Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Serving Clovis, Portales and the Surrounding Communities
Information on using water soluble stabilizers and problems facing pediatric dental patients will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at 9:30 p.m. and on Thursday at noon. (All times are Mountain.)
Eric Drexler is going to show how to create a 3-dimensional wing for a dragonfly using a water soluble stabilizer. The wings are drawn on to the stabilizer and then the project is hooped and sewn. The stabilizer then washes away and only the thread wing remains. Drexler is from Port Charlotte, Florida.
J. Tim Rainey will talk about some of the problems facing pediatric dental patients and explain how heavy sedation can be avoided. He also says that prevention is the most effective treatment for decay for all patients, and he’ll show some products that can be very useful. He’s with the Texas Institute for Advanced Dental Studies and lives in Refugio, Texas.
Information on recycling old reclaimed doors, working with yarn to make fun accessories, and cooking with onions will be the featured topics on “Creative Living” on Tuesday at noon and on Saturday at 2 p.m.
Bruce Johnson, in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey, is going to show what to do with reclaimed doors from barns, porches, even outdoor sheds by recycling them and turning them into a beautiful headboard, room divider or coffee table.
Crafter Maria Nerius will show off the hottest yarns in a crafty fashion – and pom poms are back. Nerius will show how to make some fun accessories, jewelry, and other items. She lives in Palm Bay, Florida.
Kim Reddin represents the National Onion Assn. in Greeley, Colorado, and she’s going to demonstrate how to cut an onion as well as share some tips for reducing tears and other important onion facts, including selection and storage.
Sweet and sour stuffed onion
• 4 large yellow onions
• 3 tablespoons margarine
• 1 teaspoon brown sugar
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon minced ginger root or ground ginger
• 2 teaspoons vegetable oil
• 1 cup prepared sweet and sour sauce
• 1 cup cubed cooked chicken
• 3/4 cup drained, canned pineapple chunks
• 1/2 cup diced green bell pepper
• 4 mint sprigs (optional garnish)
Remove top quarter from each onion. Hollow out center of each onion, leaving 1/4-inch outer shell. Reserve onion pieces for filling. Mix margarine, brown sugar and paprika. Place onion cups in baking pan; lightly coat each cup with margarine mixture. Cover and bake in a 375° F. oven for 30 minutes. Remove from oven and set aside. For onion filling, mince enough onion to get 1/2 cup. Cook minced onions and ginger in oil in sauté pan until transparent. Add sweet and sour sauce, chicken, pineapple and green bell pepper and heat.
Fill onion shells with filling. Bake in a 350° F. oven for 20 minutes or until heated through. Garnish with mint. Makes 4 servings.
“Creative Living” is produced and hosted by Sheryl Borden. The show is carried by more than 118 PBS stations in the United States, Canada, Guam and Puerto Rico and is distributed by Westlink, Albuquerque.
