by kelsey | Oct 5, 2011 | Cooking Tips, Food
Last night at our STRIVE 2 Survive lecture, County Fair Foods supplied a delicious fruit pizza. Since it tasted so good, even with the recipe substitutions, I wanted to share the recipe with you. The blueberries and strawberries on top were extra tasty!
Ingredients:
1 C. all purpose flour
¼ c. confectioners sugar or sugar substitute
½ c. cold butter (Smart Balance)
8 oz pkg reduced fat cream cheese
1/3 c. sugar or sugar substitute
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 c. fresh strawberries halved
11 oz can mandarin oranges, drained
1 c. fresh blueberries
Glaze:
5 tsp cornstarch
1 & ¼ c. unsweetened pineapple juice
1 tsp lemon juice
In a large bowl, combine flour and confectioners sugar. Cut in butter until crumbly. Press onto an ungreased 12” pizza pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes or until very lightly browned. Cool on a rack.
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla until smooth. Spread over the crust. Arrange the strawberries, oranges, and blueberries on top.
Glaze: in a small saucepan, combine the cornstarch, pineapple juice, and lemon juice until smooth. Bring to a boil; cook and stir for 2 minutes or until thickened. Cool slightly. Drizzle over fruit. Refrigerate until chilled.
Enjoy!
-Kelsey
by kelsey | Oct 4, 2011 | Etc.
Yesterday, Brown Clinic participated in the Watertown Multi District’s Career Fair at the Watertown Senior High School. We shared our knowledge about our health care careers with students and gave them the opportunity to learn more by playing medical jepeordy. Stef Carlson above was the master-mind behind the interactive game that really helped students learn more about medical careers. Our booth won first place for most interactive and we were thrilled to have that honor! Below is a picture of our group. We represented several career fields including radiology, lab, nursing, health care administration, HR, and dietetics.
-Kelsey
by Dan | Oct 3, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
The weather this weekend was amazing! It was great spending time outside. It looks like the bulk of this week is going to be much of the same. Don’t waste it! Get out and enjoy it! The leaves changing color make it very pretty to watch. It was a great weekend to go biking. I had gone out earlier, and then later Sarah and Megan went out for a ride.
Here they are coming home. Of course, Megan is shielding her eyes from the camera, not the sun. The two of them have been doing quite a few rides together these last few weeks. It was great motivation to get Megan out doing something other than swimming. This is also where it is good to have a training partner, friend, daughter, mother, son, spouse, pet, whatever the case may be, to help get you motivated to get out and exercise. Keep each other going. Enjoy the coming week.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1467
by Dan | Oct 2, 2011 | Exercise, Family, Motivation, Weather, Wellness/Health
It was a very busy week, both at home and at work. It was homecoming week for the Watertown Arrows, with lots of activities for the kids, and for the parents, to be busy. We also had a cross country meet, the homecoming parade, the girls were in the powder puff football game, the actuall football game friday night, and then Molly and Nick had a band competition in SF yesterday. We all were staying very active this week. With the weather these last few weekends, it has been great to get outside and enjoy it. Keep going, and spend time outside as long as we can.
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 1466
by kelsey | Sep 29, 2011 | Food
Have you heard about the listeria outbreak on the news involving canteloupe? According to the CDC 13 people have died and 72 people are affected in 18 states. They have linked it back to Jensen Farms in Colorado. Since the discovery of the deadliest food borne illness outbreak, Jensen Farms has voluntarily recalled all melons. They are still researching the root cause of the outbreak. Listeria can cause fever, confusion, vomiting, and neck stiffness. Those with weakened immune systems, pregnant women, and the elderly are at greater risk. South Dakota is not affected by this outbreak, however many of our surrounding states are. Proper food safety practices are very important to avoid food borne illness. Be sure to always wash your hands for at least 20-30 seconds before working with food, wash your produce thoroughly before eating (yes- this includes the outside of the melon) and do not cross contaminate with other foods like raw meat.
-Kelsey
