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Soups to Savor
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Melissa Clayton uses kidney and black beans in one of her favorite winter recipes, Mexican chicken soup.
Beans add nutrients and healthy,
filler fiber ... and they’re cheap
Melissa Clayton, who follows me on my
Facebook page (facebook.com/mhastingsWSJ), uses kidney and black beans in one
he new year has arrived and so has of her favorite winter soup recipes, Mexican
winter, and the colder weather has me chicken soup.
thinking about hot soup.
Clayton loves this soup for its taste and
And the lower the temperature goes, simplicity. Once you sauté the chicken and
the more I crave a soup that’s hot and
onion, you toss all of the other ingredients
hearty.
in the pot and let ’er rip. Soup’s on in just 30
When I think of hearty soups, I immediate- minutes.
ly think of beans, which offer nutrients and
Her soup packs a lot of color and flavor
healthy, filling fiber. It doesn’t hurt that beans with spicy tomatoes, corn and chili powder.
are one of the cheapest healthy ingredients
She said that the original recipe calls for a
around.
splash of green garnish in the form of cilanA lot of people have a favorite bean, but I
tro. “Or you can serve it with shredded Mexilike them all — lentils, pintos, black, kidney,
can-style cheese and crushed tortilla chips,”
cannellini.
she said, which is how her family likes it.
BY MICHAEL HASTINGS
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Winston-Salem Journal
Onions lend
a earthy
sweetness
to this
lentil
soup with
rice and
spinach.
SOUPS, Page C2
A community cookbook
with some surprising recipes
T
he Shepherd’s CenNurse and Health Minter of Greater Winistry Program works to
ston-Salem has been
promote holistic health
wanting to put together a
in Forsyth County. And its
cookbook for years. But it
Faith in Action Care protook a recession for it to
gram helps seniors stay in
happen.
Michael Hastings their homes by provid“It’s been an idea that mhastings@wsjournal.com ing transportation, small
several people have had
home repairs and visitaover the years,” said
tion respite care.
Debbie Weston, the coordinator of volThe center, which has a staff of 10,
unteers for the center’s Faith in Action relies heavily on volunteers. The Faith in
Care program. “In the past few years, Action program has 194 volunteers.
our funding has gone down. So we’ve
“They volunteer a lot of time, mileage
been looking for other ways (to raise and energy to assist the senior populamoney).”
tion,” Weston said.
The Shepherd’s Center, which
“And they are filling an emotional
has operated in Winston-Salem
need as well as a physical need. It’s not
since 1985, is an interfaith minis- just giving someone a ride to the doctor.
try that assists seniors in different Sometimes it’s about sharing who you
ways.
are, giving them someone to talk to.”
Its Senior Center program orgaThe center’s new cookbook is called
nizes fitness programs, games, classes
“Feeding the Flock.” It has 185 recipes
and other activities. The Congregational
COOKBOOK, Page C2
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