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Combine the taste of fresh vegetables and white kidney beans for a hearty vegetable

Vegetable stew, brown rice add up to great-tasting meal

By The Associated Press This easy-to-fix Vegetable Stew combines fresh vegetables and cannellini beans in a Tex-Mex sauce. Serve over brown rice or whole-wheat pasta. The stew cooks on the top of your stove in about 30 minutes. Hearty Vegetable Stew 2 tablespoons safflower oil 1 cup chopped onion 1 teaspoon crushed garlic 1 tablespoon chili powder 1 teaspoon ground cumin teaspoon salt One 13 3 /4-ounce can chicken broth 2 cups peeled potatoes, cut in 56-inch cubes 156 cups peeled carrots, cut in 56-inch slices

Spice up chicken with hot peppers

By Better Homes and Gardens The microwave oven makes slick work of softening dried peppers, like the ones used in this Mexican chicken dish. Ancho peppers range from mild to medium-hot; pasilla peppers are very hot Remember to wear plastic or rubber gloves when you handle the hot peppers so you won’t get the irritating pepper oils on your skin or in your eyes. Chicken in Pumpkin-Pepper Mole 2 dried ancho or pasilla peppers or y* teaspoon crushed red pepper flakes cup water 3 whole medium chicken breasts (about 1 Vz pounds), skinned, boned and halved lengthwise 1 medium tomato, cut up 1 medium onion, cut up l-3rd cup pumpkin seeds or blanched almonds, toasted y* cup chicken broth 2 cloves garlic 1 tablespoon sugar y 2 teaspoon salt yz teaspoon ground coriander y* teaspoon ground cinnamon Flour tortillas (optional) Fresh cilantro (optional) Sliced almonds (optional) Chopped tomato (optional) If using dried peppers, cut up peppers;

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stew. The stew is made with a Tex-Mex sauce and can be served over brown rice. (AP photo)

1 cup celery, cut in 156-inch slices One 19-ounce can white kidney beans (cannellini), drained and rinsed 1 cup sliced zucchini 1 cup sweet green bell pepper, cut in ’/2-inch pieces In a Dutch oven or large skillet, heat oil until hot but not smoking. Add onion and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally until tender, about 5 minutes. Stir in chili powder, cumin and salt; cook and stir for 1 minute. Add broth, potatoes, carrots and celery; simmer, covered, stirring occasionally until potatoes are almost tender, about 15 minutes. Add kidney beans, zucchini and green pepper, simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender, about 5 minutes. Serve over cooked brown rice or pasta, if desired. Makes 4 servings.

discard stems and seeds. In a 1-cup glass measure combine peppers and water. Cook, uncovered, on 100 percent power (high) for 30 to 60 seconds or until boiling. Let stand for 30 minutes; drain. Set aside. Rinse chicken; pat dry with paper towels. In a 12- by 756- by 2-inch microwave-safe baking dish arrange thicker parts toward edge. Tuck under thin parts. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cover with microwave-safe plastic wrap; vent by turning back a comer. Cook on high for 8 to 10 minutes or until no longer pink, rearranging pieces once. For sauce, in a blender container combine tomato, onion, pumpkin seeds or almonds, broth, garlic, sugar, salt, coriander, cinnamon and drained peppers or crushed red pepper flakes. Cover; blend until nearly smooth, scraping sides as needed. Transfer to a 4-cup glass measure; cook, uncovered, on high for 1 to 2 minutes or until bubbly, stirring once. Serve chicken with sauce and warmed flour tortillas, if desired. Garnish each serving with fresh cilantro, sliced almonds and chopped tomato. Makes 6 servings. Nutrition information per serving: 196 cal. 25g pro., 6g carbo., 8g fat, 54 mg chol., 264 mg sodium, 341 mg potassium, 1 g dietary fiber. U.S. RDA: 11 percent riboflavin, 63 percent niacin.

Dear Abby In-laws’ generous offer is a proposal without a ring

DEAR ABBY: Approximately three years ago, our 21-year-old daughter married her high school sweetheart. My wife and daughter made all the wedding plans: invitations, bridal dinner, flowers, caterers and everything that must be done to have a perfect wedding which it was. When the happy couple announced their engagement, we were pleasantly surprised when the groom’s parents offered to go 50-50 in paying for the wedding. Because of their generous offer, we went a little overboard to make it a very lavish affair. Happily, the wedding was everything we wanted it to be, and a lovely time was had by all. Unfortunately, our son-in-law’s parents have never stepped forward offering to pay us their promised half of the wedding expenses, which was about $5,000. We have seen very little of these people since the wedding, but we do run into them occasionally, and I find it rather difficult to be totally friendly. My wife tells me to forget it and write it off as boorish behavior. Please advise. I can’t help feeling ... TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF DEAR TAKEN: Now that three years have passed, it may be awkward but it’s not unrea-

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sonable to remind the in-laws of their promise. Sorry to sound like a Monday morning quarterback, but did you present them with all the bills and receipts attendant to the wedding? If not—you should have. If you did, and they looked out the window, ask them again. In any case, you need not be reluctant to remind them of their promise. It would clear the air and make for a more cordial family relationship. * * * DEAR ABBY: I want to thank you for the Christmas present you unknowingly gave me. I am a collector of aphorisms, and

you have given me a choice one. In your column in the San Diego Union on Dec. 2, you gave advice on giftgiving. In your suggestions for what to give someone who is living alone, you concluded with: “Loneliness is the ultimate poverty.” Abby, in my opinion, that deserves a place in anyone’s collection of aphorisms including the wellknown “Bartlett’s.” JOHN WARNER. SAN DIEGO DEAR MR. WARNER: Wow! Thank you; that’s high praise. * * * DEAR ABBY: Your column reaches so many people, I beg you to consider the following: Here in the Northeast, and I assume the rest of the country, ceiling fans have become very popular. Recently a friend of mine who has an older house with high ceilings went to visit his mother, who lives in a new house with lower ceilings. While carrying his 2-year-old daughter on his shoulders (something he always does at home), he walked the child right into the whirling blades of his mother’s ceiling fan! The blades caught the child right at the hairline. Her scalp was peeled back. A fraction of an inch deeper could have been fatal. If this warning will save one child

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from being injured, this letter will have been well worth the few minutes it took to write. I give you permission to use my name, if you so desire. MICHAEL D. AUSTEN, ABINGTON, MASS. DEAR ABBY: Please tell your readers that any female employee who gets involved with her boss is out of her mind. I speak from experience. I was 23 and he was 48. I was married at the time and so was he. He told me he loved me. I was pretty and blond said I was “perfect,” but when my measurements changed, so did he. This is all ancient history now, and thanks to heaven and an understanding husband, my life was not ruined. (I had an abortion, but that’s another story.) Abby, please tell those young girls who are tempted to have an affair with their bosses to back off. It’s never a secret. Their wives eventually find out and it’s a no-win situation, but I suppose it’s better to have ... LOVED AND LOST DEAR L. AND L.: With all due respect to Alfred Lord Tennyson, ; when it comes to adulterous as- • fairs, it’s not better to have loved * and lost than never to have loved at all.

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