Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 June 2000 — Page 28

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Dressing up your summer salads for healthy eating

According to a recent Food Marketing Institute study, people today are taking a more proactive role in improving their diets, such as eating more fruits and vegetables.* This summer, eating well doesn’t have to be compii-

Trust needed in relationships

I could hardly believe the words cated. coming out of my mouth, but I Americans most enjoy casual, “no-fuss” knew it was true. “I don’t know a foods that taste great and are easy to prepare, thing about relationships,” I an- That means that when the temperatures begin swered. to rise, salad lovers are looking for a fresh way I was responding to the ques- to liven up a bowl of crisp garden greens, tion: What do you think makes a Kraft Foods recently launched Kraft Taste successful relationship? While I ofLife salad dressing, which features a unique may have been claiming defeat, I combination of oils — canola, high oleic sunwas also claiming victory. It all flower and olive oils — and is a perfect way to began when I decided to get rid of &)d delicious flavor to any salad, a book I had been holding onto. This innovative, new salad dressing proWhile growing up, I learned vides 50 percent of the daily value of the many so-called rules about rela- antioxidant vitamin E in every serving. Vitationships from others around me. min E is an important antioxidant nutrient for My peers, along with individual healthy cells and tissues, and research shows and coupled adults provided count- that three out of four women and six out of 10 less examples, through actions and men don’t get the recommended daily amounts words, of what it takes to make a of vitamin E in their diet.** relationship work. Eventually, I Available in four great-tasting flavors — assembled a virtual “rule book” of Tomato & Garlic, Honey Catalina, Country sorts. Ranch and Garden Italian — Kraft Taste of I referred to my “rule book” quite Life salad dressing offers a delicious and simple often to foretell the suitability of way to include vitamin E as part of a wellmen I met, as well as their inten- balanced eating plan. So this summer, dress tions without ever getting to know your ordinary salad with “extraordinary” flathem. I believed I could size a man vors that not only taste great but are nutritious up - address and dismiss him - in too! five seconds flat. Ifl could not find *Source: Continuing Survey of Food Insomething physically unappealing, takes By Individuals, 1994-% like his jacked up shoes, then I’d **Source:USDANutrientDatabaseforStanstart asking key questions-particu- dard Reference, Release 12 (March 1998) larly about his relationship history. To get great taste and positive nutrients in According to my “rule book,” a every bite, try tossing around a few of these man that has recently ended a rela- summer salad ideas or log onto tionship is probably on the rebound, www.krafttasteoflife.com for additional quick A relationship with someone on the and easy summer meal solutions, rebound could be detrimental to me down the road, so avoid the risk. Tomatoes & Spinach Vinaigrette Also, a man who has reached his Prep: 10 minutes late 30s to early 40s and has never Serves: 6 married nor had any children, has 2 large tomatoes, sliced commitment issues or some other 2 cups spinach or fresh basil leaves issues. Again, this could be detrimental to me, so avoid the risk. The irony in these two examples is remarkable: one can’t win for having a recent previous relationship, and the other can’t win for not having a previous relationship or commit-

ted himself to them enough.

While these examples point to the rightness of a potential mate, there are other notions (not necessarily in my “rule book,” but those I’ve heard nevertheless) that regulate ideas on how to strengthen the glue that binds a relationship. For example: a light-skinned woman would be better off with a dark-skinned man because he will REALLY love her - he’ll feel so lucky to have her. The same would be the case for any woman who’s ejjpy on the eye involved with an

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r Another notion commonly joked about, is a voodoo-like, special spaghetti dinner recipe, that calls for mebses, served up hot for the unsuspecting man whose woman is intent on having him stay with her

Tomatoes & Spinach Vinaigrette takes only 10 minutes to prepare.

1/2 cup Kraft Taste of Life Tomato & Garlic Dressing 1 cup shredded low-moisture part-sklm mozzarella cheese Arrange tomatoes and spinach, alternately overlapping on platter. Drizzle with dressing. Sprinkle with cheese. Serving Size 1/6 recipe: Calories 100; Total

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Fat 6g, Saturated Fat 2g; Cholesterol lOmg; Sodium 290mg; Carbohydrate 6g, Dietary Fiber Ig; Protein 5g; Vitamin A 25% DV; Vitamin C 20% DV; Calcium 15% DV; Iron 4% DV; Vitamin E 50% DV; Folic Acid 8% DV.

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Baby’s first picture just got a little clearer '. (NAPSA) — Baby’s first pic ture? For many parents, this important “first” takes place in the obstetrician’s office when they first view baby on a TV monitor during a sonogram. The sonogram offers an exciting view of baby’s tiny heart beating, face, hands and feet, fingers and toes. After the sonogram, the doctor usually hands over some fuzzy pictures for parents to take home and show to family and friends. i Years ago, sonogram pictures were indistinct; it was difficult to clearly see a baby’s tiny parts. But thanks to ongoing advances in ultrasound technology, it is now possible to produce extremely sharp, high-quality sonogram pictures which clearly reveal anatomy and physiology. Ultrasound scanners have greatly improved in recent years and are capable of producing highresolution, high-contrast images. New developments from companies such as Sony Electronics are making it possible to realize all the benefits of ultrasound advances in printed form. With 1280 dots per inch, printers such as Sony’s new high-reso : lution black and white printer, UP895MD, can reproduce the depth and detail of the new high-resolu-tion, high-contrast images produced with today’s high-frequency advanced ultrasound systems. Details of the developing fetus can be seen with high clarity. Using Sony’s new UP-110HG high gloss paper, the resulting prints have a glossy, durable finish. Because of their high quality, the images are suitable as permanent keepsakes and may even grace the first page of baby’s photo album. Thanks to the latest industry advances, sonogram prints no longer lack clarity and gloss. With the help of Sony’s advanced printer technology, expectant parents can now have high-quality images of their little one’s fingers and toes that can be cherished in years to come.

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Sweet Melon & Romaine Salad topped with sunflower seeds. Creamy Cucumber Salad features toasted pecans.

Clear new prints of sonogram pictures make it possible to start wondering whose nose baby has before he’s even born.

We need to push and pray for our neighbors’ successes, and believe in them

I admit it. I’ve jumped ship a few times in my life. Growing up in the city of Shreveport, where the number of professional teams is zero, within a state with only the New Orleans Saints who didn’t see a playoff berth until I’d moved to Washington, D.C., to go to college, it was easy to go with the best thing playing. When I was a child, I rooted for the Philadelphia 76ers largely because of Dr. J. After he retired and I settled into adolescence, I moved on (b the younger, hipper Los Angeles Lakers. I didn’t become a Chicago Bulls fan until the early

‘90s when Michael Jordan picked up his supporting cast and first NBA championship. At first I felt a little guilty going to the then-Washington Bullets games to cheer for the opposing team, but in a city of politicians where winning literally is the only thing, it was socially acceptable— in fact, expected—that one would shun our consistently losing basketball team. I had no problem being Ipyal to the Washington Redskins, who were winning Super Bowls, or even the Baltimore Orioles, who, with a new ballpark and star players.

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seemed to do more winning than losing. But since the 19% American League Yankees-O’s playoffs — when a little kid in the New York Yankees outfield snatched a fly

ball away from an O’s outfield glove, thereby snatching the life out of us — it’s grown more and more difficult with each passing season for me to root for this team that I had grown to love. I realize while sitting behind the batter's box, close enough to snatch off the batting helmet of Braves’ clean-up hitter Andres “The Big Cat” Galarraga, that the Braves are not only better than the O’s, who are anchored by a nimble and narrow Delino DeShields, but they are much bigger as well. In my book, bigger is always better, so this has to be the final straw.

Just as I'm about to place my foot back into the water, my friend Ginabina says, “1 can’t even cheer for the Braves after the Yankees made them look like clowns in last year’s World Series.” But I can’t be too hard on Ginabina or myself because we’ve been raised in a culture where new and shinny is always better than old and worn. We see it often in prime-time romances — The Donald leaves a sagging Ivana for one fresh and perky blonde after another. While his wife clings to rosary beads and their life together, television news personality Bryant

Gumbel bails in favor of a fresh young blonde himself, and let me not fail to mention “players” like NBA superstar Latrell Spreewell and entertainment mogul Sean “Puffy” Combs who leave a trail of “babies’ mommas” in their wake. We see it in politics where, George Stephanopoulos showed through his memoir he had no love or loyalty towards President Clinton while Linda Tripp proved a two-faced witch to a sad and sassy Monica Lewinsky. Even bloodlines aren’t sacred. Latoya See BEAUTIFUL, Page C9