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Veggies
Posted on 2024-04-24
Eating fresh
It's the same story every year temperatures drop, summer vacation becomes a fading memory and the local farmers market closes. Fortunately local grocery stores provide a wealth of fresh produce and some smart tricks and choices can help you eat like the farmers market is still open - all winter long.
Keep these tips in mind when visiting the grocery store:
Your diet should consist of mostly fruits and vegetables, so make the produce aisle the first stop when you shop. If you fill your cart with produce, you'll have less room for less healthy choices.
Don't be afraid to try new things. As the seasons turn, unknown items may appear in the produce aisles. Many late varieties of squash begin appearing in September and stay through March. Old standbys, including turnips, rutabagas, carrots and other cool weather favorites are usually available in abundance.
This is a good time to add root crops that you may not normally eat to your meal plans. An online search can help you find recipes for virtually any type of unfamiliar produce. Experimenting with new fruits and veggies can be exciting and nutritious! Many grocery stores now include signage in the produce aisle that tells where different items originated, how they might be used and nutrition information. Many stores even offer recipes. Plan meals and make a shopping list to help you avoid impulse purchases.
Learning how to eat healthy is an important part of your children's education and a good way to teach them about nutrition is to take them to the grocery store. Try giving them a small budget so they can pick out new foods they would like to try. Encourage them to pick fruits instead of candy and vegetables instead of chips.
It's not just a myth that if you shop while hungry, you're more likely to make poor choices. When you're hungry, anything looks good and ready to eat is even more appealing according to Dietitian Paul Kriegler. Have a snack such as a piece of fruit before you go to the store.
Buy from the outer aisles where fresh foods are usually found. Include whole grains such as rice and oats and legumes like beans and lentils from the inner aisles. A diet made up of unprocessed foods is the best resource for staying healthy.
Courtesy of BPT and LifeTimeFitness.com.
Originally published in The Times Dispatch, September, 2015
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by Vivian Heyl 1950-2024
Vivian Running Sound At Blues Fest
Vivian was editor at Delta Boogie since we started the site in 1996. She wrote almost all of our Delta Musicians section, the most popular area on Delta Boogie. She also wrote anything else on Delta Boogie that doesn't have a byline.
She also worked for the Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, where she contributed many features and some reporting. Her work at the Times Dispatch regularly won awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
Writing was her passion. She wrote for her whole life. Much of it we still have in computer files. I am posting her work here as I find it.
by Larry Heyl
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Gretchen says:
Today we celebrate Vivian Heyl. Mom, Grandma, Viv. Whatever name you knew her by, I'm sure at some point in time she used her gift of nurturing on you. She was indeed a nurturer - of the mind, body and spirit. Her words of encouragement could only be outdone by her quick wit and, when needed, sharp tongue. She loved unconditionally, but she had no problem calling you on your crap. She welcomed ALL to her family - and about the only thing that would get you unwelcome was making someone else feel that way. Today we celebrate the life she lived, the example she set and the love she shared.
Many have asked what they can do for the family or in memory of Mom - I offer these suggestions:
Play a game with your family. There is nothing that would be a better gift than to share joy with your family and in memory of Mom.
Read a book (it can have pictures). Mom loved to go on adventures in books and she led us kids down the same path.
Encourage a kid (preferably one who no else even seems to notice). I promise that is the one Mom would spot first and immediately bring into the fold.
We would also love to hear your stories about Mom. We would love anyone who would like to share stories or memories to do so in the comment thread. Maybe you have a story where you realized, possibly even years later, that you had been molded by a momma's love in the form of Vivian Heyl.
If you would like to make a memorial gift, please consider the children and youth fund at Brookland UMC or the friends of the Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, the Lawrence County Library or your local library.
Lastly, just keep loving us! We are sad, but we are blessed.
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Delta Boogie Newsletter/Gamer+ News - May 2024 - This One's For Vivian
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My wife Vivian was the editor of Delta Boogie and a regular contributor to Gamer+. She helped me with everything I did including Blues Fest for 25 years, The Bandshell Project, Jonesboro Computer Services, The Jonesboro User Group, and so much more. I don't know what I'll do without her.
On April 18, 2024, Vivian passed on.
She was a writer all her life and I am collecting her writings here.
https://deltaboogie.net/words
She worked at The Times Dispatch in Walnut Ridge, Arkansas, for years. Her features regularly won Awards from the Arkansas Press Association.
She wrote almost all of Delta Musicians, the most popular section on Delta Boogie, where she provided Delta Bluesmen with a place on the internet back in the nineties. She also wrote all of the articles on Delta Boogie that do not have a byline.
She played and ran fantasy RPGs with dice and miniatures at ASU Beebe in the early seventies before D&D was published.
We home schooled our children and she saw their love of D&D as an educational opportunity for reading, writing, history, the arts, and, of course, math.
She loved music and games and she raised a family of musicians and gamers.
We have five children and seven grandchildren. I had two boys before we married and she loved them like her own.
She saved my life and she gave me a good life. I love her still and always.
For her, I thank you all, for your continued support of Delta Boogie, Gamer+, Delta music, NEA gaming and whatever else it is that you do to make the world a little bit better.
Please take a minute and say a prayer.
Thanks,
Hairy Larry
https://gamerplus.org/@hairylarry
hairylarry@deltaboogie.com
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