You can used jarred bacon too.) Shredded lettuce.
If worrying was a professional sport, many of us would be the Most Valuable Player on our team. Can you identify with this? It’s so hard not to worry when troubles loom all around
friend or family member, or a fear that has overtaken us that we can’t seem
to overcome affects us. And when we are stressed, we look for ways to cope. Some choose denial and others choose substances. Many choose worrying as their coping mechanism.
us.The word worry has a few defini- tions in the dictionary. The one we’ll refer to here is to torment oneself with cares and anxieties. Every time we worry, we’re tormenting ourselves. No one else is making us do it or doing it to us – we’re doing it to ourselves.
Imagine that worry is a fire. The more we allow worry to occupy our thoughts, the more fuel we are putting on the “worry” fire. The more we do this, the bigger the worry fire we’ll have to put out later.
When we worry, we’re allowing our minds to dwell on difficult circum- stances, overwhelming fears, and other stresses that are weighing us down. We’re consumed over actual things we’re facing or potential situations that may never occur. Worry causes extreme distress to all areas of our bodies. It prevents us from sleeping, impacts our relationships, affects our appetites, and causes us to perform poorly at work.
Cooking
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or Alouette cheese
1 teaspoon garlic powder Pinch of salt and pepper 2 teaspoons dried parsley
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In small bowl, combine all ingredients except for lettuce. Cover and chill until ready to serve. Top with shredded lettuce and serve with crackers or veggies.
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