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Wednesday, April 1, 2020 The Nugget Newspaper, Sisters, Oregon
Journey
through
Thyme
Jodi Schneider
Columnist
Cooking keeps
us busy in
stressful times
With health and govern-
ment officials urging people
to stay home in the midst of
the COVID-19 pandemic,
many people are looking
for productive and comfort-
ing ways to pass the time
indoors 4 prompting the
reawakening of cooking and
baking.
With more people work-
ing from home, nutritionists
say now is the time to start
cooking and brushing up on
your culinary know-how.
Cooking can be a com-
fort and one way to reduce
anxiety during trying times.
If you9re at home, cooking
is a way to nurture your-
self and learn a new skill
and stay active. It9s also
therapeutic because when
you9re following a recipe,
you put your brain to work
and you9re focusing on that
instead of thinking about the
other worries you may have.
Baking or cooking can
be a stress reliever, because
you9re using all five of your
senses, which puts you pres-
ent and in the moment.
There is power in food.
There9s a blessing in food,
especially at a time like
this. Create that feeling that
makes the best of a crisis.
Get cooking.
Turn to soups for com-
fort with a big pot of chicken
soup with fine noodles, car-
rots, celery, onions, and pars-
ley, just like mom made, and
it9s good for you.
What are the best foods to
buy when you know you9re
going to be stuck at home?
You can make nutrition a pri-
ority, and that9s all the more
important if your immune
system may be compromised.
When you go to the gro-
cery stores you need a game
plan of what can bring you
the most nutrition. Fresh
foods can be frozen, which
will allow you to enjoy them
later.
Reach for beans and
legumes because they9re
long-lasting and also a great
starting point for a nutrient-
rich meal. Chickpeas or
lentils, for example, can be
mixed with salads and pasta
dishes, or used in soups
and stews. They can also be
used for making homemade
hummus, a great snack. You
should also stock up on qui-
noa, barley, ground cornmeal
for polenta or grits, pasta
sauces, and pasta.
Baking staples would
include all-purpose flour,
white sugar, brown sugar,
baking powder and soda,
salt, butter and yeast. Also
keep stocked up on eggs,
for baking and other uses, as
well as oils, such as olive and
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fruits that can be turned into
granola, along with some
nuts and seeds. A freezer
can be loaded with proteins,
frozen vegetables and broth,
as well as frozen fruits for
smoothies and for baked
items such as muffins.
Try to stay away from
highly-processed snacks,
which can be an easy option
when you have a cupboard
stocked with biscuits, crack-
ers, and chips, and especially
when you are home all day,
watching the latest updates
on the pandemic and feeling
stressed.
Instead, stock up on
apples, oranges, lemons and
bell peppers, all of which
are high in vitamin C, which
helps build a strong immune
system. In between meals,
healthy snack options include
low-fat popcorn and nuts.
During this time, it9s
likely that you9ll have some
more free time on your hands
than normal. So, if you9re
used to cooking at home,
why not use it as an opportu-
nity to try your hand at a few
recipes that you wouldn9t
normally be able to.
One way to eat healthy all
week is to practice making
See COOKING on page 18
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The campground closures
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social distancing guidelines
provided by the Centers for
Disease Control and to align
with Governor Brown9s <Stay
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Forest Service states.
Day use areas, includ-
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The Forest Service encour-
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Governor9s executive order
for the State of Oregon. The
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