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Eat your Veggies!
Simple Cooking Methods
When your mother told you to eat you veggies, she
knew best. Vegetables add color, taste, texture and
bulk to your daily diet. South Carolina has dozens
of different vegetables that can be prepared in
literally hundreds of ways. Since there is no best
way to prepare them, the thing to do is to eat your
vegetables, lots of them, every day in a wide variety
of ways, and prepare them in a variety of ways.
Raw: Many vegetables taste fabulous just the way
they are straight out of the garden. Lettuce, broccoli,
cauliflower, tomatoes, celery, onions, radish, carrots
are obvious choices here. But they are just as likely
to find themselves next to peas, beans and zucchini
on a starter platter with dips. You can always make
a salad.
Steamed: Steaming heats the vegetable and softens
it’s texture. It is gentler than boiling and allows the
vegetables to maintain their color, if not overdone.
Use a stainless steel steamer that will fit into most
good size sauce pans. Make sure you use a pan with
a tight fitting lid. There should be enough water to
just touch the bottom of the steamer. Water should
be simmering the whole time the vegetables are
being cooked.
Boiling: Boiling vegetables is really going out of
fashion, but it’s a legitimate preparation method.
The big concern is loss of nutrients. All cooking
methods result in the loss of some goodness from
the vegetables. If boiling, try to find a way to use
the water the vegetables have been boiled
in (i.e. to make a gravy or sauce) to
bring those nutrients back to the
table. Vegetables should be
barely covered with water.
Bring the water to a boil
(covered) then slow to
a simmer until
vegetables are tender.
Microwave: Very
popular for
vegetables as it
retains color, flavor
and nutrients. Trial
and error will be
your guide with
microwaving as
there are plenty of
variables involved.
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However, a few
guidelines will help...
The more food you put
into the oven, the
longer it will take to
cook. Underestimate
your cooking time rather
than overestimate. Undercooked
food can be cooked some more. Over-cooked food is
ruined. Food straight from the fridge will take longer
to cook than that at room temperature.

Stir Fry: Very rapid method of quick frying

vegetables, meat (optional) and sauces in one pan to
make a meal. The key to doing this well is
preparation. All items to be cooked should be
chopped to a size that will allow them to cook
quickly in the wok. It is also important that the wok
is heated to a high, consistent temperature
throughout. Vegetables maintain their color and
crispness with this sort of cooking.
Baking: Baking is especially good for those ‘root’
vegetables like potatoes, turnips, carrots and
beetroot. Chop into similar size pieces, brush lightly
with olive oil and put in a hot oven to roast. Size of
the pieces will determine the cooking time but expect
at least 40 minutes. Outside is chewy, inside is moist
and fluffy.
Barbeque: If you are going to barbeque chicken or
ribs, why not your veggies. This is primarily open
flame cooking, so it could apply to a campfire as
well. Cooking outside changes everything about
food. You will need foil, fire and fresh veggies.
Grease your foil, chop your veggies and put the
closed packages on the grill. Add some butter and
spices and be adventurous, it’s really hard to mess
this up.
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Carolina Girl Resources

Business Resources

American Association of Home-Based

Businesses • American Business Women’s
Association • Better Business Bureau • Biztalk • Business
Carolina • FastTrac SC • Federally Employed Women •
First Gov • Go Daddy • National Association for Female
Executives • National Association for the Self-Employed
• National Association for Women Business Owners • National Association
of Working Women• National Women’s Business Council •
The NeighborWorks Network • SC Employment Security Commission •
SC Government • SC Minority Business • SC Statewide Minority Business
Development Center • SC Women’s Business Center • SC World Trade Center
• Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) • Small Business
Administration (SBA) • SBA Online Women’s Business Center •
US Department of Labor Women’s Bureau • US Women’s Chamber of
Commerce • USC Small Business Development Center • Women@Work!
Professional Network • Women Impacting Public Policy •Working

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Health Resources
Aging

Active Services Corporation - Adult Day

Health Services • Administration on Aging •
Aging Solutions • Arthritis Foundation •
Carolina Senior • Center for Medicare and
Medicaid • Children of Aging Parents •
Medicare • National Institute of Neurological
Disorders and Stroke • National Institute on
Aging • National Osteoporosis Foundation
National Stroke Association North American
Menopause Society

Cancer

American Cancer Society • American Lung

Association • Happy Days and Special Times
HPV Vaccine and Prevention of Cervical
Cancer • MyBiopsy • National Cancer
Institute •SC Ovarian Cancer Foundation •
Women’s Cancer Network

Family and Children

American Association of Poison Control •

American Fertility Association •Before
Pregnancy • Birthright International •DHEC
Women, Infants and Children (WIC) •
Girlology • KidsHealth • Ovulation Calendar
• Planned Parenthood • Professional Doulas
of Charleston • Resolve: The National
Infertility Association • Southeastern Fertility
Center

Local and State

Center for Medication Safety • SC

Department of Health and Human Services •
Healthy South Carolina Challenge •
Professional Doulas of Charleston •SC
Department of Health and Environmental
Control (DHEC) •Southeastern Fertility Cen-
ter

Heart

American Heart Association •Heart Info •

The National Coalition for Women with Heart
Disease

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Mental Health and Addiction

National Institute of Drug Abuse • National

Institute of Mental Health

Sexually Transmitted Diseases

American Social Health Association

Women

American College of Obstetricians and

Gynecologists • American Fertility Association
• American Medical Women’s Association •
Before Pregnancy • Black Women’s Health
Imperative •Center for Endometriosis Care •
DHEC Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
• Health Square • National Asian Women’s
Health Organization •National Women’s Health
Information Center • National Women’s Health
Resource Center •Office on Women’s Health •
Professional Doulas of Charleston •Resolve: The
National Infertility Association • The National
Coalition for Women with Heart Disease •
Wisewoman • Women’s Health Project •
Women Speak

Others

Acupuncture Works • American Dental

Association •American Diabetic Association •
American Dietetic Association •American
Obesity Association • Asthma and Allergy
Foundation of America •Association for the
Blind •Center for Disease Control and
Prevention • Complementary and Alternative
Medicine • National Eating Disorders
Association • National Foundation for
Treatment of Pain • National Headache
Foundation •National Institute of Drug Abuse •
National Institutes of Health • National Institute
of Mental Health • US Department of Health
Services

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Legal
National Women's Law Center • Pro
Bono Legal Services • SC Bar Public
Services • SC Legal Services •
SC Collaborative Law Association
• SC Law Help • SC Legal Services
Programs •WomensLaw

Divorce

Divorce Net • Divorce Online •

Divorce Support • Divorce Source
Millennium Divorce

Parenting
A Chosen Child Adoption Services •
Adoption Network • Carolina
Adoption Services •Carolina
Children's Charity •Carolina Youth
Development Center • Children in
Crisis • Darkness to Light •Exchange
Club Parent/Child Resource Center •
Families Anonymous •Family Services
• Family Violence Treatment Centre •
Focus Adolescent Services • Family
Help in SC • Girlology • Girls on the
Run • Make-A-Wish Foundation •
March of Dimes in SC •Mothers and
More-National • North American
Council on Adoptable Children • Net
Mom • Parents Anonymous of SC •
Parents Guide to the Internet • Parents
Without Partners • SC Department of
Social Services (DSS) •SC DSS
Adotpion Services • WINGS for kids

Stepfamilies

Bonus Families • Stepfamily

Foundation •Stepfamily inFormation
• Stepfamily Network
Education
American Association of University
Women • Association for Continuing
Higher Education • The Citadel •
Clemson University • College of
Charleston • George Street Observer
Online • Columbia College •
Women's Studies at Columbia College
• Communities in Schools •
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
- Charleston AFB • Furman University
• Women's Studies at Furman
University • Life Management Center
• Limestone College • Lowcountry
Graduate Center •Medical University
of South Carolina (MUSC) • MUSC
Catalyst • National Women's Studies
Association • SC Department of Edu-
cation • Springfield College - Charles-
ton • Trident Technical College •
Continuing Education at Trident
Technical College •Division of
Continuing Education Summer Camps
(Age 6-16) • University of South
Carolina •Women's Studies at
University of South Carolina •Webster
University - Charleston •Webster
University - Charleston Air Force Base
• Winthrop University

Support
Alcoholics Anonymous •
B-WHO-U-R Network •
Compassionate Friends • Darkness to
Light •Florence Crittenton Programs
of SC •GovBenefits • People Against
Rape (PAR) •Rape, Abuse and Incest
National Network (RAINN) •Women
of Color

Domestic Violence

My Sister's House •National Coalition

Against Domestic Violence • National
Domestic Violence Hotline
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Contents
Carolina Girl Of The Month
Carolina Girls Buy Local
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5
Carolina Girls Know Their State 9
Time to Refinace or Buy? 12
Shoes 13
Neighborhoods 15
Pets 17
Bunker Shot Perfection 18
Rings 20
Staycations - Discover Something Close To Home 21
Bags 22
Moving Beyond Your Divorce 23
Hair 25
Carolina Girls Defined 26
Beds 28
Carolina Girls Know About Breast Cancer 29
Jewelry 30
Weddings 31
Carolina Girls Need Inexpensive Family Activities...PRONTO 32
Clemson 33
Frogmore Stew 34
Collages 36
About Beaufort 37
Cars 38
Dogs 40
Food 42
A One Tank Trip 43
South Carolina Wedding & Event Planners: Career Outlook 44
Carolina Girl Gear 48
Carolina Girls Have Careers 49
Charleston’s New Arts Website 51
Roberts of Charleston 53
Eat Your Veggies! 55
Carollina Girl Resources 57

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