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Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips
Never again will I buy a bag of tortilla chips from the grocery store. I can make my own, healthier and lower-salt version with this recipe for homemade corn tortilla chips. Print Recipe Homemade Corn Tortilla Chips Prep Time 10 minutes Cook Time 10 minutes Servings servings Ingredients 8 6-inch corn tortillasnon-stick cooking spray Prep…Read More »
If It’s Hard To Be Healthy, You’ll Love This Easy Meal
I recently dined on quite the spread: Homemade corn tortilla chips with southwestern black-eyed pea and corn salad. Oh, and apple crisp for dessert. People with developmental and intellectual disabilities, and the staff who help them, whipped up this healthy and very tasty meal. They prepared these foods during the Arc of Monroe’s first-ever Cooking…Read More »
Mobile Dentist Office Comes to RIT
Michael Shea, a student at the Rochester Institute of Technology, hadn’t seen the dentist in more than a year. But on Thursday, Shea stood outside a SMILEmobile parked on the RIT campus. He was ready for a cleaning. “It was convenient,” said Shea, a fourth-year student from Connecticut. He gestured at the big mobile unit…Read More »
Pumpkin Picking at Chase Farms
My boys know the drill. Every Saturday, on our way to the grocery store, we’d first stop at Chase Farms, a small farm in Monroe County, to fill up on locally-grown fruits and veggies. As I made a beeline for the freshly picked peaches, my boys would rummage through a bin filled with discarded corn…Read More »
Honey Sriracha Wings with Grilled Sweet Corn
It stings for a minute… but all good things have a bite! Adapted from http://www.foodnetwork.com Print Recipe Honey Sriracha Wings and Grilled Sweet Corn Prep Time 25 minutes Cook Time 35 minutes Servings people Ingredients Honey Sriracha Wings 2 dozen chicken wings drumsticks or wings2 tbsp avacado oil1/4 cup sriracha sauce1/3 cup clover honey Grilled…Read More »
Back To School For Kids With Anxiety Or Special Needs
Returning to school in the fall can be a tricky task for children who suffer from anxiety, autism, developmental disabilities or special needs. Dr. Ann Griepp, M.D., a psychiatrist and medical director of behavioral health at Excellus BlueCross BlueShield, offers the following tips for parents who want to lessen the stress this school year. Helping…Read More »
9 Tips to Navigate the Farmer’s Market
“Bluerasps” are among my boys’ favorite summertime treats. My oldest invented this delicacy a few years ago at a local farmers’ market. He stuck a blueberry inside a raspberry . . . and presto! He invented a new treat! Farmers’ markets “save” me in the summer. Basket upon basket of fresh, healthy fruit helps me…Read More »
When Should Your Kid Visit the Dentist?
My 2 ½ year old welds his mouth shut whenever I try to brush his teeth. But there he was on a recent morning, jumping into a dentist chair, opening his mouth super wide and obeying the dentist’s every order. I, at first, contemplated the merits of hiring strangers to rear my children, since my…Read More »
Kids with Asthma can Breathe Easy This School Year
Jaime Anderson is a seasoned “mom of an asthmatic.” She’s dealt with many back-to-school moments since her now 11-year-old son, Adison, was diagnosed with asthma as a 3-year-old. The return to school is tough for kids with asthma. Because they head straight into peak virus season and may be exposed to new triggers, they’re more…Read More »
Spotlight on Nydia Padilla-Rodriguez
She is an original member of Garth Fagan’s “Bottom of the Bucket, But” Dance Company, the precursor to Garth Fagan Dance. A longtime educator, she is currently director of community partnerships for the Rochester Central School District. She created Borinquen Dance Theatre in 1981 to serve youth and help them “find the desire to succeed…Read More »