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CR 700 S., VELPEN $ 450,000 PHILLY CHEESESTEAK PASTA By Monica Sinclair With school back in session, moms and dads get busier trying to fit everything into one day. It gets tough to be able to make a filling dinner with all of the busy schedules. The recipe this week will hopefully help with that. It can be ready in about 40 minutes and will keep those bellies satisfied. Enjoy! INGREDIENTS • ½ pound small shells • 32 ounces beef stock + 32 ounces water • 2 TBSP butter • 3 garlic cloves • 1 pound ground beef • 8 ounces cream cheese, cubed • 1 green or red pepper diced • ½ yellow onion diced • ½ cup reserved cooking liquid from noodles • 1 cup shredded mozzarella • sliced provolone DIRECTIONS 1. Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. 2. Combine the beef stock with 32 ounces of water and cook the shells in a large pot to al dente in this liquid. 3. Drain noodles, save ½ cup of liquid. 4. Melt the butter in skillet, cook the garlic clove for thirty seconds being careful not to let it burn, then add the bell pepper and onion and cook about 5 minute or until translucent. 5. Add in the ground beef, season with salt and pep- per, and cook until beef is no longer pink. 6. Mix in the cream cheese until melted - a minute or two. 7. Stir in the reserved cooking liquid from the noo- dles, pasta, and shredded mozzarella. 8. Top with sliced provolone and pop in the oven to melt if your skillet is oven-proof. 9. If your skillet is NOT oven-proof, transfer mix- ture to a large greased baking dish and top with the provolone cheese. 10. Bake for 20 to 25 minutes or until the provolone is completely melted. Source: wishesndishes.com MEALS IN Monica's MINUTES Share your favorite recipe! www.facebook.com/mealsinminutes Monica's Meals in Minutes PO Box 68, Petersburg, IN 47567 mealsinminutes@pressdispatch.net FACEBOOK MAIL EMAIL Navigating the dating world can be intimidating and scary for both par- ents and teens. Many questions come to mind on how parents can best sup- port their child and foster open com- munication. How do we keep our teens safe? Un- derstanding some of the "do's" and "don'ts" for parents will help make the dating process smoother and safer. DO'S • Talk to your child about what a healthy relationship looks like. Your teen is more likely to make safer and smarter decisions when choosing a partner and maintaining a relation- ship when the expectations and defini- tion of a healthy relationship are clear. Keep in mind, dating information for many teens comes from what is por- trayed in the media, which is meant for entertainment purposes and may not be realistic. • Have a two-way conversation with your teen about dating. When teens feel they have a voice and are heard, they are more likely to abide by the guidelines everyone has agreed up- on. Some good topics to discuss are curfew, group dating, private dating, meeting their date, and how to keep parents informed on their whereabouts and well-being. • Talk about safe sex. This in- cludes the choice of remaining absti- nent, using birth control, and under- standing the dangers of sexually trans- mitted diseases. This is also a good time to speak with your teen about sex- ting. Establishing ground rules for us- ing smart phones and social media is another way to keep your child safe and protected. • Discuss what to do when they are feeling unsafe. You and your child need to have a plan in place to help when they are feeling unsafe or uncomfortable. Have a texting code be- tween you and your teen to help them get out of the situation they are in if needed. Your teen should never meet up with anyone they've only met online and have not physically met in person. • Keep a watchful eye out for danger signs in your dating teen- ager. It is important to recognize the signs of an unhealthy or abusive rela- tionship. Some key signs to look for are jealousy, possessiveness, anxie- ty, bruising, low self-esteem, and de- pression. DON'TS • Don't stop talking to your teen about their relationships after dat- ing starts. Continue to be invested in your teen's dating life. Not all relation- ships are the same and they will need to have continued support. • Don't be overprotective or too "hands off." Being too overprotec- tive can be harmful to your relation- ship and your teen may no longer feel comfortable confiding in you. Being too "hands off" allows your teen to be less monitored and can lead to poor decision making. Try to find a healthy balance between the two. • Don't be too afraid to "veto." Sometimes interfering and vetoing a toxic or dangerous relationship is nec- essary. Your teen may be upset with you at the time, but their safety and wellbeing is the utmost priority. • Dating should be a fun time in your teen's life, but it is also a learning process. Like any life expe- rience, your teen will make mistakes and hopefully learn from them. Your support and involvement in your teen- ager's dating life will help your child make smarter and safer decisions. This column is written by Kelli Cham- bers, LSW, school social worker for Youth First, Inc., a local nonprofit dedicated to strengthening youth and families. This fall, Youth First will provide 54 Mas- ter's level social workers to 75 schools in 10 Indiana counties. Over 60,000 youth and families per year have access to Youth First's school social work and after-school programs that prevent sub- stance abuse, promote healthy behaviors, and maximize student success. My "Will" is like a less interesting Mary Poppins. The wind blows her in when I need her, but not when it would just be kind of cool to have her around. I know she'd never miss a visitation when a mysterious illness requires an exhaustive re- search initiative or when there is a problem in my kid's school that needs immediate interference and correction. My Will is relentless and more than willing to be vil- ified or disliked when right- ing a wrong or protecting my loved ones. But that's the problem with Will. She's kind of a drag. She's never around for the fun stuff, such as stay- ing up till midnight to sew matching Flintstones fam- ily Halloween costumes or whispering "you got this, pretty lady" in my ear as I hold my hand to a car for the third day in a row in hopes of winning it. In fact, Will wouldn't even let me enter the free car com- petition in the first place. She'd be like, "Yeah, so I get that that sounds cool, but no." It'd be nice if once in a while she wasn't such a par- ty pooper and let me stay up past 9 or stay awake through a whole movie, but no-o-o. Someday I'll know how those crazy kids made it work at the end of The Fault in Our Stars. That is why it's surprising when Will pays me a visit for something that's just for my betterment. Her random and un- expected pres- ence for the sweet- er moments in life, such as gathering up the strength to ask a boy to the school dance or making Christ- mas cookies, is al- ways welcomed. However, no matter the reason Will arrives, she always comes in the same exact way: like a bulldozer. "Will you go to the dance with me? You have three seconds to reply. Yes? No? Yes? No? Ding. Time's up. No answer is a 'yes.' Pick me up at 6. Bring a corsage." I wouldn't say she's pleas- ant, but Will gets stuff done. Luckily, most things in my life don't require my fick- le pal to hang around, be- cause they don't take any great gusto of willpower to get done. Playing with my Continued on page 8