2 teaspoons olive oil 1 pound sliced mushrooms (about 6 cups) 1 cup sliced onion 1 ⁄2 cups low-sodium pasta sauce 1 ⁄2 cups unsalted vegetable broth 1 cup cannellini beans, rinsed and drained 3 teaspoons smoked paprika Salt and freshly ground black pepper Heat olive oil over medium-high heat in a large saucepan or Dutch oven. Add the mushrooms and onion and sauté 4 to 5 minutes.
1 ⁄4 whole grain French baguette, sliced into 4 slices Olive oil spray 2 ounces garlic-herbed goat cheese, room temperature Preheat broiler or toaster oven. Cut bread on diagonal into 1 ⁄2-inch slices.
Editor's note: Gloria took the week between Christmas and New Year's off from writing to enjoy with her family. This is one of the Yoders' favorite recipes: Daniel's waffles. These waffles are perfect for a Sunday morning breakfast and if you don't have a waffle iron these can be made into pancakes. Gloria returns next week.
Dear Abby: I have a friend, “Tara,” I have known for a long time. Early in our friendship when we made plans, she would bring her boyfriend along (without asking or telling me she was). When she began dating her now-husband, it continued. I did grow to like him and appreciated the chance to get to know him, but I thought it could have been handled better (a planned event where we all hung out occasionally, not her dragging him along to everything we had planned together).
Dear Doctors: As someone who was born with Type 1 diabetes, I’m very interested in any new advances that make it easier to live with this disease. I’ve recently heard on the news that someone has actually been cured. Is that possible? Is there going to be a treatment soon?
It is sad when we get to the point where we can no longer live in our home and must move to a senior center. It’s a tragedy when the individual has pets and no family or friends that will take them. This is the story of Cindy and Simone.
Items for the Community Calendar may be emailed to nmelton@examiner.net or mailed to: The Examiner, 300 N. Osage St., Independence, MO 64050, attention Nancy Melton. Also, check the calendar online at examiner.net.
Dear Abby: My preteen son is friends with a boy I don’t quite approve of, but I understand that sometimes bad decisions lead to future wisdom. When I can, I allow the friend to come to our house to hang out with my son because this friend allegedly has a difficult home life.
Dear Doctors: Can you please talk about the omicron variant? I keep hearing different information about whether or not it’s worse than the delta variant and how sick it’s going to make you. Why has there been so much panic about this new variant?
Dear Abby: A year ago, I was contacted by a half-sister I’ll call “Shyla,” who my mother placed for adoption at birth. My mother passed away five years ago. She was a horrible mother who physically, verbally and emotionally abused my brother and me. Giving Shyla up was the best thing she ever did. I have spent years in therapy to work through my painful childhood.