Working in tandem with JC Heath Foods, Boulevard Cafe offers light, delicious, gluten free and all natural foods.

Coffee connoisseurs will enjoy a cup at Boulevard Cafe, featuring high end coffee from PT’s Coffee Roasting Company, winner of Roaster of the Year 2009 by Roaster Magazine (http://www.ptscoffee.com/). PT’s obtains their coffee beans through earth-friendly direct trade that supports farmers dedicated to their craft.

Not a coffee drinker? Try Green Tea with Mangoes, Flowering Tea or Boulevard’s sugar-free smoothies (available in a range of flavors, including their signature Capital Cucumber blend – made from cucumber, pear and honeydew melon juices squeezed from fresh fruit while you wait).

For a lunch break, the cafe features soups, salads and wraps. Try the Asian Salad with baby greens, sardines, garbanzo beans and ginger sesame dressing, or Hummus Wrap, a Signature Boulevard item, hummus with veggies in a spinach or brown rice wrap, served with chips or fruit.

Boulevard Cafe is located at 1406 Missouri Boulevard. Open 8-8 Monday to Saturday.

For more information, visit http://boulevardcafe.net/.

Read our business profile of JC Health Foods in the January/February 2012 issue of Jefferson City Magazine.

1. Write down five things every day you are grateful for, Shackelford says. It could be something as simple as, “I’m so grateful my husband started dinner.”
2. Duggan recommends spending quiet time in prayer, meditation or simply sitting still with no modern distractions such as the TV or computer. The quite time could even five minutes at your desk in the morning.
3. Concentrate on your breathing a couple of times each day. Practice belly breathing by putting your hands on your belly and letting it expand while you take slow, deep breaths. You can do this in a meeting, and nobody will notice, Shackelford says.
4. Write down or say five things that you appreciate about yourself. Shackelford says too many of us, especially women, believe thinking about ourselves is selfish, arrogant or conceited. It could be something big, like not having a panic attack, to “I kept my mouth shut when I might have said something that could hurt another.”
5. Recognize your uniqueness. Shackelford calls this bio-individuality or intuition. Keep in mind that one-size diets or lifestyles do not fit all.
6. Forgive yourself often. You’re not perfect, but that’s OK. Keep in mind that forgiveness is never truly about the other person; it’s about you letting go and moving on. Most hurtful events only happen once; it’s our thoughts about the event that continue to hurt us, Shackelford says.
7. At the end of the day, Duggan recommends standing in front of a mirror and reciting back all the positive things that happened to you during the day. You’ll notice a change typically in two weeks in your mood.

The event will include a presentation by Nimrod “Rod” Chapel Jr., president of the Jefferson City branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People. The gathering also will feature music by the Lincoln University Vocal Ensemble, responsive litanies, a recitation of King’s “I Have a Dream Speech,” prayers and singing. A reception with refreshments will follow the ceremony.

The commemoration begins at 2 p.m. in the Assembly Hall at St. Mary’s Health Center, 100 St. Mary’s Medical Plaza in Jefferson City. No reservation is required. For more information, call (573) 761-7000, ext. 1504.

]]> http://www.jeffersoncitymag.com/2012/01/st-marys-to-mark-mlk-day-with-commemorative-service/feed/ 0 http://www.jeffersoncitymag.com/2012/01/how-to-make-a-fresh-style-start-to-the-new-year/ http://www.jeffersoncitymag.com/2012/01/how-to-make-a-fresh-style-start-to-the-new-year/#comments Mon, 09 Jan 2012 14:55:33 +0000 Jenny Bondurant http://www.jeffersoncitymag.com/?p=1689 Happy New Year!

If looking great and enhancing your personal style is a resolution this year, remember creating a better self image on the inside is your best accessory. Pretty on the inside equals pretty on the outside. Embrace and accentuate the positive, start with the twinkle in your eye then go buy a pair of your favorite shoes to take you through the year in grand style.

During these cold winter months, take some time to clean out your sock and underwear drawers. Anything that’s stretched out or has holes needs to go. Fill in using those gift cards you received and take advantage of some great after Christmas sales. Set yourself up with fresh and organized underwear and sock drawers for the New Year. It will make you feel terrific!

Fashionably yours,

Eric

Eric Luebbert writes the Ask Eric style column found in each issue of Jefferson City Magazine. Look for his advice on how to layer jewelry in the January/February 2012 issue.

I don’t know how this happened. We have vegetables at (most) every meal, and he eats an apple when I remind him, but he’d much rather have a cheeseburger or a steak. Refuses to eat salad and even shies away from baby carrots. So when I read Teresa Snow’s upcoming article on the flexitarian diet (in our Jan/Feb issue, out next week), I was reminded once again of my failure with his diet. Did we not introduce vegetables enough when he was a baby? Were we too lenient? Is he getting enough nutrients and vitamins? Will he ever eat green bean casserole or sweet potatoes?

Basically, the flexitarian diet is a call to eat better by eating more vegetables, less meat, without going completely vegetarian. Better for you, less calories – many benefits!

Inspired by the message in Teresa’s article, I fixed a veggie Mexican casserole for dinner this week. Okay – I served it with a side of tacos, doubting that the casserole would go over well with Tyler. I can’t bring myself to starve him with a cold-turkey move to meatless (actually, he’d eat the cold turkey if that is what we were having), so I have to hope that he consumed enough salsa with his tacos to count as a vegetable serving.

He didn’t eat the casserole, but I’m hopeful that exposure to the world of meatless dinners will eventually pay off.

– Jenny Bondurant

Chilaquiles Casserole – reminded me of a Mexican lasagna, with layers of corn tortillas, shredded zucchini, black beans, corn, cheese and enchilada sauce. My husband and I liked it, so I am sharing the recipe — Check out the Jan/Feb issue for more info and a meal plan for the flexitarian diet!

Chilaquiles Casserole

10 servings
Active Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 45 minutes

Ingredients

* 1 tablespoon canola oil
* 1 medium onion, diced
* 1 medium zucchini, grated
* 1 19-ounce can black beans, rinsed
* 1 14-ounce can diced tomatoes, drained
* 1 1/2 cups corn, frozen (thawed) or fresh
* 1 teaspoon ground cumin
* 1/2 teaspoon salt
* 12 corn tortillas, quartered
* 1 19-ounce can mild red or green enchilada sauce
* 1 1/4 cups shredded reduced-fat Cheddar cheese

Preparation

1. Preheat oven to 400°F. Lightly coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with cooking spray.
2. Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and cook, stirring often, until starting to brown, about 5 minutes. Stir in zucchini, beans, tomatoes, corn, cumin and salt and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are heated through, about 3 minutes.
3. Scatter half the tortilla pieces in the pan. Top with half the vegetable mixture, half the enchilada sauce and half the cheese. Repeat with one more layer of tortillas, vegetables, sauce and cheese. Cover with foil.
4. Bake the casserole for 15 minutes. Remove the foil and continue baking until the casserole is bubbling around the edges and the cheese is melted, about 10 minutes more.
Tips & Notes

* Make Ahead Tip: Prepare through Step 3 and refrigerate for up to 1 day.
Nutrition
Per serving: 243 calories; 10 g fat ( 5 g sat , 4 g mono ); 23 mg cholesterol; 30 g carbohydrates; 9 g protein; 5 g fiber; 338 mg sodium;     267 mg potassium.

Nutrition Bonus: Vitamin C (23% daily value), Fiber (22% dv).

Carbohydrate Servings: 1 1/2

Exchanges: 2 starch, 1 vegetable, 1 lean meat, 1 fat

From: http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/chilaquiles_casserole.html

Notorious prisoners and escapes, murder and mayhem … Some stories are humorous, some are historical and some are quite tragic – but all are incredibly captivating and very real. The Jefferson City CVB, in partnership with Cabin Cabbage Productions, has produced a DVD (now available for purchase) to capture accounts of events which occurred within the walls of Missouri State Penitentiary.

The MSP, built in 1834, operated continually for 170 years, until 2004 – longer than any other prison west of the Mississippi. Dubbed the “most historical place in the Midwest” and the “bloodiest 47 acres in America,” MSP housed tens of thousands of prisoners during its tenure. Now open to the general public for history, ghost and student tours, visitors are lead through several of the prison’s significant structures by guides who once worked as prison guards and wardens. Each guide brings a unique, first-hand perspective on their experiences while employed at the penitentiary.

The DVD has the potential to appeal to a wide range of visitors: those who have already toured the prison can re-live their experience and those who have not yet toured the prison can see a snapshot preview of what they can expect to experience at MSP. Anyone with a love of history or ties to former employees or inmates will surely enjoy this in-depth view inside the walls of the Missouri State Penitentiary.

The DVDs ($10) are for sale at the Jefferson City Convention & Visitors Bureau office, located at 100 East High Street, available online at www.MissouriPenTours.com or by calling (866) 998-6998. NOTE: The prison’s 2011 tour season has concluded, but tours will be offered again beginning in March of 2012.

Representatives from both schools met with Kehoe and Drewing at Joe Machens Capital City Ford-Lincoln on December 7 to present a check to Helias High School for $5,040 and a check to Jefferson City High School $2,980. More than 400 area residents test-drove a Ford or Lincoln vehicle at two different events on October 8 and 9.  Ford Motor Company donated $20 for each test drive at the two events.

Since the program’s inception in 2007, the Drive One 4 UR School program has generated more than $7 million in donations for high schools nationwide. The Jefferson City location – formerly Mike Kehoe Ford-Lincoln – has raised more than $30,000 during the same period for several local high schools. The money raised has helped ensure that extracurricular actives like sports and music programs continue in local communities despite budgetary constraints and funding cuts.

The checks were presented to school officials at the Kickoff to the upcoming Mike Kehoe Great 8 High School Basketball Tournament that will run December 28, 29, and 30.  The local tournament has become one of the best-known basketball events in the Midwest, and Kehoe and his team have been involved as the title sponsor for more than 15 years.

Hy-Vee (Jefferson City, Osage Beach & Columbia)

Downtown Book & Toy

Convenient Food Mart

Schulte’s Fresh Foods

Tolson Drug Store

Blue Boutique

Midwest Petroleum

Moser’s Price Chopper (Columbia)

Moser’s (Jefferson City, Columbia, Holts Summit, Ashland)

D&H Drug (Columbia)

Patricia’s IGA (Columbia)

Kwik Run (Holts Summit)

Fairway Groceries (Eugene)

Paul’s Supermarket (Eldon)

Stonecrest Book & Toy (Osage Beach)

Sedalia Books

Campbell’s Thriftway (Linn)

Schnuck’s (Jefferson City &Columbia)

Wal-Mart (Jefferson City, Osage Beach, Eldon, Camdenton, Osage Beach & Columbia)

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Amy will volunteer as the head instructor, but the club needs a place to train.

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