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Bulletin, Progressive, Record, Reporter Wednesday, March 23, 2011 13B
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Heather Hunsaker
Chef
foodonthetable.com
March Madness has gripped sports fans around the country, but there are other reasons to
throw a party. Is there is a birthday or family game night in the near future? Try a pizza party
theme! Pizza is a food that is loved by kids and adults alike and sure to be a crowd pleaser.
For a quick, easy, inexpensive menu, there's nothing like having a homemade pizza bar to
please every taste. Here are some great ideas for throwing the perfect pizza party.
Be organized: Prepare and quality readily available fresh Dessert: To keep with the
chop ingredients before the ingredients. Great pizza pizza theme, make a dessert
party. Place toppings in toppings include pepperoni,pizza! Simply use refrigerated
assembly-line order and in sausage, Canadian bacon, sugar cookie dough as the
easy-to-serve containers with pineapple, green apples, "crust" and bake as directed.
appropriate utensils, bell peppers, mushrooms, When cool, smear on some
The dough: Thin crust or tomatoes and onions. But cream cheese frosting for the
thick? Pick one style or serve really the possibilities are "sauce" and top with candy,
an assortm ent to please the endless depending on your fruit or even nuts!
crowd. Purchase frozen, re- tastes and desires. Pizza parties are fantastic
frigerated or prebaked crusts The cheese: Of course the way to have loads of fun with-
from your local grocery store traditional cheese toping for out a whole lot of stress. This
and prepare according to the pizza is mozzarella, but try Buffalo Chicken Pizza will
package directions. Or try cheddar, provolone, blue certainly be the hit of the
your hand at making a dell- cheese or parmesan, party at your next pizza night!
cious homemade crust. Make a toast: This is a party
Be sure and have plenty of after all, but choosing age Buffalo Chicken Pizza
crusts ready with enough appropriate beverages is Prep Time: 15 minutes
pizza pans or the grill fired up important. Beer and pizza go Cook Time: 20 minutes
and ready to go. hand in hand, but for a girls' Makes 2 pizzas (8 slices each)
The sauce: Store-bought night "in" wine may be more
pesto, classic marinara, or enjoyable. Also, if entertain-
homemade alfredo are all ing kids, soda and fruit punch
tasty options, are a perfect pairing with
The toppings: Choose good- pizza.
1 cup buffalo wing sauce mixture over each pizza.
1 large green bell pepper,
chopped In another bowl, toss cooked
1 cup mozzarella cheese chicken with remaining. 112
1 cup blue cheese crumbles cup of buffalo wing sauce.
3 green onions, chopped Top each pizza with the
Ranch dressing prepared chicken and bell
peppers. Sprinkle cheeses over
Preheat oven to 350 degrees, chicken and bell pepper.
Mix marinara sauce with 112Bake pizza at 350 for 20 min-
2 packages pizza dough cup of wing sauce in a bowl. utes or until crust is begins to
2 cups chicken breasts, cooked Roll out both packages of brown and cheese is melted.
and cut into 1-inch cubes pizza dough and spread the
112 cup marinara sauce buffalo/marinara sauce Top cooked pizza with
chopped green onions and
serve with ranch dressing for
dipping.
Chef Heather attended and
graduated from Le Cordon Bleu
College of Culinary Arts, but has
been developing ,family friendly
meals since shewas 9 years old in
her mother's kitchen. She is an avid
crockpotter and knows how to get
food on the table in a pinch. She
currently serves as a writer and
recipe developer for meal planning
site foodonthetable.com.
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MONA HILL
Staff Writer
mhill@plumasnews.com
By the end of the third
night of the recent Nutrition
and Wellness Seminar at
Quincy's Seventh-day Adven-
tist Church, I was wishing I'd
attended all three nights in-
stead of lust the one. _,
Pastor Randal Barlow and I
chatted for a few minutes as
he explained the basis of
Adventist nutrition. The
seminar, led by Jim and Neva
Brackett, is an annual com-
munity service program for
the Quincy church.
Adventists, he said, believe
their bodies belong to God
and that, in recognition of
that, they should live as
healthfully as possible by
avoiding certain foods. He
hastened to add it's not a
requirement to salvation or
to membership in the church.
Adventists promote a
balanced diet of whole foods
such as grains, vegetables,
legumes, nuts and seeds.
Leviticus, chapter 11 outlines
the inclusion of animals and
essentially follows kosher
law.
I should mention right
up front that I'm not a vege-
tarian; I'm a confirmed meat-
eater. I'd forgotten Adven-
tists practice vegetarianism,
or as they prefer to call it,
plant-based nutrition.
Church member and regis-
tered dietician Nina Harris
and Neva Brackett, R.N., had
prepared a meal designed to
emphasize the variety avail-
able in plant-based protein:
vegetables, legumes, nuts and
seeds.
I looked over the recipes
and silently groaned: oat
burgers, barbecue tofu, chili
with bulgur wheat.
I thought the orange
cake looked promising and
macaroni and cheese seemed
reasonable.
Soon after my talk with the
pastor, dinner was served.
Each attendee was served
and had one helping of every-
thing: macaroni and cheese
with peas, oat burger with
tomato and lettuce, barbecue
tofu, chili, coleslaw and
veggie cutlet.
My parents taught me to
eat what's served to me, so I
did.
It really tasted good, espe-
cially the oat burgers.
As we ate, Jim Brackett, a
health educator and former
Adventist pastor, talked
about phytonutrients, anti-
oxidants, free radicals, fiber
and protein.
Then he talked about fat, a
lot of different kinds of fat.
Brackett advocates no
added fat. A balanced
plant-based diet
would provide the
recommended 20 per-
Cent fat intake from
the natural oils occur-
ring in vegetables, nuts
and fruits such as
olives and avocados, he i i i ;!iiiii:: :
said.
He illustrated his point
by talking about a single
medium-sized baked potato
about 200 calories. A plain
potato has zero fat; excess
calories come from the added
butter, sour cream, cheese
and bacon bits. In other Macaroni and Cheese
words, the calories increase3 cups dry macaroni (whole
with the added fat. grain if possible)
While this was not news to 1 can coconut milk
me, I hadn't ever eaten a 1-1/4 cup water
meal without added fat. 114 cup yeast flakes
Yuck! Everybody knows fat 2 teaspoons salt
adds flavor, doesn't it? 114 cup raw cashew pieces
Well, now I was, and it 114 cup pimentos
truly tasted good and had 3 tablespoon lemon juice
texture and color. It most 1/4 cup cornstarch
certainly did not look or taste 1 teaspoon onion powder
like dried twigs. 114 cup soy milk powder, plain
In fact, I'd challenge any-
one to identify an oat burger Cook macaroni according to
by taste or appearance. I package directions.
believe she would have to be Blend remaining ingredients
told the ingredients, in blend er or food processor
After Jim Brackett's pre- until smooth.
sentation, Nina Harris and Drain macaroni and return to
Neva Brackett demonstrated pot, add blended mixture
the recipes for oat burgers and cook until thick, stirring
and veggie cutlets, respec- gently. Add 1 - 2 cu ps
tively, frozen peas, 1 cup mush-
I looked around the room rooms or 1 cup sliced olives
at the people there, young if desired.
and old. I was the only fat Cover and let stand 5 - 10 rain-
person in the room. utes before serving or spread
Quickly surfing the in lightly oiled casserole dish,
Internet, I learned many of cover with seasoned bread-
Brackett's claims about the crumbs and bake.
benefits of an ovo-lacto- Serves 6 - 8.
vegetarian diet are supported
by research: lower choles- Oat Burgers
terol ratios and better heart 3 cups water
health, though more research 1/4 cup Bragg Liq uid Aminos
is needed, or 2 tablespoons soy sauce
Brackett, Barlow and 1 tablespoon Beef-Like
Harris advised proceeding Seasoning
slowly to make any changes. 1 teaspoon Wright's Hickory
To find out more about Seasoning (optional)
plant-based cooking and 1 teaspoon Italian seasoning
nutrition, visit the Bracketts' 1 teaspoon garlic powder
website, seven-secretg.org or 112 teaspoon salt
visit sdada.org. 3 tablespoons food yeast flakes
Tasty,
plant-based
protein alternatives include
(clockwise from top) oat
burgers, macaroni anclcheese,
barbecued tofu and veggie
cutlets. Photo by Mona Hill
1/4 cup dry onion flakes or
1 onion, diced
3 cups quick oats or 2 cups
quick oats and 1 cup bulgur
wheat or 1-1/2 cups old-
fashioned oats and 1-1/2
cups quick oats, or any com-
bination to taste
1/2 cup ground walnuts or
pecans
Place all ingredients in a
saucepan except oats and
nuts; simmer 3 minutes. Re-
move from heat and stir in
oats and nuts. Allow to cool
enough to handle.
Shape 1/2 cup of mixture at a
time into burger-sized pat-
ties, place on lightly oiled
cookie sheet or use nonstick
sheet.
Bake at 375 degrees. Turn
until browned.
Orange Cake
1/2 cup whole wheat bread flour
3/4 cup unbleached white flour
1/2 cup sugar
1/2 tablespoon baking powder
3/4 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup coconut milk
1/8 cup frozen orange juice
concentrate
1/4 large orange with half the
peel removed
1/4 cup water, approximately
Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
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Mix flours, sugar, baking
powder and salt in bowl.
Blend remaining ingredients.
Add enough water to equal
1-1/4 cup total liquid in the
blender.
Mix liquid into dry in~jredi-
ents, stirring briskly, or use
an electric hand mixer and
beat about 20 seconds.
Immediately pour into
8-inch round or square pan.
Bake at 400 degrees 5 min-
utes, reduce temperature to
350 degrees and bake an
additional 20 minutes until
lightly browned and pulling
away from the sides Of the
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Remove from oven and cool
10 minutes, then cover to
keep moist until served.
118 teaspoon lemon extract
2 tablespoons cornstarch
dissolved in 114 cup water
Place all ingredients except
cornstarch in saucepan
Bring to boil and slowly add
dissolved cornstarch, stirring
constantly until thick.
Cool for easier spreading
between layers.
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Pineapple-Orange Filling
2 cups crushed pineapple
1/2 cup frozen orange juice
concentrate
1/4 cup honey
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