How to add fruits, vegetables to diet
Let the changing colors of fall be a good reminder for your plate. Enjoy a wide variety of colorful fruits and vegetables. Keep track of the amount of fruits and vegetables you eat for a couple of days. Many people need about 4 1/2 cups of fruits and vegetables per day to meet their needs. How are you doing?
Cooked or raw, tomatoes pack nutritional punch, especially in gazpacho
Conventional wisdom says that cooking vegetables tends to diminish their nutritional prowess. And while there is some truth to this, it isn’t always the case.
Brugmansias reward you with patience
I have found that plants with large features always draw the viewers’ attention into the yard or garden. Whether it is the oversized leaves of the elephant ears, Canna bulbs or the Catalpa trees the huge flowers of the dinner-plate dahlias, iris or the snowballs of the Hydrangea bushes, they all attract our attention with their larger-than-life appearance.
RELATED CONTENTGot zucchini? Moist cake flavored with orange liqueur, zest makes good use of summer’s bounty
Many years ago, when my husband and I bought our first house, I couldn’t believe our luck when we moved in just as the beautiful vegetable garden in the small back yard was profusely producing and ready for harvest. We enjoyed garden-fresh meals for weeks.
RELATED CONTENTNew Hope named to Home Mission
On Aug. 17, the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations, Plymouth, Minn., announced it had three assemblies vote to request official Home Mission status be granted to them: New Hope Lutheran, Jamestown, Hope Church in Enderlin, N.D., and the Fellowship Hastings, Hastings, Minn.
UM Women holding unit meeting
The United Methodist Women of First United Methodist Church will be holding a unit meeting at 7 p.m. Thursday. It will be followed by a program at 7:20 with Lauren Witmer as guest speaker.
Bluegrass festival set at Atonement
Atonement’s Sixth Annual Country and Bluegrass Festival is from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday at Atonement Lutheran Church, 1009 12th Ave N.E. This free event will feature music by Spiritwood Creek, Buffalo Station and Smokehouse. A tent will be set up for shade; those attending are welcome to bring lawn chairs to sit outside the tent.
Grace hosting beach Sunday
This Sunday, Grace Episcopal Church will be hosting a beach Sunday. All in attendance are encouraged to wear Hawaiian shirts and other casual clothing suitable for wear at a church service. Special prizes will be given to all children in attendance.
Sister to discuss St. Joseph Sept. 13
Sister Shawna Foley will discuss St. Joseph at the St. James Tabernacle Society spiritual and social meeting at 7 p.m. Sept. 13 at the St. James Basilica Parish Center, 622 First Ave. S. The meeting, including refreshments, lasts one hour.
Victory hosting corn feed Wednesday
Victory Christian School, located at Victory Lutheran Church, will host its Second Annual Corn Feed from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. All proceeds from the event will go to support a Christian Kindergarten Readiness Program offered to the community by Victory.
Church offering Family Fun Day
Family Fun Day is Saturday at First Assembly of God, 1720 Eighth Ave. S.W., Jamestown.
Churches’ third Fun Fest set for Saturday
The third annual Third Street Fun Fest, co-hosted by United Presbyterian and First United Methodist churches, promises youngsters a chance to bounce, play and dunk on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
RELATED CONTENTAbbey to unveil newly restored icon
RICHARDTON — After two years of research, prayer and painting, Br. Llewellyn Kouba, OSB, completed an iconography original at the Assumption Abbey in May.
Hornets best controlled in evening hours
This week I received calls on a small hornet that is a little larger than a honey bee. Yellow jackets build gray paper-like nests under the siding of homes and holes in the ground and other protected places.
Emeril Lagasse: A real cheeseburger inspired by BAM!
You’ve got to work hard to create a burger that lives up to the catchphrase “Bam!” And Emeril Lagasse has done just that, offering AP’s 20 Burgers of Summer series a seriously over-the-top 1/2-pound burger of prime ground chuck topped with a round of fried fresh mozzarella cheese and drizzled with chipotle, tomato and lime aioli.
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