Lifestyle Columns
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Pie bakers wanted for fundraising contestJun 07, 2011 4:00 pm - If today's Page 1 pie story has inspired you to get into the kitchen and bake, you might want to enter the 2nd annual AID Pie Bake-off Sunday, June 12, at the Geneva Fre...
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Cut calories, exercise to beat beer bellyJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - “What can I do about this beer belly?” is a question I frequently hear from men. And some of them don't even drink much beer. While it is true that beer is loaded with c...
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Plan for Italian Sausage Spaghetti leftoversJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - What do you do with leftovers? Do you ever intentionally plan for them? I do, and I freeze them. Especially when I'm testing recipes, I often end up with a batch or two ...
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Italian Sausage SpaghettiJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - 12 ounces spaghetti 8 ounces ground sirloin 8 ounces mild Italian sausage, casings removed 1 cup finely chopped onion 1 cup finely chopped fresh mushrooms 3 cloves ...
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Eat healthy, be healthy, St. Charles cook saysJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - When asked by her patients, Robin Plotkin tells them she practices what she preaches. She works alongside her husband, Dr. Mark Plotkin at Wellness Concepts, a holistic ...
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Avocados part of healthy eating planJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - If I were the first person to see a ripe avocado, I would have passed it by. I just can't imagine how an avocado, with its muddy-brown, alligator-like skin, enticed that...
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Why how you breathe is vitalJun 07, 2011 12:00 am - Q. Why do I hear some people making a big deal about how you breathe during exercise like walking or biking? Does it really make a difference? A. Yes, how you are b...
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When do kids need a tonsillectomy?Jun 06, 2011 1:00 am - “Does she need to get those out?” the mother wanted to know. Her 13-year-old had just finished a course of antibiotics for strep throat and within days was back in with ...
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Author's job of balancing nature and suburbs mirrors ThoreauJun 06, 2011 12:00 am - When author Tom Montgomery Fate talks about working on his new book during one of his solitary nights in the cabin his family helped build in the Michigan woods, it's ea...
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Be prepared when traveling with kidsJun 05, 2011 1:00 am - Last week, while waiting in line to pass through security, I watched a major meltdown. Not the nuclear reactor type, although that crosses my mind every time Homeland Se...