Archive for February, 2009

Cookie Mix in a Jar: Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Cookie Mix in a Jar: Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Ingredients:
3/4 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup firmly packed brown sugar
1 1/2 cups dried cherries
1 cup semi-sweet or milk chocolate chips
1 3/4 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
Other Supplies:
1 wide mouth quart size canning jar per child
Rings and flat lids
Colorful print fabric to cut [...]

Are you an apple or a pear?

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

An apple-shaped person has belly fat - and a higher risk of heart disease than a pear-shaped person, with extra weight in the thighs and butt.
But fat is not just apples and pears. Researchers at Washington University Medical School in St. Louis looked at fat in the liver. They examined obese teens - both apples and pears - [...]