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Enjoy healthier comfort foods while keeping the comfort Comfort foods remind us of home, warmth and family; they are often the creamy, rich and heavy everyday foods we had as children. Things like macaroni and cheese, mashed potatoes, and fried chicken may be soothing to the soul, but not to the waistline.

“I happen to like my comfort foods just the way they are,” jokes chef instructor Terra Ciotta of The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Charlotte, a campus of South University. “But around the holidays, many are making more mindful and healthier choices.”

If you’re trying to reduce the holiday bulge, follow chef Ciotta’s equation of substitution equals reduction. For mashed potatoes, Ciotta purees steamed cauliflower, makes half the portion of her freshly mashed potatoes and folds the cauliflower puree into the mashed potatoes.

For hearty spaghetti with meatballs, Ciotta reduces the ground beef portion and adds finely chopped sauteed mushrooms.

“If you really want to make your recipes healthier, try to make simple modifications that won’t change the

end product too drastically,” says chef Leslie Eckert of The International Culinary School at The Art Institute of Raleigh-Durham, a campus of South University. “Otherwise, you won’t achieve the comfort in comfort food.”

Here are tips and simple guidelines chefs Eckert and Ciotta recommend. * Choose whole grains over refined: brown rice, whole grain bread, whole grain pasta instead of white rice, white bread or standard pasta. Whole grains digest more slowly, providing longer-lasting energy. * Use small amounts of olive oil instead of butter on grains or vegetables and to saute. A nonaerosol spray bottle can help use oil sparingly. * Choose low-fat or fat-free dairy products: skim or 1 percent milk, lowfat or fat-free yogurts, sour cream and cheeses - and reduce the amount. * Choose Canadian bacon or lean ham over bacon, wild-caught, fresh or water-packed tuna or salmon over oilpacked tuna or salmon, chicken and turkey sausage over pork sausage and lean ground turkey and beef over high-fat options. * Use herbs, flavored powders

(like garlic powder), citrus (like lemon juice) and heat (like red pepper or hot sauces) over extra salt. * Instead of frying, bake, roast or grill using a rub or marinade. * Use fresh or frozen vegetables over canned. Remember that frozen vegetables are harvested at peak season and usually flash-frozen, making them superior in flavor and nutrients to off-season fresh ones. * Remember - using low-fat or fatfree dairy products, olive oil, whole grains or lean meats doesn’t mean unlimited portions.

According to chef Eckert, high-fat,

high-sugar foods - such as comfort foods - illicit “feel good” hormones quicker than a plate of raw vegetables.

To make your holidays healthier, you can always add vegetables to a hearty dish. Chef Ciotta cites one of her favorites as creamy risotto with broccoli. You’re still getting the hearty dish, but at the very least, you’re adding something healthy with fiber.

Many experts say that you don’t have to give up your comforting favorites in order avoid weight gain.

It just takes planning and portion control, and substitution of course.

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Miracles for Kids Raises More than $1.1 Million at 11th Annual Night of Miracles Gala On the evening of October 10, Orange County philanthropists, civic and business leaders, and the local community joined together at the St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort for Miracles for Kids’ annual Night of Miracles gala, benefitting families with children facing life-threatening illnesses.

Guests enjoyed a lively cocktail reception at the Five-Star, FourDiamond resort with a premier silent auction. Immediately following, an elegant dinner program featured incredible live auction items, an opportunity drawing for a diamond bangle from event sponsor Martin Katz valued at $28,000, savory cuisine, fine wines and spirits, and live musical performances.

“Night of Miracles is an evening unlike any other,” said Miracles for Kids President and CEO Autumn Strier of Coto de Caza. “We were so excited to join with our incredible community to celebrate the beloved families and children Miracles for Kids serves every day.”

During the gala, Miracles for Kids friend and supporter, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, 11-time Grammy Award-winning singer,

songwriter and producer, delighted guests with a special musical performance.

“I am so inspired by the dedication of the Miracles for Kids team as well as the resilient spirit of each family they serve,” said Edmonds. “It was an honor to be a part of this special night benefitting such a remarkable organization.”

Award-winning musician Sean Jones also took to the stage for a live musical performance during the event. In honor of the evening, local Leukemia survivor and Harvard University student Taylor Carol cowrote an original song, That Fire, which was performed at the gala for the first time.

The proceeds raised at Night of Miracles 2015 will benefit Miracles for Kids’ five core programs: Financial Aid Grants, Fund-a-Family, Basket of Miracles, Closet of Miracles, and Miracle Manor. In addition to these core programs, Miracles for Kids also operates health and wellness programs aimed at keeping children and families physically, mentally and emotionally strong during the child’s treatment process.

Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Miracles for Kids President Autumn Strier, and board member David Heil

Night of Miracles guests enjoying live entertainment during dinner

Simply Savory Holiday Traditions The time has come to begin planning your holiday celebrations – filled with tasty food and happy guests.

To ensure a savory and stress-free holiday, Jimmy Dean Chef Jill Houk shares her favorite go-to recipes and tips: • To feel confident in the kitchen, fill most of your holiday feast with recipes you’ve made before and then add one or two new dishes to the mix.

• Whether you’re preparing a traditional side dish or a hearty appetizer, you can make your holiday staples extra special by incorporating flavorful ingredients, such as high quality Jimmy Dean sausage. Known for its great taste and quality, Jimmy Dean sausage comes in varieties that feature seasonal flavors such as sage, so traditional dishes like stuffing are as flavorful as ever.

• Roasts, hams and turkeys need time to rest after they come out of the oven and before you slice and serve them – anywhere from 45 minutes to 1 1/2 hours. Use this time to cook quick items like vegetables, stuffing and dinner rolls.

• Have a great mix of colors in your holiday dishes. Top green veggies with bright slices of citrus, Page 4

add cranberries to your salad and serve your main dish on a brightlycolored platter.

Fill your holidays with flavor by trying one of these crowd-pleasing recipes or visit www.jimmydean.com for even more ideas.

Sausage Cornbread Stuffing Yield: 8 1-cup servings Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 45 minutes 1 package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Sage Roll Sausage 2 cups chopped celery 1 cup finely chopped onion 4 cups toasted coarsely crumbled cornbread 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 teaspoon poultry seasoning 1 cup chicken broth 1 egg, lightly beaten 1/2 c u p c h o p p e d p e c a n s (optional) Preheat oven to 325°F. Cook sausage, celery and onion in large skillet over medium-high heat 8-10 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently.

Drain. Spoon into large bowl.

Add cornbread, parsley and seasoning; mix lightly. Add broth and egg; mix just until blended. Stir in pecans, if desired.

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Spoon into lightly greased 2-quart casserole or souffle dish; cover.

Bake 45 minutes or until thoroughly heated, uncovering after 35 minutes.

Tip: To make crumbled cornbread, bake 1 package (8.5 ounces) corn muffin mix according to package directions. Cool, then coarsely crumble. To toast, preheat oven to 400°F. Spread cornbread in large shallow baking pan. Bake 10 minutes or until lightly browned, stirring after 5 minutes.

Stuffed Mushrooms Yield: About 50 mushrooms Prep time: 45 minutes Cook time: 20 minutes 2 pounds large mushrooms, stems removed and reserved 1 package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Regular Roll Sausage 1 clove garlic, minced 4 ounces cubed and softened cream cheese 3/4 cup dry Italian breadcrumbs, divided 1/2 cup (2 ounces) grated Parmesan cheese, divided 1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley 1 tablespoon olive oil Preheat oven to 350°F. Finely chop enough mushroom stems to measure 1 cup; discard any

remaining stems. Place mushroom caps, rounded-side down, in lightly greased shallow baking pans.

Cook sausage, chopped stems and garlic in large skillet over mediumhigh heat 8-10 minutes or until sausage is thoroughly cooked, stirring frequently. Drain and return to skillet.

Add cream cheese, 1/2 cup breadcrumbs, 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese and parsley; mix well. Spoon into mushroom caps.

Combine remaining breadcrumbs, remaining Parmesan cheese and oil; sprinkle over mushrooms.

Bake 20 minutes or until mushrooms are tender and stuffing is lightly browned.

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Think outside the pie tin: 3 surprising way s to s av o r p u m p k i n t h i s fa l l Few flavors say “fall” more clearly and tastily than pumpkin. The squash that’s synonymous with autumn is also packed with vitamins, fiber and protein, making it a perfect ingredient for a variety of dishes - not just for everyone’s favorite holiday pie.

Canned or fresh, pumpkin works in savory and sweet dishes alike.

Americans have been feasting on pumpkins since colonial days, when Native Americans first shared the secrets of this nourishing, easy-togrow, prolific squash. In fact, along with corn, pumpkin is one of the oldest cultivated crops in the Americas.

While early Americans didn’t use pumpkins to celebrate Halloween, they did use virtually every part of the squash, from seeds and flowers to the vine and flesh. Today, whether you opt for fresh pumpkin or canned, there are even more ways to enjoy this classic fall food.

Here are three fresh ideas to help you think outside the pie tin this fall, so you can work pumpkin into your meals before the season is over.

Better breakfast Pie to pudding, pumpkin often gets relegated to dessert dishes. But it’s a great way to add seasonal flavor - and a punch of nutrition - to the first meal of the day. Of course, you can always bake up a batch of pumpkin muffins, but why not try giving some other popular breakfast foods the pumpkin treatment?

Protein bars, granola and scones all benefit from the addition of pumpkin. Incorporating the squash into breakfast can be as simple as adding a few tablespoons of pumpkin puree, some pumpkin pie spice and chopped pecans to your morning oatmeal.

If a smoothie gets you going in the morning, it’s easy to make a pumpkin smoothie that will deliver flavor, fun and even fiber!

For a quick and healthy pumpkin smoothie, combine with a banana,

scoop of yogurt, a spoonful of nut butter, about one-third cup of skim milk, some ice, and cinnamon and honey to taste. For a boost of high-quality protein, throw a raw pasteurized egg in there, too. Try this Pumpkin Smoothie recipe from Davidson’s Safest Choice: Ingredients: 1 banana 1 Safest Choice Egg (because they’re pasteurized in a warm water bath, they’re safe for all no-bake and no-cook recipes) 1/2 cup low fat yogurt 1/4 cup canned pumpkin 1 tablespoon peanut butter 1/3 cup skim milk 1/2 cup ice 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1 teaspoon honey Directions: Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.

Exciting treats Of course, if you want a seasonal treat, it’s hard to beat pumpkin. Coffee houses know this, and every year pumpkin pops up on menus across the country. You don’t have to shell out $4 per cup for a pumpkin spice latte. Just make your own latte at home and add a couple tablespoons of pumpkin puree and a dash of pumpkin pie spice.

Pumpkin can also be a spirited treat, making its appearance in classic cocktails such as a Pumpkin Martini. For an eggnog guests won’t soon forget, try this recipe from Safest Choice Eggs: Shaken Eggnog Cocktail Recipe Ingredients: 1/4 cup heavy cream 2 tablespoon milk 1 1/2 ounces brandy, bourbon or dark rum 1 1/2 tablespoon simple syrup or agave nectar 1 Safest Choice pasteurized egg, beaten 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract

ice to taste pumpkin pie spice (optional garnish) to taste Directions: Place cream, milk, brandy, simple syrup, egg, vanilla and ice in cocktail shaker. Shake well until blended.

Pour into two glasses rimmed with pumpkin pie spice, if desired. Dust with additional pumpkin pie spice.

Making it your main squash If you think squash as a main course begins with spaghetti squash and ends with zucchini casserole, think again. Pumpkin is a great main course ingredient. Whether you’re whipping up a hearty batch of pumpkin chili to warm your family on chilly fall days, or adding it for color and flavor to a shrimp curry, pumpkin works as a main course - either as an ingredient or the star of the show.

You can use pumpkin to replace the ricotta in lasagna, creating a nutritious, flavorful and vegan variation on this popular dish. Or, you can stuff a roast pumpkin with your favorite seasonal fillings to serve up a meal that is as eye-catching as it is delicious.

With some creative recipes and the right ingredients, it’s easy to find a place for pumpkin on your fall table.

For more pumpkin and other no-bake recipes, visit www.safeeggs.com.

On Thanksgiving Day, all over America, families sit down to dinner at the same special moment which is now known as halftime. ~John Madden

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Socks for Seniors is a non-profit community service project that organizes, collects and distributes NEW socks for seniors in communities all over the country.

The holidays are a fun time of year with all the holiday work parties, family gatherings, meetings with old friends topped off with all the bells, whistles, hustle and bustle of the season. It’s the friendliest and most giving time of year but, for some it can also be a depressing time of year and our seniors can get lost in the shuffle.

Each year, thousands of lonely and financially challenged seniors struggle with the holiday blues. They dread facing the holiday season alone some being without family or friends, some with the isolation of being a widow or widower. Some seniors just being away from children and grandchildren produces extreme loneliness that’s exaggerated by festivities of the season.

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volunteers have one priority this Holiday Season and that is to bring holiday cheer along with a pair of new socks to warm the hearts and cover the cold feet of our elderly seniors.

The Socks for Seniors program benefits those living alone and in nursing homes and yes even those seniors that are homeless.

We don’t collect money, we collect socks. We like for all socks to stay in the local communities in which they are collected. If a volunteer doesn’t have an outlet in mind we network to connect them with one.

We kick things off annually on Make A Difference Day (the last Saturday in October) and go through Christmas.

Some programs start in October while others don’t begin until right before Christmas.”

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Mark O’Connor An Appalachian Christmas Comes to Segerstrom Center for the Arts

Genre-bridging musical sensation Mark O’Connor brings his celebrated Appalachian Christmas Tour to Segerstrom Center for the Arts on Tuesday, December 15 in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. O’Connor’s An Appalachian Christmas album (2011) reached the #1 ranking on Billboard’s Bluegrass Album charts and has been in the top five each year since. Hailed by critics from the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times as a top 10 album of the holiday season, it has become a perennial classic Christmas recording.

Tickets for Mark O’Connor start at $29 and are on sale now. Single tickets start at $29 and may be purchased online at SCFTA.org, the Box Office at 600 Town Center Drive in Costa Mesa or by calling (714) 5562787. For inquiries about group ticket savings for 10 or more, call the Group Services office at (714) 755-0236.

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“All Christmas music should be played so elegantly on violin” - Boston Globe “Heavenly” - Associated Press O’Connor says, “Appalachia is the original melting pot of our country, featuring more diverse styles of American music than just about

anywhere. This theme makes for what is a trilogy of my Appalachia recordings now.” The music of An Appalachian Christmas mixes holiday arrangements, both instrumental and vocal, in bluegrass and other American musical genres. Concertgoers will be treated to fresh takes on traditional Christmas carols with a few original compositions as well. O’Connor’s renditions are playful and joyous, but can be strikingly earnest too.

The touring musicians with Mark O’Connor are substantial artists in their own right. Singer and fiddler Carrie Rodriguez has toured extensively with Bill Frisell, Cia Cherryholmes was the lead singer and banjoist in the hit bluegrass band The Cherryholmes, singer and mandolinist Forrest O’Connor is touring this upcoming season with The O’Connor Family Band featuring Mark O’Connor, Joe Smart is a two-time National Flatpick Guitar Champion, violinist Maggie O’Connor tours regularly with her husband Mark O’Connor performing violin duos, and bassist Michael Rinne regularly performs with Rodney Crowell. Due to popular demand, this is the 5th year these performers are touring with An Appalachian Christmas!

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The Center’s arts-in-education programs are designed to inspire young people through the arts and reach hundreds of thousands of students each year. In addition to the presenting and producing institution Segerstrom Center for the Arts, the 14-acre campus also embraces the facilities of two independent acclaimed organizations: Tony Award®-winning South Coast Repertory and a site designated as the future home of the Orange County Museum of Art.

This Thanksgiving, Drink Easy

HAPPY GRAPES

By David White Turkey Day is notoriously terrifying for the at-home sommelier.

Suppose you’re into food and wine. Should you flaunt your connoisseurship and create precise pairings to wow the palate? Absolutely not. The cousin who only drinks Budweiser will get annoyed, and everyone else will think you’re a snob.

Suppose wine is intimidating.

Should you just stock up on Two Buck Chuck and call it a day? Again, the answer is no. That’d be a copout, as there are plenty of wines with character that don’t break the bank.

Just stick to this handful of guideposts. It’s actually quite easy to create a memorable meal with wines that everyone will enjoy.

For starters, remember that

Thanksgiving is an American holiday.

So when you head to the store, embrace your patriotism and pick up domestic wine. And don’t hesitate to buy local. The Pilgrims didn’t import their turkey from a faraway land, so try to pick up at least one bottle that was produced within driving distance of your house. All 50 states now produce wine, and the Drink Local Wine movement is taking off.

Second, as San Francisco wine writer Jon Bonne has advised, “devise a roster of one sparkling wine, one white, and one red.”

Anything beyond three wines creates needless confusion. If you’re hosting Thanksgiving, you’ll have enough to worry about without guests asking which red matches the stuffing, or which white goes better with the sweet potatoes. So keep it simple.

You’ll also want to make sure you select wines with power and finesse.

This is easier than it sounds.

A simple Pinot Grigio, for example, isn’t a powerful wine - so won’t stand up to mashed potatoes and gravy.

Equally important, an in-your-face Cabernet Sauvignon lacks finesse, so will smother your food. Look for refreshing wines with body.

For the sparkler, this means avoiding bottles that are too sweet

look for “brut” or “extra brut” on the label. Old standbys like Domaine Chandon and Korbel are better than ever before, and there are some exciting sparklers coming from states like New Mexico (Gruet), Missouri (Les Bourgeois), and North Carolina (Biltmore). If you’re in the mood to splurge, America’s top sparkling wines easily rival French Champagne look for Roederer or Argyle.

Every gathering should begin with a toast, of course, but sparkling wine goes with just about everything - so keep the sparkler on your table all evening.

For the white wine, remember to look for body.

Bold Chardonnays work well with turkey and can cut through just about every component of your meal - from sweet flavors like cinnamon to the bitterness of green vegetables.

California is still on top, but look for wines with specific Viticultural Areas on the label, like Carneros, Monterey County, Russian River Valley, and others. These will generally have a bit more zing than your standard Cali Chard.

Riesling either dry or slightly sweet is also a wonderful wine for Thanksgiving. And you can have some fun with it by selecting a bottle

from Michigan, Idaho, Washington, or New York. In Washington, Hogue Cellars and Pacific Rim are making some stunning wines, and just about everything from New York’s Finger Lakes would please your guests.

With reds, think refreshment. This means avoiding wines with lots of tannin, so steer clear of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Malbec.

Pinot Noir is the most popular choice on Thanksgiving, but it’s very difficult to find good Pinot for less than $15. That’s why Syrah ideally from a cool-climate region like Washington or California’s coastal regions is a better bet. Syrah is fruity enough to satisfy the guests who like big reds, and elegant enough to handle the cornucopia of Thanksgiving. There are literally hundreds of choices for less than $15.

Finally, and most importantly, have lots of wine on hand. The more wine on the table, the more your family will enjoy the meal!

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GIVE BACK WHILE GIVING THANKS; ORANGE COUNTY RESCUE MISSION HOSTS SECOND ANNUAL TURKEY TROT 5K ON THANKSGIVING DAY OC families are invited to give back before this year’s big feast by participating in the Orange County Rescue Mission’s second annual “Turkey Trot OC” event. This 5K run/ walk will take place on Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 26, 2015, from 8:00 am to 10:00 am, at the Orange County Rescue Mission’s Village of Hope in Tustin, California.

“Thanksgiving is all about giving back and giving thanks,” said Jim Palmer, President of the Orange County Rescue Mission. “The Turkey Trot gives local community members and families a chance to kick off their day of thanks with a morning of fun activity that also helps people in need.”

The Turkey Trot OC raises money for the Orange County Rescue Mission to assist homeless and underserved families and individuals throughout Orange County.

“Last year’s inaugural event provided funds to feed more than 5,400 people,” Palmer explained.

“This year we’re hoping to raise almost twice that amount and help feed even more of our local community members in need, with a goal of raising nearly $15,000 or enough money to supply 10,000 meals.”

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to sign up to participate in the Turkey Trot by visiting www.TurkeyTrotOC. org.

In addition to race participants, the Orange County Rescue Mission is also still seeking sponsors for the event.

Companies interested in becoming a sponsor should contact Kayleigh Roenicke at Kayleigh.roenicke@ rescuemission.org or (714)247-4374.

Palmer noted that Turkey Trot OC participants will be invited to further enjoy the spirit of Thanksgiving by sharing some post-race refreshments with fellow participants after the run.

The Turkey Trot OC 5K will start and finish at the Orange County Rescue Mission’s transitional living facility, the Village of Hope. A majority of the course will be on Valencia Avenue on the perimeter of the former Tustin Marine Corps Air Station base.

Registration prices are as follows: • Registration only: $25 • Registration and 7 hot meals for homeless: $35.36 • Registration and 14 hot meals for homeless: $45.72 • Registration and 34 hot meals for homeless: $75.32 • Registration and 51 hot meals for homeless: $100.48 • VIP Registration and 100 hot meals for homeless: $173

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The special VIP Registration includes preferred parking, priority check-in, and a VIP table for the award ceremony.

For more information about the race and registration, interested individuals can visit www.TurkeyTrotOC.org or call (714) 247-4374.

To donate directly to the Orange County Rescue Mission, individuals can visit www.RescueMission.org/ Donate/ About the Orange County Rescue Mission The Orange County Rescue Mission is a non-profit organization

that uses Biblical principles in its programs such as relationships, finance, and parenting. The Orange County Rescue Mission’s innovative facilities and programs provide food assistance and shelter in addition to counseling, education, job training, mental wellness, life skill training, and medical services to provide a solid foundation for the transition to a selfsufficient life. To make a donation or inquire about volunteer opportunities with the Orange County Rescue Mission, please contact the Village of Hope at (714) 247-4300 or log on to www.rescuemission.org.

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Make Your Own Pumpkin Pie from Scratch!

By Tig Troutdale When I was little, the day after Halloween my mother would take our Jack O’Lanterns and turn them into pumpkin pies. It seemed like magic and we enjoyed the pies even more, knowing they’d been our carved pumpkins only a few hours before!

YOUR PIE CRUST

Put 1/2 cup of Crisco shortening in a mixing bowl (or, you can use 1/4 cup Crisco, and 1/4 cup ]1/2 a stick] of butter if you want ).

Add 1 cup of all-purpose white flour, 1/4 teaspoon salt, 1/8 cup of sugar (half of a 1/4 measure) and 1/4 teaspoon of baking powder (not baking soda -there is a difference!)

Cut the Crisco (and butter if you used it) into the other ingredients. You can either use a pastry cutter which has a plastic handle, and 4 curved wires in a semi-circle which connect at either end of the handle, or two table knives. If you want to try the knife trick, don’t use paring knives - you could easily cut yourself! Besides, something that sharp isn’t necessary. Just use two regular table knives and hold them so that one is facing east and one is facing west. It doesn’t matter where east and west actually are in your kitchen, just imagine where east and west are on a map. Bring the knives towards and past each other with a cutting action.

Now face them north and south, and bring them towards each other, passing by each other. This action cuts and mixes the shortening into the flour.

It is not quick nor particularly easy, but if you do not have a pastry cutter, you will need to do this to have a flaky, tender crust.

When the flour mixture has become pretty evenly mixed with the shortening, you will have pea-sized bits of flour. Now it is time to add about 3 tablespoons of ice water to your pie crust mix.

Put some ice cubes into a glass of cold water and let it sit for three or four minutes. The water will be nice and cold. Measure out the water, but don’t add ice cubes to your pie crust. Gently mix the dough.

Wash your hands and use your hands to press the pie crust dough together. Make a big ball with the dough. If the dough is too stiff, add a little more ice water. If it is too soft and hard to manage, add a little more flour and mix it in.

Roll the dough out on a floured counter, wooden cutting board (if it is big enough) or a pastry cloth.

Be sure and flour whichever one of these you decide to use so the dough doesn’t stick to the surface. My choice is a well-floured pastry cloth.

When I’m done using it, I shake the flour into the sink and roll the cloth around my rolling pin for storage! www.armchairworld.com sells a pastry cloth which comes with a rolling pin and rolling pin cover.

A rolling pin cover is a stretchy, thin fabric tube that goes around your rolling pin. You flour the cover just like you’d flour the rolling pin itself. The cover helps to keep pastry from sticking to the rolling pin.

Every now and again you need to pull the cover off and wash it. I also have (and use) a Tupperware’s “Simply Perfect (tm) Pastry Sheet” which is a nonstick surface handily marked with 5 standard pie crust diameters.

Whichever you chose to use, the surface you are going to roll out your pie dough on should be well-floured! It is very annoying to go to all this Page 10

pumpkin pie filling into your unbaked pie shell. Bake for 15 minutes, then reduce the oven’s temperature to 375 degrees and bake for another 30-45 minutes, or until a knife inserted into the center of the pie comes out fairly clean, without pumpkin pie stuck all over it. If you check your pie after 30 minutes (at 375 degrees) and it is not done, check it every 10 minutes or so after that. The crust gets a little extra brown if you don’t wrap aluminum foil around it for the first half of the baking time. That is a step that I never bother with - just too darned much trouble for a pie that is consumed so quickly!

Cool before cutting and eating it (if you can wait that long). Pumpkin pie is very good with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream.

If you want to dress your pie up, or don’t feel like fussing with the traditional crust, find a gingersnap crust recipe or use a graham cracker crust instead.

Another embellishment is to cut out leaves with a leaf cookie cutter and sprinkle some granulated sugar over the top. Bake separately on a cookie sheet at 375 degrees and put the leaves on top of the finished pumpkin pie after it has cooled. I have an alphabet cookie cutter set and sometimes make a message out of extra pie crust dough, bake PUMPKIN PIE FILLING the letters, and add them to the top of the cooled 2 cups pumpkin puree pie. The message could be “Happy Birthday!’ or 1/4 teaspoon salt “Happy Thanksgiving” or even “Look what your 3/4 cups granulated sugar pumpkin did!”

1 teaspoon ground cinnamon Try making a pumpkin pie from scratch a try this 1/2 teaspoon ground ginger fall! Now you’ve got the instructions that I didn’t 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg have, over 37 years ago, before the Internet, help1/4 teaspoon ground cloves ful TV cooking shows and the handy kitchen appli2 eggs 1 (12 fluid ounce) can undiluted evaporated milk ances that we have nowadays. May your pies be (NOT sweetened, evaporated milk!!) right out of smooth, creamy, and oh so delicious. Happy Halloween, Happy Thanksgiving, and happy baking! the can, folks!

Preheat the oven to 425 degrees. Pour the

trouble, just to have your pie crust stick to the surface underneath it. Gently flatten your ball of pie crust on the floured surface. Rub flour on the rolling pin, then start rolling out the pie crust. Roll from the center of the dough ball outward, Go back to the center, and roll again, from another direction.

If you roll north, south, west and then east, over and over, the dough tends to stay more round.

When the dough is about 12 or 13” across, place the rolling pin at one end of the dough, and roll the dough around the rolling pin. Then unroll it into a 9” diameter pie plate. Pie crust is very tender and can break off easily, so rolling it around the rolling pin is a safe way to transport it to the pie plate without losing pieces en route!

Center the dough in the pie tin or plate, and make “S curves” in the outer rim of the crust. Now you are ready to make the filling.

If you want to use the Libby’s pumpkin pie recipe on the label of Libby’s solid pack Pumpkin, and just substitute your pumpkin for theirs, go ahead. If you don’t have a can of Libby’s solid pack Pumpkin in the cupboard (and I admit, it works fabulously) here’s a recipe that you can use:

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No-Fail Thanksgiving Menu Ideas

By Erika Mosin I did my research on what most “Traditional Thanksgiving Meals” contain in their menus. What I found was a list like this one: Roast Turkey, Stuffing, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Dinner Rolls, Yams, Pumpkin Pie. To that I’d add a Green Bean Casserole, some Sparkling Apple Cider, and subtract Yams for what I’d normally serve for Thanksgiving. And these are just the traditional Thanksgiving meal basics! Even if everything came out of the oven just right, you can imagine how long a meal like this would take to prepare from scratch. If you’re considering simpler options for this year’s Thanksgiving meal, read on for my no-fail meal ideas for a simpler [yet still mostly traditional] Thanksgiving.

Canned Dinner Rolls Let’s not pretend here. You know the refrigerated section of the grocery store has those Pillsbury Dinner Rolls, right?

If you’ve ever had them, you’ll know they are super soft and tasty! Don’t feel guilty: if you want a no-fail Thanksgiving dinner, purchase some of these long rounded containers and bake the dough they contain in the oven right after the turkey breast cutlets come out to cool.

Serve with butter (or without they’re just as good without!).

Unless you don’t set the kitchen timer, these Thanksgiving dinner rolls will be absolutely no-fail!

Turkey Breast Cutlets

Instead of the 20-pound turkey that you may normally purchase for Thanksgiving, consider a pack of Turkey breast cutlets. Just like you’d purchase chicken breasts in the grocery store, you’ll find packages of pre-sliced turkey breasts cutlets. If you sometimes find turkey to be dry, why not marinate the breasts in cranberry juice overnight for added flavor and moisture to the poultry? Turkey and cranberries taste great together, after all. Baking these cutlets in the oven for the 20 minutes, or so, it takes them to cook up is such a no-fail approach to roasting turkey. It’s such a simpler task when compared to not only baking a huge turkey, but also basting it, putting foil on just the right places, and checking it numerous times until it’s thoroughly cooked! Plus, the left-overs won’t last several Thanksgivings either!

Boxed Stuffing For the easiest and mostguaranteed no-fail stuffing idea, purchase a boxed stuffing mix.

Kraft’s Stove Top is the one I’d recommend - and any flavor. If I remember correctly, all you do to prepare this stuffing is boil some water before stirring in the prepared dry stuffing. You then remove the pot from heat, and after 5 or so minutes it’ll be ready to eat. This boxed stuffing tastes really good, and if you’ve never had it before you just may buy this product all year round.

Green Bean Casserole A vegetable side dish doesn’t get much more no-fail than a green bean casserole. Gather the ingredients (4 cans Green Beans, 1 1/3 French Fried Onions, 1 can Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup, 1 tsp Soy Sauce, & 1/2 cup Milk), mix them together in a baking dish (using only half the onions), and bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for

25 minutes. Then, remove from the oven, sprinkle the remaining onions over the top of the dish, and bake for another 5. You literally mix and bake; it’s so simple for Thanksgiving.

Boxed Mashed Potatoes & Packet of Gravy With all the time it takes to make home-made mashed potatoes, I’d recommend the boxed version any day that you want them to be easy and no-fail, but especially for a busy day like Thanksgiving. The Super Target brand, Market Pantry, makes a great-tasting boxed mashed potato, and it’s a really inexpensive product, too. These mashed potatoes are almost as simple to make as the boxed stuffing; you boil water, add butter, add the dried potatoes & the flavoring mix it comes with, stir, and remove from heat for about 5 minutes. And don’t forget the gravy! Just purchase a small packet that you add to water and heat up. This Thanksgiving side dish will be waiting on you!

Canned Cranberry Sauce I have no idea how you’d make the real thing (okay I suppose you’d cook some cranberries for a while and then mash them until they make a smooth sauce that’s my guess). No matter how it’s done, it’s gotta be easier to buy a can of pre-made Cranberry Sauce! All the brands I’ve tried have been very good! Just do like my grandmother did: open the can, pour the contents onto a narrow platter, and slice it up for easy serving. Unless you drop the sauce on the floor, this is for sure a no-fail side dish!

Frozen Pumpkin Pie A frozen pumpkin pie from the grocery store can easily be your no-fail Thanksgiving dessert.

Once the Thanksgiving meal is over and your family and/or guests are ready to relax their bloated selves onto the sofa, you can pop this pie right from your fr eezer i nto your pr e- heated oven. It’ll be ready somewhere within the hour for anyone who wants it (or wait until later if you want to serve it warmed). Don’t forget the Cool Whip to go on top of each piece. Mmmmm! And so easy!

Sparkling Juice or Cider For a special no-fail beverage, choose a sparkling juice in a nice bottle. My family loves the sparkling apple cider, sparkling grape juice, and sparkling cranberry juice. The bottles look great on the table, or when poured into glasses. You may want to purchase more bottles than you think you’ll need, as these liquids go fast because they’re so good!

There you have it, my no-fail Thanksgiving meal ideas for a basic traditional Thanksgiving dinner. Of course, if you really want to go no-fail you may want to pre-order with Boston Market and let them do all the kitchen work for you!

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Angelitos Card Fundraiser Raises $310,000 for Big Brothers Big Sisters of OC In support of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County’s “High School Bigs” mentoring program, Angelitos de Oro, a Newport Beach-based volunteer women’s auxiliary group, raised $310,000 for the nonprofit during its 14th annual Angelitos Card fashion fundraiser from October 7 through October 13, 2015 at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa. Angelitos de Oro has donated more than $5 million to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County since the auxiliary’s inception in 1961.

“The 2015 Angelitos Card program was a huge success thanks to our partnership with South Coast Plaza,” said Lisa Dwan, Angelitos de Oro 2015 Co-Chair. “It brings us immense joy to support Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County’s efforts in providing at-risk children opportunities to succeed in life and live up to their full potential.”

Presented by Angelitos de Oro and South Coast Plaza, the Angelitos Card program consisted of 115 boutiques and restaurants at South Coast Plaza who offered 20 percent savings when the Angelitos Card was presented.

The card was sold for $60, and all proceeds benefitted the nonprofit.

A Preview Day event was held October 6 in South Coast Plaza’s Jewel Court, where fall fashion trends were presented by participating luxury boutiques. Stores that took part in the Angelitos Preview Day included Anne Fontaine, Bottega Veneta, Burberry, diptyque, DKNY, Donna Karan New York, Intermix, J.Crew, J.Crew Men’s Shop, M Missoni, St. John and Oscar de la Renta.

Guests also enjoyed champagne and a light lunch. During the event, Card holders learned more about how Angelitos de Oro’s generous contributions support the important mentorship programs Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County provides in the community to at-risk youth. All boutiques participating in Preview Day generously donated 10% of their sales proceeds that day to Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County.

Angelitos de Oro’s efforts benefit the Santa Ana-based nonprofit’s “High School Bigs” program, which matches a volunteer high school “Big” with an elementary school “Little.” The “Bigs” provide age-appropriate peer-to-peer mentoring once a week after school. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County provides nearly 2,700 children facing adversity with professionally supported one-to-one mentoring relationships to change their lives for the better. The program is in its 11th year and served 1,100 elementary and middle school students in 2014.

Last year, 98 percent of “Littles” graduated high school on time, even though 60 percent of parents of the “Littles” did not attend high school.

Moreover, 83 percent of “Littles” enrolled in college and 89 percent had better self-esteem. Other benefits include a significant decrease in truancy and improved academic performance.

In 2014, Angelitos de Oro raised $300,000 through funds from the Card program as well as from personal donations from Angelitos members.

For more than 100 years, Big Brothers Big Sisters has operated under the belief that the ability to succeed and thrive in life is inherent in every child. Most children served by Big Brothers Big Sisters live in single-parent and low-income families, or households where a parent is incarcerated. As the nation’s largest donor and volunteer supported mentoring network, Big Brothers Big Sisters makes meaningful, monitored matches between adult volunteers (“Bigs”) and children (“Littles”). Providing a system of ongoing evaluation and support, Big Brothers Big Sisters is proven by independent studies to help families by improving the odds that “Littles” will perform better in school and avoid violence and illegal activities, and have stronger relationships with their parents and others. In 2014, Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County served nearly 2,700 children. For more information, visit www.bigbrooc.org. To learn more about Angelitos de Oro, visit angelitosdeoro. org.GirlScoutsOC.org.

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ladera ranch gets ready for El Niño storms 1. CREATE AN EMERGENCY FAMILY PLAN 2. EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN (RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL) 3. PREPARE A DISASTER SUPPLY KIT 4. SANDBAG CONSTRUCTION 5. SANDBAG SUPPLIERS 6. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT FEDERAL DISASTER ASSISTANCE AND FEDERAL FLOOD INSURANCE 7. IF AN EVACUATION IS ADVISED Discuss what to do about power outages and personal injuries.

Draw a floor plan of your home, and mark an escape route from each room.

Locate the main electric fuse box, water service main, and natural gas main. Learn how and when to turn these utilities off. Teach all responsible family members. Keep necessary tools near gas and water shut-off valves.

Remember, turn off the utilities only if you suspect the lines are damaged or if you are instructed to do so. If you turn the gas off, you will need a professional to turn it back on.

Pick one out-of-state and one local friend or reative for family members to call if separated by disaster (it is often easier to call out-of-state than within the affected area).

• Post emergency telephone numbers near telephones.

• Teach children how and when to call 911, police and fire.

• Teach children how to make long distance telephone calls.

• Instruct household members to turn on the radio for emergency information.

Pick two meeting places: • A place near your home in case of a fire.

• A place in your neighborhood in case you cannot return home, • Learn the safest route from your home or job to high, safe ground in case you have to evacuate in a hurry, and be sure to keep your gas tank full!!

• Take a basic first aid and CPR class.

• Make at itemize list of personal property, including furnishings, clothing and valuables; photograph your home inside and out, which will help settle insurance claims. Keep photos in a safe deposit box.

FOR MORE INFORMATION The federal Emergency Management Agency offers free publications on protecting your home and assembling and emergency kit, 1-800-638-6620. El Niño information is available on the agency’s web site: http://www.fema.gov RESIDENTIAL Losses due to flooding can often be cut dramatically by carrying out an effective pre- planned set of actions.

The emergency plan may consist primarily of a checklist of things to be done and a little pre-thinki ng about where contents will be moved, who’s going to help, where things will be stored and so on. Among others, items on the emergency “to do “ list might include: • Moving items to be left in the structure to an upper floor or stacked Page 14

on top of each other to put at least some furniture above flood level.

• Throwing curtains and drapes up over rods.

• Pulling up and removing carpets and rugs.

• Motors to be removed from furnace and other equipment located in the low levels of the house.

• Unplug equipment that can’t be moved.

• Assemble medicine, heirlooms, valuables and other items to be for taking during evacuation.

COMMERCIAL Commercial and industrial sites offer the opportunity and need for more detailed planning and sometimes new construction or other preparations to facilitate putting the plan into action when necessary. This may include such things as: • Preparing electrical equipment for quick disconnect.

• Preparing equipment for quick evacuation.

• Keeping raw materials and products on pallets for quick removal.

• Providing means for opening all necessary doors manually in the event of a power outage. Arranging for transportation when needed.

• Arranging for storage space when needed.

• Keeping on hand all items needed for rapid cleanup and restoration of production.

EMERGENCY ACTION PLAN PREPARE A DISASTER SUPPLY KIT • List of important phone numbers (family, physicians, etc.)

• Copy of insurance policy.

• Credit cards and cash.

• An extra set of car keys.

• Inexpensive rabbit-ears television antennas to use when cable goes out.

• Special items for infants, elderly or disabled family members.

• Extra batteries.

• Matches.

• Clock (wind-up or batteryoperated).

• Blankets or sleeping bags.

• Scissors.

• Plastic garbage bags.

• Map of the area.

• Clean change of clothes & rain gear.

• A supply of non-perishable packaged or canned food and a non-electric can opener.

• A first aid kit and prescription medications.

• Flashlights and extra bulbs.

• Battery-operated lanterns.

(Candles and kerosene lanterns are fire hazards.)

• Working fire extinguishers .

• Battery-operated radio.

• Assemble supplies you might need in an evacuation.

Store them in an easy-to-carry container such as a backpack or duffel bag. Put aside in a special box in garage. Keep heat-sensitive items inside home and rotate stock throughout season. Batteries can go in refrigerator.

WATER Having an ample supply of clean water is a top priority in an emergency.

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double that amount. Children, nursing mothers and ill people will need even more. You will also need water for food preparation and hygiene. Store a total of at least one-gallon per person, per day. You should store at least a two-week supply of water for each member of our family. If supplies run low, never ration water. Drink the amount you need today, and try to find more for tomorrow. You can minimize the amount of water your body needs by reducing activity and staying cool.

Store water in sealed, unbreakable containers. Identify the storage date and replace every six months Sandbags The use of sandbags is a simple, but effective, way to prevent or reduce floodwater damage.

Properly filled and placed, sandbags can act as a barrier to divert moving water around instead of through buildings. Sandbag construction does not guarantee a watertight seal, but is satisfactory for use in most situations.

Sandbags are also used successfully to prevent overtopping of levied streams and for training current flow to specific areas.

Untied sandbags are recommended for most situations. Tied sandbags should only be used for special situations when pre-filling and stockpiling may be required for specific purposes such as filling holes, holding objects in position or to form barriers backedby supportive planks. Tied sandbags are generally easier to handle and to stockpile, however sandbag filling operations can generally best be accomplished at or near the placement site and tying of bags would waste valuable time and effort. If the bags are pre-filled at a distant location, due consideration must be given to transportation vehicles and placement site access.

The most commonly use bags are untreated burlap sacks available from feed or hardware stores.

Empty bags can be stockpiled for emergency use and will be serviceable for several years if properly stored. Filled bags of earth material will deteriorate quickly.

A heavy bodied or sandy soil is most desirable for filling sandbags, but any usable material at or near the site has definite advantages.

Course sand could leak out through the weave of the bag (to prevent this double bag the material). Gravely or rocky soils are generally poor

choices because of their permeability characteristics.

Sandbag barriers can easily be constructed by two people, as most individuals have the physical capabilities to carry or drag a sandbag weighing approximately 30 pounds the use of sandbags is a simple, but effective, way to prevent or reduce floodwater damage.

Properly filled and placed, sandbags can act as a barrier to divert moving water around instead of through buildings. Sandbag construction does not guarantee a watertight seal, but is satisfactory for use in most situations.

Sandbags are also used successfully to prevent overtopping of levied streams and for training current flow to specific areas.

HOW TO FILL A SANDBAG Filling sandbags is a two-person operation: One member of the team should place the empty bag between or slightly in front of widespread feet with arms extended. The throat of the bag is folded to form a collar and held with the hands in a position that will enable the other team member to empty a rounded shovel full of material into the open end. The person holding the sack should be standing with knees slightly flexed and head and face as far away from the action of the shovel as practical.

The shoveler should carefully release the rounded shovel full of soil into the throat of the bag. Haste in this operation can result in undue spillage and added work. The use of safety goggles and gloves is desirable and sometimes necessary.

For large-scale operations, filling sandbags can be expedited by using bag holding racks, metal funnels, and power loading equipment. However, the special equipment required is not always available during an emergency. Bags should not be filled more than half full or less than onethird their capacity.

PLACEMENT Remove any debris from the area where bags are to be placed.

Place the l/2-filled bags lengthwise and parallel to the direction of flow.

Fold the open end of the unfilled portion of the bag to form a triangle.

(If bed bags are used, flatten or fire the tied end.) Place succeeding bags on the folded or fired portion of the previous bag and stamp into place to eliminate voids and form a tight seal.

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Crispy Roast Duck with Giblet Gravy

Servings: 8 2 Maple Leaf Farms Whole Ducks (5 pounds each), thawed if frozen 2 cups chicken broth 1 cup water 1 onion, unpeeled and quartered 2 large carrots, cut into 1/2-inch chunks 2 small sprigs fresh sage 1 large bay leaf 1 teaspoon dried thyme leaves 1/2 teaspoon black peppercorns 3/4 cup dry vermouth or dry white wine 1/4 cup all-purpose flour Salt and pepper, to taste Remove giblets and orange sauce packets from ducks and reserve for another use. Rinse ducks; pat dry with paper towels. Place breast sides up on rack in large shallow roasting pan. Roast according to package directions.

Place remaining duck giblets and necks in large saucepan. Add broth, water, onion, carrots, sage sprigs, bay leaf, thyme and peppercorns. Bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat; simmer gently uncovered 1 hour. Strain broth; set aside giblets and discard remaining solids. If broth measures less than 2 cups add water to equal 2 cups.

Remove roast ducks from oven and transfer to rack of broiler pan. Preheat broiler. Pour off and reserve drippings from roasting pan. Add vermouth to pan and cook over medium high heat, stirring constantly with wooden spoon, until mixture is reduced by about half, 2–3 minutes.

Spoon off 1/4 cup fat from reserved drippings; transfer to medium saucepan. Add flour; cook, stirring constantly, over medium heat 1 minute. Add 2 cups strained duck broth and wine mixture to saucepan.

Add drippings to saucepan. Cook, stirring frequently, until gravy thickens. Chop reserved giblets and add to gravy. Simmer 3 minutes. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Broil ducks 5–6 inches from heat source until skin is well browned and crispy, 6–8 minutes. Cut each duck into quarters and transfer to serving plates. Pass gravy separately. Garnish with sage sprigs, if desired.

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Creamy Scalloped Potatoes

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Brown Sugar Pecan Pie

Prep time: 35 minutes Chill time: 1 1/2 hours or overnight Bake time: 15–20 minutes Cook time: 40–45 minutes Servings: 8 Crust: 1 cup all-purpose flour 1/2 cup (2 ounces) ground pecans 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup vegetable shortening, cold 1 egg yolk 3–4 tablespoons ice water, divided 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice Filling: 3 eggs 1 cup packed dark brown sugar 1/2 cup sugar 1/3 cup butter, melted 1 teaspoon vanilla 1/2 teaspoon salt 1 cup pecan halves To make crust, mix flour, nuts and salt in large bowl. Cut in shortening with pastry blender until pieces are size of small peas. Mix egg yolk, 3 tablespoons ice water and lemon juice in small bowl. Add to flour mixture, 1 tablespoon at a time, stirring lightly and tossing with fork until moistened and dough just holds together. Add remaining ice water, if needed. Gather dough and shape into 1-inch-thick disk.

Prep time: 45 minutes Servings: 14 2 1/2 pounds Yukon gold potatoes, scrubbed 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup chopped onion 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon salt 1 1/2 cups 2 percent milk 1 cup Daisy Sour Cream 1 1/2 cups shredded Asiago cheese 1/8 teaspoon paprika Butter 11-by-7-inch (2 quart) baking dish and set aside. Slice potatoes to 1/8-inch-thick circles.

Place potatoes in large saucepan or Dutch oven; add water to cover by 1 inch. Cook until tender and cool slightly.

Heat oven to 350°F. In 2 1/2-quart saucepan, melt butter over medium heat. Add onion; cook 1 minute. Stir in flour and salt. Cook until mixture bubbles. Gradually stir in milk and cook until mixture boils. Reduce heat to low. Stir in sour cream and cheese. Cook on low until cheese is melted, stirring constantly. Layer half of potatoes in baking dish. Pour half the sauce over potatoes.

Repeat with remaining potatoes and sauce.

Sprinkle potatoes with paprika. Bake for 30–35 minutes or until bubbly and top starts to brown.

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Refrigerate, wrapped in plastic wrap, 1 hour or overnight.

Heat oven to 425°F. Roll out dough on lightly floured surface, rolling from center to edge, to form 12-inch circle. Fold into quarters; ease and unfold into 9-inch pie plate. Press pastry gently against bottom and sides of pie plate, easing out any air.

Trim edge leaving 1/2-inch overhang. Fold overhang under; flute edge. Refrigerate, covered, at least 30 minutes.

Line piecrust with aluminum foil; fill with pie weights.

Bake in oven until pastry is set, 8–10 minutes. Remove foil and weights; pierce pastry all over with fork. Bake until pastry is golden brown, 5–7 minutes longer. Cool completely on wire rack.

Heat oven to 350°F. Beat eggs, brown sugar, sugar, butter, vanilla and salt in medium bowl until well blended. Arrange pecan halves evenly in bottom of piecrust. Carefully pour egg mixture over pecans.

Bake in center of 350°F oven until knife inserted midway between center and edge of pie comes out clean, 40–45 minutes.

Cool on wire rack.

Note: Pastry dough can be made in food processor. Also, ground almonds, walnuts or hazelnuts can be substituted for pecans.

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Further reserving therefrom, the right to enter the Property for a term of twelve (12) months following the recordation date of this Grant Deed, to complete and repair any improvements or landscaping located thereon as determined necessary to Grantor, in its sole discretion, in order to comply with requirements for the recordation of the Final Tract Map, the grading of said Tract and/or in compliance with the requirements of applicable governmental agencies. Such entry by Grantor shall be preceded by reasonable notice to Grantee before such entry. If this reservation of right of entry is not complied with by Grantee, Grantor may enforce this right of entry in a court of law. Grantee shall be responsible for all damages arising out of said breach including attorneys’ fees and court costs. This reservation of right of entry shall automatically expire twelve (12) months from the recordation of this Grant Deed. Parcel No. 2: Nonexclusive easements for access, use and enjoyment, drainage, encroachment, support, maintenance, repairs, and for other purposes, all as described in the Master Declaration, the Map and the Supplemental Declaration. A.P.N.: 741-251-29 The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the street address or other common designation, if any, shown above. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale.

The beneficiary under said Deed of Trust heretofore executed and delivered to the undersigned a written Declaration of Default and Demand for Sale, and a written Notice of Default and Election to Sell. The undersigned caused said Notice of Default and Election to Sell to be recorded in the county where the real property is located and more than three months have elapsed since such recordation. NOTICE TO POTENTIAL, BIDDERS: lf you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 888-988-6736 or visit this Internet Web site www.salestrack.tdsf.com, using the file number assigned to this case 2015-04001. Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. “NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: WE REQUIRE CERTIFIED FUNDS AT SALE BY CASHIER’S CHECK(S) PAYABLE DIRECTLY TO “INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES, INC.” TO AVOID DELAYS IN ISSUING THE FINAL DEED”. THIS FIRM IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: 11/11/2015 INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION, as Trustee2411 West La Palma Avenue, Suite 350 - Bldg. 1 Anaheim, California 92801 (800) 232-8787 For Sale Information please call: 888-988-6736 Michael Reagan, Trustee Sales Officer TAC: 982441 PUB: 11/20, 11/27, 12/04/15

NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE TS No. CA-14-651729-HL Order No.: 653176 YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 10/3/2006. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDING AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash, cashier’s check drawn on a state or national bank, check drawn by state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, or savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 to the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state, will be held by duly appointed trustee. The sale will be made, but without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale.

BENEFICIARY MAY ELECT TO BID LESS THAN THE TOTAL AMOUNT DUE. Trustor(s): Andrew Berry and, Jolie Berry, husband and wife as joint tenants Recorded: 10/12/2006 as Instrument No. 2006000678914 of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of ORANGE County, California; Date of Sale: 11/30/2015 at 3:00PM Place of Sale: On the front steps to the entrance of the Orange Civic Center, located at 300 E. Chapman Orange, California 92866 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $2,716,999.21 The purported property address is: 1 MOONLIGHT ISLE, LADERA RANCH, CA 92694 Assessor’s Parcel No.: 741-421-15 NOTICE TO POTENTIAL BIDDERS: If you are considering bidding on this property lien, you should understand that there are risks involved in bidding at a trustee auction. You will be bidding on a lien, not on the property itself. Placing the highest bid at a trustee auction does not automatically entitle you to free and clear ownership of the property. You should also be aware that the lien being auctioned off may be a junior lien. If you are the highest bidder at the auction, you are or may be responsible for paying off all liens senior to the lien being auctioned off, before you can receive clear title to the property. You are encouraged to investigate the existence, priority, and size of outstanding liens that may exist on this property by contacting the county recorder’s office or a title insurance company, either of which may charge you a fee for this information. If you consult either of these resources, you

should be aware that the same lender may hold more than one mortgage or deed of trust on the property. NOTICE TO PROPERTY OWNER: The sale date shown on this notice of sale may be postponed one or more times by the mortgagee, beneficiary, trustee, or a court, pursuant to Section 2924g of the California Civil Code. The law requires that information about trustee sale postponements be made available to you and to the public, as a courtesy to those not present at the sale. If you wish to learn whether your sale date has been postponed, and, if applicable, the rescheduled time and date for the sale of this property, you may call 888-988-6736 for information regarding the trustee’s sale or visit this Internet Web site http://www.qualityloan.com , using the file number assigned to this foreclosure by the Trustee: CA-14-651729HL . Information about postponements that are very short in duration or that occur close in time to the scheduled sale may not immediately be reflected in the telephone information or on the Internet Web site. The best way to verify postponement information is to attend the scheduled sale. The undersigned Trustee disclaims any liability for any incorrectness of the property address or other common designation, if any, shown herein. If no street address or other common designation is shown, directions to the location of the property may be obtained by sending a written request to the beneficiary within 10 days of the date of first publication of this Notice of Sale. If the Trustee is unable to convey title for any reason, the successful bidder’s sole and exclusive remedy shall be the return of monies paid to the Trustee, and the successful bidder shall have no further recourse. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the Purchaser at the sale shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit paid. The Purchaser shall have no further recourse against the Mortgagor, the Mortgagee, or the Mortgagee’s Attorney. If you have previously been discharged through bankruptcy, you may have been released of personal liability for this loan in which case this letter is intended to exercise the note holders right’s against the real property only.

As required by law, you are hereby notified that a negative credit report reflecting on your credit record may be submitted to a credit report agency if you fail to fulfill the terms of your credit obligations. QUALITY MAY BE CONSIDERED A DEBT COLLECTOR ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT AND ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE. Date: Quality Loan Service Corporation 411 Ivy Street San Diego, CA 92101 619-645-7711 For NON SALE information only Sale Line: 888-988-6736 Or Login to: http:// www.qualityloan.com Reinstatement Line: (866) 645-7711 Ext 5318 Quality Loan Service Corp. TS No.: CA-14-651729-HL IDSPub #0094691 11/6/2015 11/13/2015 11/20/2015

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T.S. No.: 2015-04001 APN: 741-251-29 TRA No.: 82-378 NOTICE OF TRUSTEE’S SALE YOU ARE IN DEFAULT UNDER A DEED OF TRUST DATED 4/29/2013. UNLESS YOU TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT YOUR PROPERTY, IT MAY BE SOLD AT A PUBLIC SALE. IF YOU NEED AN EXPLANATION OF THE NATURE OF THE PROCEEDINGS AGAINST YOU, YOU SHOULD CONTACT A LAWYER. A public auction sale to the highest bidder for cash payable at time of sale in lawful money of the United States by cash, a cashier’s check drawn by a state or national bank, a check drawn by a state or federal credit union, or a check drawn by a state or federal savings and loan association, savings association, or savings bank specified in Section 5102 of the Financial Code and authorized to do business in this state will be held by the duly appointed trustee as shown below.

The sale will be made, hut without covenant or warranty, expressed or implied, regarding title, possession, or encumbrances, to pay the remaining principal sum of the note(s) secured by the Deed of Trust, with interest and late charges thereon, as provided in the note(s), advances, under the terms of the Deed of Trust, interest thereon, fees, charges and expenses of the Trustee for the total amount (at the time of the initial publication of the Notice of Sale) reasonably estimated to be set forth below. The amount may be greater on the day of sale. Trustor: ERIC PAXTON AND KELLY PAXTON Beneficiary Name: MICHAEL PAXTON AND MOZELLE PAXTON Duly Appointed Trustee: INTEGRATED LENDER SERVICES, INC., A DELAWARE CORPORATION and pursuant to Deed of Trust recorded 5/10/2013 as Instrument No. 2013000284729 in book ---, page --- of Official Records in the office of the Recorder of Orange County, California, [)ate of Sale: 12/11/2015 at 3:00 PM Place of Sale: On the front steps to the entrance of the Orange Civic Center 300 E. Chapman, Orange, California 92866 Amount of unpaid balance and other charges: $109,912.08 The property heretofore is being sold “as is.” The street Address or other common designation of real property is purported to be: 6 HEAVENLY ISLE, LADERA RANCH, CA 92694 Legal Description: The land described is situated in the State of California, County of Orange and is described as follows: Parcel No. 1: Lot 14 of Tract No. 16414, as shown on a Subdivision Map (“Map”) file on February 6, 2003 in Book 838, Pages 47 to 50, inclusive, of Miscellaneous Maps, in the Office of the Orange County Recorder. Excepting from the Property, all oil, oil rights, minerals, mineral rights, natural gas rights and other hydrocarbons by whatsoever name known, geothermal steam, and all products derived from any of the foregoing, that may be within or under the Property, together with perpetual right of drilling, mining, exploring and operating therefor, and storing in and removing the same from said Property or any other land, including the right to whipstock or directionally drill and mine from lands other than the Property, oil or gas wells, tunnels and shafts into, through or across the subsurface of the Property, and to bottom such whipstocked or directionally drilled wells, tunnels and shafts under and beneath or beyond the exterior limits thereof, and to redrill, retunnel, equip, maintain, repair, deepen and operate any such wells or mines, without, however, the right to drill, mine, store, explore and operate through the surface or the upper five hundred (500) feet of the subsurface of the Property, as reserved by Ladera Development Company, L.L.C. in the Deed recorded December 10, 1996, as Instrument No. 19960624029, of Official Records of Orange County, California (“Official Records”). Also excepting from the Property, ally and all water, water rights or interests therein appurtenant or relating to the Property or owned or used by Ladera Development Company, L.L.C. in connection with or with respect to the Property (no matter how acquired by Ladera Development Company, L.L.C.), whether such water rights shall be riparian, overlying, appropriative, littoral, percolating, prescriptive, adjudicated, statutory or contractual, together with the right and power to explore, drill, redrill, remove and store the same from or in the Property or to divert or otherwise utilize such water, rights or interests on any other property owned or leased by Ladera Development Company, L.L.C. but without however, any right to enter upon the surface of the Property or the upper one hundred (100) feet of the subsurface of the Property in the exercise of such rights in any area that may be developed under governmental laws, ordinances or regulations, as reserved by Ladera Development Company, L.L.C., in the Deed recorded on December 10, 1996, as Instrument No. 19960624029 of Official Records. Reserving therefrom, nonexclusive easements for access, encroachment, maintenance, drainage, support, and for other purposes, all as described in the Master Declaration of Covenants, Conditions and Restrictions and Reservation of Easements for Ladera

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Famous for their pancakes as big as your plate and their breakfast combos.

They also serve a variety of lunch and dinner items as well as homemade pies and cookies.

27522 Antonio Pkwy, Ladera Ranch 949-364-4439

Open for breakfast, lunch & dinner.

Authentic Mexican food including chili Verde, omelets, huevos rancheros, tostadas, carne asada, menudo, traditional burritos including beef, chicken, fish, beans (Vegetarian), chile relleno, taquitos, enchiladas, imported and domestic beers.

27602 Antonio Pkwy, Ladera Ranch 949-364-5614

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Superb Shanghai Street Noodles, available in few places on the globe, make the trip to Mission Viejo Mall a veritable necessity.

All Laker games, NHL, Fox Soccer and all Top Games plus Taco Tuesdays, Slider Wednesdays, Taste of Italy Thursdays, DJ Friday nights.

27412 Antonio Pkwy. Ladera Ranch 949-429-7737

31105 Rancho Viejo Rd., San Juan Capistrano 949-481-9596 Tannins Restaurant & Wine Bar Contemporary setting for Italian fare plus an extensive wine list with recommended food pairings.

27211 Ortega Hwy., San Juan Capistrano 949-661-8466

Restaurant Reviews Wanted!

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N o n -T r a d i t i o n a l T w i s t o n T u r k e y They say that your friends are your chosen family. Although much is made about the traditional family gatherings that abound this time of year, some of your most anticipated events of the season may actually revolve around your closest friends.

With everyone contributing a dish, friend-focused potluck celebrations are the perfect time to put a unique spin on traditional dishes for a modern approach to holiday dining.

A friendly holiday gathering, where you’re likely to encounter more adventurous palates, is a perfect opportunity to bring the awesome with bold new flavors. There’s only so much whole-roasted turkey one person can eat, so why not change it up with a flavorful twist on a crowd pleasing dish—mini turkey meatball sliders.

These mini sandwiches, made with Soy Vay Island Teriyaki, will bring a season at soyvay.com. hint of the tropics to your party. InTurkey Meatball Sliders fused with pineapple and onion, the Prep time: 15 minutes sweet and salty sauce also carries Cook time: 20 minutes notes of onion, ginger and garlic for 1 pound turkey, mix of light and a perfectly seasoned dish every time. dark meat Soy Vay is certified kosher and does 1/2 can (8 ounces) water chest not contain preservatives, so it’s one nuts, chopped ingredient you can feel awesome 2 scallions, minced (white and about using. green parts) Explore more non-traditional dish1/2 cup Soy Vay Island Teriyaki, es to share with friends this holiday divided salt and pepper, to taste

2 tablespoons olive oil 12 soft, sweet dinner rolls (such as Hawaiian rolls) lettuce for garnish (optional) Heat oven to 400 F. In mixing bowl, combine ground turkey, water chestnuts, scallions and half the teriyaki sauce. Add generous pinch of salt and pepper, and mix together with hands until all ingredients are incorporated. Roll into balls about 2 inches in diameter.

Place meatballs in even layer in baking dish. Be gentle, as they will be very soft. Roast meatballs for 1520 minutes or until they are cooked through and reach an internal temperature of 165 F. Shake pan once during cooking to flip meatballs.

Toast buns and spread both sides with remaining sauce. Place 1 meatball on each bun and top with lettuce, if using. Serve with any leftover sauce on the side.

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