Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - January 8, 1991, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press january 1991 pages 1928 Chuck features editor violist Golani give local premiere of new Tempo a culinary elderly can find benefits in fixing own meals cooking for v Dave free press by Liana Simon special to the free press cooking for one can be a thankless theres no one to Praise the dish Aroma or tantalizing no one even to criticize the Lack of As a Many seniors find themselves opting for fast and easy to prepare often at the expense of sound though they have More time on their hands than when they were working or raising a they Are reluctant to prepare full course Home economist Ruth is trying to change that i Tell you Are you Are said the former director of consumer affairs at West fair foods who now teaches seminars titled cooking for one or two at Winnipeg senior menial tasks no matter what is involved in preparing a it helps to create cooking gives us a reason for and something to do and think Long gone Are the Days when our children would do everything for seniors have to do things for themselves and not wait for someone Mary attended Himelfarb class at the West end senior Centre last to cooking keeps you Busy and some seniors feel they cant be bothered and like prepackaged As a i make one Good meal a Day and usually have it for a few men and Himelfarb Are quite capable of menial tasks involved in food preparation like chopping combining simple ingredients and if nothing cooking gets the fingers and limbs said familiar to Many under the pen Dot until West fair moved its head office to Calgary in Himelfarb gave cooking made inshore wrote recipes and cookbooks and answered mail under the Dot West during her 25year tenure at Himelfarb help but notice the sorry state of Many seniors eating they pick up High fat fast foods like breaded fish hot chocolate and but we rent great at buying fruit and nutritious Good exercise by who also attended Himelfarb West end senior Centre came away with a new opinion toward Ive stopped frying foods everything is either broiled or we dont need to put on any More because her is they regularly eat an abundance of fresh salads Are common on their dinner and snacks include Carrot and celery too Himelfarb seniors automatically select foods that will slip Down their throats without any in chewing is Good exercise for the its got me on a she seniors eat Mushy foods because of for theres no reason not to Chew and Many Good t Booklet helps plan meals a Booklet from the Manitoba department of Healths Home economics titled stay healthy for All of your offers great advice for seniors on planning nutritional shopping and cooking for one or d Cook today for yourself and a the Friend Cooks eat together for d prepare As much As you can of meals Early in the Day when you have More d use a nonstick pan or a vegetable Oil Spray on a regular pan to prevent sticking and to make clean up d on a Day when you feel Cook meat for the whole week wrapped in Small foil packages in a freeze the packages and warm up the meal sized portions As you need d make cupcakes and muffins instead of extras can be Frozen or even kept fresh for a Short period in a covered d buy or make refrigerator cookie slice off Only what you need for d make meat loaf in muffin then freeze in individual d Divide Small portions of a casserole into custard cups lined with once remove the food in one piece with the you can place the mixture Back in the custard cup for d Many of your old including special ethnic dishes such As cabbage can be made in smaller amounts or Frozen in meal size dont be afraid to taste As you go to get seasoning this pamphlet is available free from the health resource 880 Portage r3g op1 f a ilk1 v no longer Fry to Cut Down on fat intake reasons to Chew things like High Fibre fruits and while practicality rules out seniors purchasing extra Large quantities at the economic constraints quash the feasibility of individual medium sized Dairy for Are often the Best she to avoid Himelfarb recommends buying portions of perishables suitable for about two she also recommends freezing excess portions for later Himelfarb frowns on stocking up on nonperishable Sale such As canned because this is a waste of Money for people on a fixed your Money will be tied up when it could be earning interest in the and it might take a year to eat All of that Salmon As a general Himelfarb advises seniors to buy enough Basic food stocks to last three larger quantities translate into open packages lying around in she Points larger packages Are not always they should know deceptive merchandising and smart senior will take time out prices and Johnson she picked up Good advice on portion control during the nutrition in the she would make More than enough for dinner for two even though she and her husband scorn id end up throwing things Ive Learned not to overcook so theres less on another Himelfarb suggests supermarkets could be More sensitive to the over65 set by offering discounts to seniors or making their Large stores More seniors would greatly Benefit if space was set aside for rest she added that food manufacturers could assist seniors by color coding certain foods for those on special she feels Many seniors stay away from the cheaper and Are forced to shop at More expensive convenience because they cant make it through the Large stores without a with the Bottom line being dollars and i cant condemn supermarkets for ignoring seniors because they make up a Small minority of their More news for stages its annual Parade of new shows Hollywood the Sun is in the the sailboats Are in the the producers and stars have gathered to talk about their occasionally Brilliant and More frequently not Brilliant new there int a Snowblower within this must be the networks annual Winter press where to critics from across North America gather in los Angeles to preview and review the movies and miniseries that will fill those primetime hours left vacant by the cancellation of All last Falls guaranteed smash hit new stables of stars at these twice year gatherings in lbs and pcs As Well As Fox broadcasting and a variety of Cable networks Parade their stables of stars in front of the assembled press with the aim of generating As much copy in As Many newspapers and magazines As they know not All the reviews Are going to be positive even the network execs responsible for scheduling must have recognized that cop Rock was a goofy concept or that Force was just Plain but the theory in operation it is that theres really no such thing As bad press other than your to critics gather to preview newest guaranteed smash hits watching to Brad Oswald on this years Winter Abc is first to present its wares to the critical and since the Peacock network is still in first place in the ratings it Doest have Many new shows to the emphasis is on upcoming movies and its a curious collection a couple of movies about heroic people who took the Law into their own hands when the system failed them in Broad the Story of a Small town that Rose up against a local and a movie about a Mother who kills a Man who continually molests her daughter and another line of that exposes racist groups that also choose to mete out their own Brand of redneck Cross stars in dark in terms of weekly the big news on Abc is a revival of the oddball 60s daytime dark this instead of a Low budget afternoon its a Glossy primetime offering starring British actor Ben Cross of chariots of fire Abc is also promoting a sitcom that aired briefly and unsuccessfully As a summer replacement last year and has since been rewritten and partially Mayim Bialik stars As a 14yearold growing up in a sort of girls version of abcs the wonder though not nearly As female versions in keeping with this trend toward female versions of popular Abc is unveiling a weekly drama based on the lives of four women who As the title its sort of a ladies Only version of thirty something even stars a pair of actresses who had recurring roles on that Abc Odd As is usually the Case during abcs portion of the press Showbiz legend Bob Hope dropped by fora Chat with the this it was to promote his upcoming special recorded during his tour to entertain troops stationed in the persian Gulf airing saturday while Many of the 90s generations stars Are hesitant to Deal with the Media because Treyve been misquoted or attacked in the tabloids or they rather not face that allot common possibility Hopes career has been a 50year love affair with the at one Point fun this recent in his military handlers tried to keep a group of reporters off his but Hope they tried to intimate that had kept the press he i me would i keep the press away from me i love the i bribe them and i hire six press agents just to Tell the press in Hes a year a Little More frail and Doest hear the questions As Well As he used but Hope still has a one liner for every ;