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Steamed clams deliver big flavor, lean protein

By SARA MOULTON Associated Press

I’d love to claim that this wonderful recipe required hours of arduous research and testing before I was able to settle on the exact proportions of its ideal ingredients. But I’d be lying. In truth, I had almost nothing to do with it. The clams did it.

Certain ingredients — including clams, mussels, rack of lamb, skirt steak and dark chocolate — make meals delicious with very little effort on your part. Really, you’d have to be an idiot to screw them up. Clams and mussels are especially generous, delivering a one-two punch of taste thrills: the succulent bivalves themselves and the deeply flavorful juices that stream out of them when they’re cooked.

Asian Steamed Clams or Mussels with Broccoli Rabe 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 tablespoon grated or finely chopped fresh ginger 1/2 cup finely chopped scallions (white and green parts) 3 large cloves garlic, minced 1 teaspoon Chinese chili sauce (or your favorite hot sauce) 1/2 cup dry white wine 1/2 cup low-sodium chicken broth 3 dozen littleneck clams or 2 pounds mussels, scrubbed 1/2 teaspoon sesame oil 3 cups blanched and coarsely chopped broccoli rabe 8 thick slices country-style bread, toasted In a large saucepan, Please see STEAMED/ Page 2

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Working with what you’ve got Make the most of your small space

By BROOKE VANCLEAVE St. Joseph News-Press

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iving in cramped quarters is a reality most people face at some point in their lives. College dorms, tiny studio apartments or taking the smallest room in a house full of people necessitate creative solutions.

In many large cities around the world, intentional small space living is gaining popularity. People wishing to save money invest in apartments with minimal square footage, then use innovative storage and decorating ideas to make the space fully functional and appear bigger than it really is.

Kelsey Spalding is no stranger to this concept. The former St. Joseph resident and Truman State University senior has lived in a pint-sized bedroom for the past two years after moving into a house with her roommates.

“Previously, it was literally just used as a storage closet,” Ms. Spalding says.

The fi rst thing she had to figure out was how to incorporate storage space into the bedroom without adding extra furniture.

“I had room for just a dresser, desk, bed and not very much room in between,” she says.

Noting the room was about half the size of a standard college dorm room, Ms. Spalding remembered how she had lofted her dorm bed to store items underneath. She asked her grandfather to build her a lofted bed that would fit inside her new room.

“He made me one that’s the height where you can fit drawers underneath, and then I also have other storage space where I can keep blankets,” she says.

“In addition, behind the drawers I can have tubs for things that I don’t use very often like Brooke VanCleave | St. Joseph News- Press

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Kelsey Spalding finds creative ways to maximize the space in her closet-sized bedroom.

DIY seasoning If you want to make meat for tacos but don’t have any seasoning packets on hand, chances are you can make some seasoning from ingredients you do have: 4 table spoons chili powder; 3 tablespoons plus 1 teaspoon paprika; 3 tablespoons ground cumin; 1 tablespoon plus 2 teaspoons onion powder; 1 teaspoon garlic powder; 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper. Use two heaping tablespoons of the mixture for each pound of meat.

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Now, within the Catholic community, you don’t hear as much about indulgences. We hope this rekindles indulgences for newer generations of Catholics.

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Make the most of your space CONTINUED FROM page 1 winter clothes.”

She uses plastic threedrawer storage containers to hold items like extra clothes, accessories, toiletries and school supplies.

She thinks it’s important to utilize plastic tubs so that her closet doesn’t become cluttered.

“There’s no reason for me to have all of my winter gear filling up my closet in June, just like there’s no need to have my summer clothes filling up my closet in December,” she says.

Besides her custom bed, Ms. Spalding also makes the most of her wall space.

She hangs pictures on walls instead of cluttering her dresser top with frames. Rather than putting her jewelry into a bulky jewelry box, she hangs necklaces on stickon wall hooks.

“It kind of looks nice, but then they’re also not sitting on top of things.

It’s easily accessible and

they don’t get tangled,” she says.

Jamie Withrow, owner of Jamie’s Secret Garden, says the key to creating the illusion of a bigger space in a small room is using mirrors and thinking vertically.

“A larger mirror will reflect light and will give almost the illusion of another window since a lot of small spaces are lacking natural light,” Ms. Withrow says.

Instead of using a short chest of drawers as storage, Ms. Withrow suggests utilizing a taller wardrobe. This draws the eyes upward, as well as allowing you to place additional storage tubs inside the wardrobe.

“You can also raise the curtain bar to almost the ceiling level because that will give the illusion of higher vertical ceiling,” she says.

If trying to open up a tiny room isn’t working, sometimes it’s best to

Kelsey Spalding makes the most of her small room using storage containers and boxes, built-in desk shelves and hanging wall art.

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embrace the small space for what it is and use the close quarters to your advantage.

“You can’t actually change the size of the room, so instead of trying to make it light and airy, make it warm and cozy by painting it a darker color,” Ms. Withrow says.

This will make the walls appear to recede into the background instead of close in on you, which can sometimes happen in rooms with white walls. It also makes the space more intimate and private.

Ms. Spalding says the most important thing about living in a small space is keeping it clean.

“Small spaces get cluttered really quickly and that can get kind of overwhelming,” she says.

“Everything needs to have a place to go.”

Brooke VanCleave can be reached at brooke.vancleave@newspressnow.com.

Follow her on Twitter: @SJNPVanCleave.

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Kelsey Spalding hangs necklaces on hooks so they don’t clutter her dresser, adding interest to her wall decorations.

Steamed clams deliver

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calories from fat (22 percent of total calories); 12 g fat (0.5 g saturated; 0 g trans fats); 45

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CONTINUED FROM page 1 heat the oil over medium high. Add the ginger, scallions and garlic and saute for one minute. Add the chili sauce, white wine, chicken broth and clams. Cover tightly and cook until the clams start to open. As they open, transfer the clams to a bowl. It will take seven to 10 minutes for all the clams to open. Discard any clams that do not open.

Keep the saucepan over medium heat. Return the clams and any liquid in the bowl to the pan. Add the broccoli rabe, then cook just until heated through. Add the sesame oil and stir well.

Divide the clams and broccoli rabe, along with the cooking liquid, between four shallow soup bowls. Serve each bowl with a few slices of toasted bread and a soup spoon.

Nutrition information per serving: 450 calories; 100

mg cholesterol; 52 g carbohydrate; 4 g fiber; 8 g sugar; 29 g protein; 500 mg sodium.

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Finding balance while fighting cancer Yoga practices bring relief for cancer patients

By JENNIFER GORDON

T St. Joseph News-Press

he lobby of Heartland

Health’s Cancer Center doesn’t look much like a yoga studio, but Andrea Ambrose and her students make it work.

Ms. Ambrose separates off a corner with rolling room dividers and brings a small stereo to play soothing music. She brings extra mats and blankets to lay down.

The space, in a way, represents what the Restorative Yoga class is all about. Just as the dividers and the music try to create the illusion the class isn’t taking place in a cancer center, the yoga tries to bring a reprieve to the participants’ cancer diagnosis.

For a little bit anyway, patients aren’t concentrating on cancer, even though the signs of it, the pages to the oncologists over the Cancer Center’s

Sait Serkan Gurbuz | St. Joseph News- Press

Andrea Ambrose leads a yoga class at Heartland Health’s Cancer Center. intercom, the ring of the cut back on sleep medicaAmbrose her knee and hip telephones, surround tions, according to the were hurting her. them. report by lead researcher, As the class moved into Yoga brings other benDr. Karen Mustian. the warrior pose’s lunge, efits to cancer patients as Rita Whipple, an oncolMs. Ambrose told the stuwell. ogy social worker for the dent not to bend her knee In 2010, the University Cancer Center, and Ms. if it bothered her. The of Rochester released a Ambrose both say they’ve woman stayed standing, study that found yoga seen how Heartland’s while Ms. Ambrose and helps cancer patients yoga class helps with par- her two other students with sleep problems and ticipants’ fatigue. went into warrior pose. fatigue. Students of a yoga “One of the biggest Ms. Ambrose says her class designed for cancer ways I see is (through) class is very individualpatients reported better increased energy,” Ms. ized. Before it begins, she sleep and also were able to Ambrose says of the tries to assess how her class’s benefits for cancer participants are feeling. patients. “From what they Sometimes that means More Information tell me, they sleep better. throwing out what she They’re more relaxed, less had planned to do. All ❯ Heartland Health’s Cancer Center Restorative yoga stressed.” participants also are classes meet every Wednesday at 4 p.m. in the lobby of A recent class, which asked to get doctors’ notes the cancer center, 902 North Riverside Road. For more meets at 4 p.m. Wednesclearing them for the information, contact Rita Whipple, 816-271-7657 days, drew three particiexercise. pants. One woman, who Sometimes her partici❯ Tricia Titcomb offers Nia classes at 7 p.m. Tuesdays asked not to be interpants are coming to yoga and 9 a.m. Saturdays at the Yoga Room. For more inforviewed because her colstraight from treatment. mation, please visit niahealthmoves.com leagues don’t know about Others, unable to do the her diagnosis, told Ms. physical part of yoga,

practice the breathing and meditation parts of the class from one of the lobby’s chairs.

There’s more to the group than downward facing dogs and sunrise salutations, adds Ms. Whipple.

“I see them form their own little support group in classes,” she says.

Caregivers also are invited to attend.

Similar forms of exercise bring benefits to cancer patients as well.

Heartland also offers tai chi at the Cancer Center.

Tricia Titcomb used to teach Nia at the Cancer Center, and she now teaches it at the Yoga Room.

She credits the practice, which combines dance martial arts, yoga and tai chi, among other practices, for making her cancer diagnosis a little easier.

She went through two and a half years of treatment and lost an eye to cancer.

She practiced and taught

Nia the whole time.

“Through Nia and the movement forms, my body kind of reconfigured itself and I never lost my sense of balance or my sense of groundedness,” Ms. Titcomb says.

She also teaches the practice at an annual summer camp for patients and survivors near Kirksville, Mo., and has seen her experience reflected in other participants.

She’s seen how exercise, even modified versions, can bring a little relief to a condition that can be overwhelming. She’s watched cancer patients get into the music, into the forms.

“The next thing you know, you’re laughing.

For no other reason, for that one hour, they forget that maybe they have a chemo treatment tomorrow,” she says.

Jennifer Gordon can be reached at jennifer.gordon@newspressnow.com.

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