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A Year To Remember

Cooking Matters Are you interested in learning how to cook healthy, delicious, and affordable meals? The Idaho Food Bank is now offering a cooking class, “Share Our Strength’s: Cooking Matters” to teach cooking techniques, safety, storage and sanitation. This free, hands-on six week course meets once a week and teaches how to create nutritious meals while maximizing your resources through budgeting. These classes are available to kids, teens, adults, and families. By participating in this class you will receive a meal during each class session, a bag of free groceries each week for adult participants, a text book, graduation certificate, and a gift bag upon completion of the course. Classes begin at a variety of times in January and throughout the year. Be sure to contact Anmurphy@idahofoodbank.org or call 208-577-2646 for additional information, locations, dates and times. Already know how to cook nutritious, delicious meals? The Idaho Food Bank is always looking for volunteers. Consider this opportunity to help in your local community by becoming a volunteer with the Idaho Food Bank.

KEEPIN’ IT WARM During the winter months it is especially important to keep the heat in your apartment at a minimum of 60 degrees – even if you are going to be gone, whether for the day, on vacation or vacating the apartment. By maintaining the minimum 60 degrees and keeping interior apartment doors open, frozen pipes can be avoided. Additionally, by keeping your apartment at a steady temperature, you will save money on your heating costs.ve money on your heating costs.

This year, begin a new tradition. Starting this month, each time something good, fun, or exciting happens, write it down on a slip of paper and place it in a decorated jar. On New Year’s Eve next year, empty the jar and read over all of the awesome things that happened throughout the year. It’s a great way to look back on 2015 as you move ahead to the 2016.

RESOLVE TO MAKE IT A GREAT YEAR! A new year. A new start. Making those New Year’s resolutions is the easy part, keeping them is when it becomes difficult. Here are 5 tips to help you stay on track to achieving your goals whether it ‘s a fitness goal or any goal for that matter.  Start out with something attainable. People often make goals that are either difficult to reach or unrealistic. Doing that makes the chance of failure greater.  Write it out and place it where you will see it every day. A constant reminder will help you maintain that drive.  Announce it to the public; post it on a social media site. By doing this you become accountable and the chances of giving up actually decrease.  Make a plan! Create a step by step plan that will be your map to achieving your goal.  Become accepting to change. You set this goal to make a change so do it! Bonus Tip!  Be forgiving! If you fall down get right back up and try again. Everyone falters but don’t let that keep you down. Try and try again until you finally reach that goal! Good luck to all of you and a happy New Year!

winter months it is especially important to keep the heat in your apartment at a minimum of 60 degrees Lazy Day Beef Barley Soup – even if you are going to be gone, whether for the day, on vacation Winter time isor always a good time to make soup. It’s a great way to keep your insides warm when it’s cold outside. This recipe is easy, filling and can be made in the crock pot. vacating the apartment. By maintainingIngredients: the minimum 60 degrees Directions: and keeping2 interior apartment doors lbs stew meat (nicely marbled) Salt and pepper the beef generously. In a large pan, heat the oil to medium-high heat. When 2 Tbsp. oil open, frozen pipes can be avoided. it is very hot, add about 1/3 of the meat. Brown for 1-2 minutes and then turn to brown the 10 cups water other side. Remove to a plate when it’s browned on all sides. Repeat with the remaining Additionally, by keeping your 3 rounded tbsp. beef base meat in 2 more batches. (If you brown all the meat at once, it will steam the meat instead of of celery, chopped apartment at3astalks steady temperature, you browning it – not what you want. 2 onions, chopped Add two cups of the water to the pan and bring to a boil. Stir up all the browned bits. Add will save money onofyour heating 5 cloves garlic, minced costs. 1 large potato, peeled and shredded 3-4 carrots, peeled and shredded 1 cup barley, rinsed

this and the remaining 8 cups of water to the crock pot. Add the beef base, celery, onions, and garlic to the slow cooker and stir. Cook on low for about 6 hours. Add the potatoes and carrots and cook for another hour. Add the barley and simmer for another hour or so until its tender.


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