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WIC Kitchen: Healthy, fruity snacks help make fall fun

Everybody loves a good snack — and of course that includes kids. Sure, you can buy them at the supermarket, but here at WIC Kitchen, we thought with some preparation and cooking time, plus ingredients  you might already have in the fridge and pantry, you can make healthier versions ...

Banana bread or chocolate chip cookies? No need to choose one

I don’t know about you, but my family loves homemade baked goods. It doesn’t really matter what it is as long as it is still warm out of the oven. However, the top two contenders in our house are definitely homemade chocolate chip cookies and banana bread. So, when I found a recipe on ...

WIC Kitchen: Cool summer salads to help beat the heat

Summer is supposed to be hot but this one has been a bit of a doozy so far.   At Monongalia County Health Department’s Women, Infants and Children (WIC) program, we recommend drinking a lot of water on a regular basis for a variety of reasons, including to aid with digestion ...

WVU grads win state’s punch recipe contest for WV Day

A Monongalia County resident’s punch recipe won the state contest held in conjunction with West Virginia’s 160th birthday party. Gov. Jim Justice and the First Lady Cathy Justice announced the winner of the West Virginia birthday punch contest at West Virginia’s 160th birthday party ...

Proper press helpful for tofu

Recently my daughter visited her aunt. I called to check in, and asked what she’d been up to. “We’re making pink tofu!” she exclaimed. I had to ask her to repeat herself a couple of times, because it did not compute in my head. When my sister, Lina, hollered, “we’re making it ...