- Food: Carbonara cool — Creamy comfort food becomes summer salad
- May 15, 2013
- Pasta carbonara — richly cheesy, creamy and studded with crisped pancetta — is easily one of the most comforting of pasta dishes. The only trouble is, with the onset of warmer weather we tend to crave salads more than steaming bowls of pasta. So for this recipe, we decided to have it both ways.
- Food: Pretty fruit parfait is easy enough for kids to make
- May 8, 2013
- It doesn’t matter how skilled — or not — your kids are in the kitchen. This easy, fruity mousse parfait is a great Mother’s Day project they can help with.
- Food: Garden inspires healthy, mom-approved makeover of egg-in-a-hat
- May 8, 2013
- Mom always said to eat your vegetables, so this Mother’s Day serve her breakfast in bed inspired by a walk through the garden. We began with the idea of egg-in-a-hat — sometimes called egg-in-a-basket or a Popeye.
- Beauty on a back street
- Tour to feature gardener’s bigtime transformation of small lot
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- To say Brendalyn Blake is interested in gardening is sort of like saying Pavarotti liked to sing. Both are ridiculous understatements.
- First Center for Spiritual Living in Kansas meeting in Shawnee
- 12:00 a.m., May 8, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Jrie Newsome followed a long road from the Baptist church she was brought up in to the first Center for Spiritual Living in Kansas.
- Drive-thru book drive helps Scout with fourth-generation Eagle goal
- 04:04 p.m., May 7, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Be prepared. That’s the Boy Scout motto, so it wasn’t surprising that Graham Cannon was prepared for the 30-degree temperatures and light rain that greeted his Eagle Scout project Saturday morning.
- Food: Chocolate layer makes French toast special for Mother’s Day
- May 1, 2013
- The following recipe — perfect for breakfast-in-bed for Mom on Mother’s Day — is a little healthier than the original. We start with whole-wheat bread, replace some of the whole eggs with egg whites, and swap in raspberry sauce for maple syrup.
- Food: Carry-out from your own kitchen: Fried rice with spring veggies
- April 24, 2013
- Starchy, crunchy and flavorful, fried rice is a deeply satisfying dish no matter what you add to it. And you can add just about any vegetable or protein you care to name, fresh or left over.
- Local couple, bookmobile driven to help at-risk kids
- 12:00 a.m., April 24, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Bookmobiles, a popular means of serving Johnson County Library patrons in the 1950s, fell out of use locally as branch libraries began sprouting up across the county.
- Stroke awareness focus: Stroke patients in good hands at KU Hospital
- 08:56 p.m., April 23, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Paula Theus was at home on a recent Sunday afternoon, having just finished eating dinner, when she lost the ability to speak.
- Rebuilding Together Shawnee springs into action at local homes
- 11:48 a.m., April 23, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Already slender, Jane Vogel lost four pounds after her central air conditioning system went out during the height of the summer last year.
- New Project Wellness site offers support for parents
- April 17, 2013
- Resources for parents of children dealing with eating disorders, drug abuse or other challenges are now just a click away through the De Soto school district website.
- Nonprofit’s new building a beacon of help, hope
- 12:00 a.m., April 17, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Clients served at the new Shawnee Community Services building will receive their free food and clothing with an extra dash of hope.
- Home & Garden Focus: Spring cleaning: Don’t forget hidden grime in appliances, electronics
- 12:00 a.m., April 17, 2013 Updated 12:00 a.m.
- Staying out of sight allows grime hideouts in your household appliances and electronics to be easily overlooked.
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What was your best day ever?
“Aug. 18, 1945, I returned from the Pacific to my wife after serving five years in the Army Air Force. We spent 60 more years together.”
