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SWEET POTATO FRIES

Size: about 1/2 cups fries and 1 tablespoon dip | Servings: 6 INGREDIENTS • 1 1/2 pounds sweet potatoes (about 4 medium potatoes) • 1 tablespoon vegetable oil • 1/8 teaspoon salt DIP: 1/4 cup light mayo 1 tablespoon ketchup 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepper, chili powder or paprika INSTRUCTIONS...
Sweet Potato Fries

Fall vegetable sweet potatoes

KARAN’S KORNER For the month of November my nutrition program is Thanksgiving Bounty – enjoy your fall vegetables. Take advantage of what autumn has to offer in the way fruits and vegetables provide in sturdy texture, rich in color, rich in vitamins, and full of nutrients.
Sweet Potato

Million Dollar Pound Cake

Baking is not something I do regularly, and while I enjoy something sweet and satisfying just like the next person, I rarely break out the flour and measuring cups to create sweet treats to grace my table. Although I enjoy a decadent dessert, my tastes run quite simple.
Million Dollar Pound Cake

I’ve appreciated all my names throughout my life

I’ve experienced a lifelong identity crisis, of sorts, because of my name (or names), and I’ve kind of enjoyed it – most of the time. The controversy began in 1970, around the time that I made my almost 10-pound newborn debut Sorry, Mom.
GUEST COLUMNIST

What to do with Halloween candy

KARAN’S KORNER Fort Stockton sure put on an exciting Halloween Fall Festival. There were many trunk-n-treats, a costume contest, haunyted houses, pumpkins patches, parties, and more.
Halloween Candy

All Saints, All Hallows Day

Nov. 1 is a holy day for honoring all hallowed or holy ones. It had its first stirrings in the early seventh century. While a bit bland in this age, especially when compared to all the colorful costumes and celebration of its eve, Halloween, it wasn’t always “fiestaless.”
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