SGC Admin Recipes and Tips

FYI: Anti-Aging Cocktails

From the Editor: The following recipes are found on the Dr. Oz website

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Anti-Aging Cocktails

With the right ingredients, you can make healthy choices for your body while still having a fun night out. Dr. Tanya Edwards from the world-renowned Cleveland Clinic and Rob Turek, an award-winning bartender, have teamed up to bring you 3 delicious cocktails that will help you look and feel younger.

Anti-Wrinkle Chocolatini

Ingredients: Makes 1 cocktail
1/4 cup ground walnuts
1 oz vanilla vodka
1 oz Irish cream liqueur
1/2 oz dark chocolate liqueur
Orange wedge, for rimming glass
Dark chocolate shavings, for garnish

Directions
Spread ground walnuts on a flat surface. Rim edge of a martini glass with orange wedge to coat with juice. Then turn glass upside down and press rim into ground walnuts.

In a shaker filled with ice, combine Irish cream liqueur, vodka and dark chocolate liqueur.

Shake contents and strain into martini glass. Garnish with dark chocolate shavings and enjoy!

Heart-Smart Cooler

Ingredients: Makes 1 cocktail
1 tbsp blueberries
1 tbsp blackberries
4-6 leaves mint
2-3 leaves basil
1/2 oz pomegranate juice
1/2 oz green tea
4 oz seltzer water
Basil sprigs, for garnish
Mint sprigs, for garnish

Directions
In a tall glass, muddle blueberries, blackberries, mint and basil.

Add juice and tea and top with seltzer. Garnish with basil and mint sprigs, and serve with a straw.

Memory-Boosting Bloody Mary

Ingredients: Makes 1 cocktail
1 tbsp kale
2 tsp ginger
2 tsp ground black pepper
1 tsp turmeric
1 1/2 oz vodka
4 oz tomato juice
1 celery stick, for garnish

Directions
Purée kale, using a blender or food processor, and grate ginger into a bowl.

Combine puréed kale, ginger, ground pepper and turmeric into a cocktail shaker filled with ice.

Add vodka and tomato juice, and shake. Strain over glass filled with ice, and garnish with celery before serving.

SGC Admin Bits and Pieces

Body Blitz Spa Toronto: March News & Specials

From our Inbox to You... :)

Free Graphics Spa : Woman having massage

Body Blitz Spa

471 Adelaide St. W. ~Toronto, ON ~ 416-364-0400

March Break body scrubs

Going south and need to slip into a bathing suit? Our body scrubs are a great way to shed all that dead skin built up over the winter. Those dry patches and tiny bumps on your upper arm and thighs will disappear. Your skin will look silky smooth and ready for some sun. And if you can’t make it to the spa, you can purchase one of our body scrubs and scrub mitt to keep your glow on. 

 Scrub sale!

To help you with your glow, our body scrubs are on sale for the month of March. Regularly $32, they are NOW $25. That’s a savings of $7.00 per scrub! We only use pure essential oils in our body scrubs and they’re loaded with moisturizing oils to help soften and hydrate your skin.>more

Scrub ‘n mud Wednesday

Don’t forget about our scrub ‘n mud Wednesdays. Receive a body scrub, mud or nourishing treatment at a reduced rate when you book on any Wednesday!

scrub, mud or body glow ~ 60 minute NOW $126(regularly $140)

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Your love stories

Thank you for sending us your romantic love stories. We received so many amazing and uplifting stories. Unfortunately we can only publish one. Read how one woman fell in love at first sight … in a round about way.  >more

 Have a wonderful March!

 

From all of us at body blitz.

SGC Admin Bits and Pieces, Events: Present and Upcoming

Vendors Wanted: Clarington Home and Garden Show & Metro East Spring Show

Vendors Wanted: Previous post SGC December 12 2012:


Clarington Home and Garden Show April 14-15 2012 

10×5 Booth $199:00

For information on either of these shows or to be a vendor please contact:

Devon 905-579-4473 ext: 2236 or Wendy at ext: 2215 

Metro East Spring Home and Garden Show: March 30 to April 1 2012: 

Pickering Markets: For Booth info please contact: Audrey or call her @ 905-683–5110 ext: 257

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2011 “numbers” for Durham Region Council Members

From the Editor: FYI The workings of Durham Council… :)

Free Graphics Meeting : business meeting

Our members of council are paid a wage and entitled to have expenses/mileage reimbursed or covered as part of their agreement to work for the people. 

I would like to suggest, that if one is working for the good of the people, no matter at what level of “governance” the most important aspect of that work is the welfare and comfort of the people and the place in which they reside. And if that meant not expensing certain things, such as lunch meetings, extended or necessary travel and other travel expenses then that is what I hope I would do. technology has brought us a new way to commute with one another, it is no longer necessary to leave your office to conduct or engage in meetings with your peers. 

Expensing lunch is an old-fashioned worn out idea and only benefits the people at the luncheon. Gas is not only expensive it is bad for our environment, we should all be thinking more about why and where we are driving to and members of council should be setting an example. Many of the commuting working public do not get reimbursed for the gas they use to get to and from their place of work, it comes out of their income and they have to budget for it. 

There is one council member who has truly impressed me by expensing 0 for 2011, and I hope he will stand as an example to others for the future.

Thank You Oshawa Mayor John Henry for doing what you feel is right…. 

Listed below are the “numbers” for 2011, the information was printed in Whitby This Week Feb 29 Edition

1.3 million = Salary

18,910:00 = Mileage

53,630:00 = Expenses (conferences, conventions, meetings)

Base Salary for Regional Council Members for 2011: 48,983:00

15 Former Councilors 546,331:00 = Severance

Roger Anderson Regional Chair 185,037 Salary, 6,527:00 Mileage, 28,071 Expenses

Pat Perkins (Mayor of Whitby) Expenses 5,036:00

Debbie Bath (Brock Councillor) Mileage 2,433:00 (Councillor is the furthest away from Headquarters)

John Henry (Oshawa Mayor) Expenses 0 Mileage 0

SGC Admin Recipes and Tips

Knorr Recipe Hearty Beef Stew…

From the Editor: From our inbox to you… Beef stew is a favourite of hubbies…and sometimes when I make it, it’s great and other times not so good…. We don’t eat much red meat in our house, but stew is a dish I can manage on occasion… As of yet, I haven’t tried the following recipe, but it looks  good… if anyone does try it please send us along your thoughts… :) Click Here for more Knorr Recipes…

HOME-STYLE BEEF STEW

 
SERVES 4
PREP TIME: 15 Minute(s)
COOK TIME: 1 Hour(s) 25 Minute(s)
INGREDIENTS

 
1- lb. beef eye round roast, cut into 1-inch pieces
2 Tbsp. all-purpose flour
2 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 medium onions, coarsely chopped
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 tub Knorr® Homestyle Stock – Beef
2 cups water
2 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
4 cups baby red potatoes, halved
3 carrots, cut into 1/4-inch-thick slices
PREPARATION

  1. Toss beef with flour; set aside.
  2. Heat oil in 4-quart saucepot over medium heat and brown beef. Remove beef from saucepot; set aside.
  3. Stir onions and garlic into same saucepot and cook, stirring frequently, until onions are tender, about 4 minutes. Stir in Knorr® Homestyle Stock – Beef, water, Worcestershire sauce and beef. Bring to a boil over high heat, stirring until Stock is melted. Reduce heat to low and simmer covered, stirring occasionally, 40 minutes or until beef is almost tender. Stir in potatoes and carrots and simmer an additional 40 minutes or until beef and vegetables are tender.
NUTRITION INFORMATION per serving 
Calories 410, Calories From Fat 100, Saturated Fat 2g, Trans Fat 0g, Total Fat 11g, Cholesterol 45mg, Sodium 750mg, Total Carbohydrates 44g, Sugars 5g, Dietary Fiber 4g, Protein 31g, Vitamin A 150%, Vitamin C 70%, Calcium 6%, Iron 25%
 
Made with

Beef Stock

Discover a great tasting stock made with carefully selected ingredients, simmered to perfection — perfect for broth and soups; rice, mashed potatoes and pasta; and sauces and gravies. Find it in the broth aisle!

  • No MSG added*
  • Low Fat
  • Cholesterol Free

*This product contains no added monosodium glutamate beyond small
amounts naturally occurring in autolyze