2017 Merry & Bright Wishbook

2017 Merry & Bright

Local Holiday gift ideas that can be found in the mid-Missouri area.

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2017 Merry & Bright

Local Holiday gift ideas that can be found in the mid-Missouri area.

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PABLO FERRANDEZ 7 P.M. Nov. 15, MISSOURI THEATRE

DANU: A CHRISTMAS GATHERING 7 P.M. Dec. 2, MISSOURI THEATRE

THE GREAT RUSSIAN NUTCRACKER 7 P.M. Dec. 4, JESSE AUDITORIUM

ANTONIO SANCHEZ: BIRDMAN LIVE 7 P.M. Feb. 8, MISSOURI THEATRE

DUBLIN IRISH DANCE: STEPPING OUT 7 P.M. Feb. 16, JESSE AUDITORIUM

SWEET HONEY IN THE ROCK 7 P.M. Feb. 25, JESSE AUDITORIUM

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Donate Your Gift

By Melissa Erickson, More Content Now

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he busy holiday season is filled with parties and gifts, feasts and friends. If you and yours are blessed and able, this season consider giving back to others instead of piling on the gifts.

Your dollars can go to protecting the environment, feeding the hungry, helping veterans and stray animals, and plenty of other worthy causes. The hardest part may be deciding which organization deserves your support.

You can’t base your donation simply by looking at an organization’s name, said Bennett Weiner, chief operating officer of the Better Business Bureau’s Wise Giving Alliance. Instead, look into how an organization puts your donation dollars to work. Does a high percentage go toward charitable programs or for things like staff salaries and fundraising?

Check out what grade level a charity gets from CharityWatch.org, an independent watchdog group that examines how efficiently a charity will use a donation. The following are all top-rated national charities that generally spend 75 percent or more of their budgets on programs and spend $25 or less to raise $100 in public support:

Pets PETSMART CHARITIES Petsmartcharities.org Goal: To find lifelong, loving homes for all pets.

More than 400,000 dogs and cats find homes each year through PetSmart Charities adoption program in all PetSmart stores and sponsored adoption events. In addition to granting money to directly help pets in need, the program focuses on funding spay/neuter services that help communities solve the problem of pet overpopulation.

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NATIONAL BREAST CANCER COALITION FUND Breastcancerdeadline2020.org Goal: To end breast cancer. The NBCCF has set a deadline to know how to end breast cancer by Jan. 1, 2020.

A grassroots organization committed to action, the National Breast Cancer Coalition seeks to improve policies surrounding research, diagnosis and treatment of breast cancer.

NATIONAL PARK TRUST Parktrust.org Goal: Preserving parks today; creating park stewards for tomorrow.

The National Park Trust works to acquire and preserve high-quality land, engages youth through its Buddy Bison School program to cultivate future stewards, and hosts the national Kids to Parks day.

CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE Cancerresearch.org Goal: To save more lives by fueling the discovery and development of powerful immunotherapies for all types of cancer.

The Cancer Research Institute focuses exclusively on advancing immunotherapy to treat, control and cure all cancers.

NATIONAL WILDLIFE FEDERATION NWF.org Goal: To unite all Americans to ensure wildlife thrives in a rapidly changing world.

America’s largest conservation organization, the National Wildlife Federation protects wildlife and safeguards endangered species, and cares for America’s habitats including waters and wetlands.

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CHILDREN’S DEFENSE FUND Childrensdefense.org Goal: To ensure every child a healthy start, a head start, a fair start, a safe start and a moral start in life and successful passage to adulthood.

The Children’s Defense Fund is an independent voice for all 0of America’s children but pays special attention to the needs of the poor, children of color and those with disabilities.

GARY SINISE FOUNDATION Garysinisefoundation.org Goal: To honor the nation’s defenders, veterans, first responders, their families and those in need through unique programs designed to entertain, educate, inspire, strengthen and build communities.

The actor’s foundation supports activeduty service members and veterans.

Some projects include building custom smart homes for severely injured heroes, helping soldiers and their families following trauma and loss, and providing meals for defenders during layovers at major airports.

FEED MY STARVING CHILDREN FMSC.org Goal: To eliminate starvation in children throughout the world by helping to instill compassion in people to hear and respond to the cries of those in need.

Partnering with organizations and ministries, Feed My Starving Children reaches the most needy and vulnerable in America and around the world.

By Ellie Krieger, The Washington Post These festive three-bite cupcakes are as scrumptious as they are adorable. Their deeply chocolaty, moist cake is infused with a playful hint of peppermint, and their whipped cream cheese frosting is sprinkled with holiday spirit in the form of crushed candy canes.

They also happen to be better for you, thanks to a few tried-and-true healthful baking tricks.

For one, by making half of the flour wholewheat pastry flour, which is milled from a variety of wheat that is especially soft and tender, you work in some whole-grain goodness without adding any heaviness or “healthy” taste. Using canola oil and Greek yogurt instead of butter and cream keeps the cupcakes tender and moist. And topping them with a cream cheese frosting rather than buttercream means you get all the spreadable richness you expect, but with a fraction of the saturated fat and calories.

Of course, baking them in mini muffin pans means you can get your holiday sweet fix without going overboard.

CHOCOLATE CANDY CANE CUPCAKES 24 mini cupcakes There’s just enough frosting for a nice piped dollop on top of each cupcake; if you’d rather have total coverage, increase the amount of Neufchatel cheese to 8 tablespoons and the confectioners’ sugar to 1 cup.

MAKE AHEAD: The frosting needs to be refrigerated for 1 hour (and up to 1 day) before using. The frosted cupcakes can be refrigerated in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

From nutritionist and cookbook author Ellie Krieger.

INGREDIENTS FOR THE CUPCAKES • 1/2 cup whole-wheat pastry flour • 1/2 cup cake flour • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder (not Dutch-process) • 3/4 teaspoon baking soda

• 1/4 teaspoon salt • 1/2 cup low-fat plain Greek-style yogurt • 1/2 cup canola oil • 1/2 cup packed dark brown sugar • 2 large eggs • 2 teaspoons low-fat milk (1 percent) • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract FOR THE FROSTING • 6 tablespoons Neufchatel cheese (may substitute low-fat cream cheese), at room temperature • 3/4 cup confectioners’ sugar • 2 to 3 tablespoons crushed candy canes or peppermint candies (3 standard-size candy canes) STEPS • For the cupcakes: Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line two 12-cup mini muffin tins with paper or foil liners.

• Whisk together the flours, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl.

• Combine the yogurt, oil, brown sugar, eggs, milk and peppermint extract in the bowl of a stand mixer or handheld electric mixer; beat on medium-low speed until smooth and beginning to lighten in color. Reduce the speed to low; add the flour mixture in three additions, mixing well after each one, to form a smooth, thick batter.

• Distribute the batter evenly among the lined wells. Bake (middle rack) until a toothpick inserted into the centers of the cupcakes comes out clean, 10 to 13 minutes. Let the cupcakes cool slightly, then transfer to wire racks to cool completely.

• For the frosting: Combine the Neufchâtel cheese and confectioners’ sugar in the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a balloon-whisk attachment, or use a handheld electric mixer; beat on medium speed for a few minutes, until smooth. Transfer to a piping bag fitted with a medium-size round or star tip.

Refrigerator for 1 hour (and up to 1 day) before using.

• Pipe frosting on each mini cupcake, then sprinkle the crushed candy canes over the frosting.

Nutrition | Per cupcake: 120 calories, 2 g protein, 16 g carbohydrates, 6 g fat, 1 g saturated fat, 20 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium, 0 g dietary fiber, 10 g sugar

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