6 Friday, June 8, 2018 brooklintowncrier.com WORSHIP DIRECTORY WORSHIP DIRECTORY Burns Presbyterian Church 765 Myrtle Rd West (just 4 minutes north of Brooklin) 10am Worship, Kids Zone Fun & Nursery Care "Discovering God, Sharing God's Love" 905.655.8509 www.Burnschurch.org St. Thomas' Anglican Church 101 Winchester Road East Sunday Services: 8:30 and 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Program (10:30am) Wednesday 10:00 a.m. Communion and Healing Service 905-655-3883 www.stthomasbrooklin.ca Brooklin United Church 19 Cassels Rd. E. Sunday Services at 10:30 am Sunday School & Nursery Care www.brooklinunited.ca 905-655-4141 Come catch the Spirit! Renaissance Baptist Church of Brooklin 40 Vipond Road (Just West Of Library) Sunday Worship & Kids Program 10:30 a.m. 905-655-4554 www.brooklinrbc.ca We're here for Brooklin! Big, hearty salad bowls are a great lunch idea as you can pack them full of plant-based proteins and greens. They're easily digestible so you won't suffer that head dropping tired spell in the afternoon. I got the idea from a Starbucks high protein vegan salad I purchased one day. I thought the price was a little high and decided I could make it better myself. What I love about salad bowls is how fast they are to make. I pre-cook vegetables and brown rice on Sunday, buy a bag of greens and other toppings I might think of. Then at night or in the morning, I grab a bit of this and a bit of that from the food containers with my pre-cooked food. I add about a ¼ cup of brown rice to my salads as I find it helps me to feel fuller longer. A favourite salad bowl this week contained spring mix, baked sweet potato, roasted red pepper strips, brown rice and chick peas. There are endless combinations but I find the key to their staying power is the brown rice, or something hearty in them. I've added stir-fried tofu, chopped baby potatoes, spiralized zucchini noodles, edamame, pumpkin seeds and more. Dressing it up One of the best parts of a salad is the dressing. I generally will make my own because commercial dressings tend to be high in sugar, bad fats and sodium. I have several favourite homemade salad dressings and the below hemp seed dressing is one. If you're looking for a great pre-made vegan Caesar salad dressing, I recently purchased one from Lil Organic Kitchen in Whitby. Hemp seeds, often called hemp hearts, are the seeds of the hemp plant and are a powerhouse of nutrients. They're a complete protein, containing not only all 20 amino acids but also each of the nine essential amino acids our bodies cannot produce. They're an excellent 3:1 balance of omega-3 and omega-6 fatty acids, which promote cardiovascular health. They are virtually tasteless so they go great in smoothies, salads, oatmeal and I even sprinkle them on toast with peanut or almond butter. Hemp seed dressing: 1/2 cup hulled hemp seeds 1/2 cup water 2 tablespoons nutritional yeast 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 clove garlic, peeled 1/4-1/2 teaspoon fine grain sea salt, to taste This dressing can become quite creamy. Nutritional yeast does have a sharper flavour so it's often used as an ingredient in cheese substitutes. If you find the flavour too much cut back to 1 tablespoon of the yeast and reduce your water a bit. Sheree's Hack: Double the recipe for a healthy dip for raw veggies. Did you know a cup of broccoli has about 3 grams of protein in it? This makes it a great snack. Plant-Based Eating by Sheree Nicholson Salad bowls The next Whitby municipal election will be on Monday, October 22. The Town seeks election workers as more than 150 people will be scheduled to work at designated voting locations Which will be set up at local schools and community gathering places. Residents can apply for positions and find more information - including position descriptions and duties, qualifications, work hours, training and pay rates - at whitby.ca/vote. The deadline to apply is June 14, 2018, at 4:30 p.m. Only those selected for an interview will be contacted. Interviews will take place in late June and early July. Some positions being hired include Vote Tabulator Operator, Deputy Returning Officer, Poll Clerk, Revision Clerk and Greeters. The Town is looking for residents with previous election experience, intermediate to advanced computer skills, and the ability to deliver excellent customer service. For more information, visit whitby. ca/vote, email elections@whitby. ca or call 905-430-4315. 2018 Whitby Election Workers Needed