Looking for a healthy way to enjoy seasonal goodies? Add a can of pumpkin to a cake mix for a simple, low-fat dessert. The result is a super moist cake that doesn’t even need frosting. Yum!

Ingredients
1 box cake mix (chocolate, spice or vanilla)
1 can of pumpkin puree (not pie filling)
water

Directions:

Mix pumpkin puree with cake mix. Batter will be thick, add a little water if needed. Pour into greased 7×11-inch pan. Follow baking directions on box. Check it a little early.

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I hate when people are so shocked Des Moines rocks. Of course it does. Do people really come here expecting a few buildings in a corn field?! We have a city, people. We don’t all farm. And those that do farm aren’t like the hicks you see in movies. They’re high-tech. This is 2009, after all.

Anyway, off my soapbox now….  here’s a good write-up of Des Moines. ignore the “wow, I never expected this out of Des Moines” tone that prompted my aforementioned rant and read this nice piece in the Minneapolis Star-Tribune about someone’s trip to Des Moines. Enjoy!

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goofin' off with skeleton models

So it’s been the week of test for about every program here at DMU. First year D.O., D.P.M. & D.P.T.s  have their head and neck anatomy test, second-year D.O.s  have quite a few exams and my PA class has two exams this week as well.

The library is packed and people are stressed (or going insane…who knows) so you know its test time around here.

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Oh this beautiful-breezy-fresh-air-cool-fall-pumpkin-spiced weather makes me want to bake pumpkin! I found this recipe at www.allrecipes.com and it is so easy to make. Although it’s called a cookie, it has more of the consistency of bread. Top off the fun with colored frosting and add some nuts if you fancy.

I made a whole lot for my clinic group but I’m not so sure it’ll survive past tonight. These are so yummy!

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DMU is playing host to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation’s annual Wine Opener event Friday, November 6. From 7 to 10 p.m., enjoy food, beer and wine and mingle with friends. This is sure to be a great networking event AND it’ll help raise $$ for a good cause!

You can go to iowa.cff.org/wineopener and buy tickets now (or if you’re not 100% sure you can make it, buy ‘em at the door.) Tickets are $50 ($30 of which is tax-deductible) which gets you some yummy food and drinks from the following vendors:

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National Congress of State Games' female athlete of the year Cindy Hauber of Iowa and male athlete of the year Dave Sutko from Lincoln, NE.

When the Iowa Games began in 1987, Cindy Hauber was poolside, ready to compete in the 200-meter freestyle. Although it was her first swim competition and she had “no idea how swim meets were run,” the ’05 graduate of DMU’s D.P.T. program won the race.

She went on to compete in the Iowa Games’ swim events every summer, missing just two years – 1991, when her daughter was born, and 2000, when a ruptured cerebral aneurysm sent her to the hospital for several weeks, sapped her strength and cut her weight 20 pounds.

But Hauber was unwilling to let even an exploding blood vessel keep her down. She began swimming again and returned to Iowa Games competition in 2001. For her accomplishments and perseverance, she was named the Iowa Games 2009 Marty McHone Female Athlete of the Year and then the 2009 National Congress of State Games (NCSG) Female Athlete of the Year.

“Cindy’s longevity of competing, her overcoming health problems, citizenship and all her support of fellow athletes made her the perfect selection,” says Jeff Scully, executive director of the Maine Games and chair of the NCSG awards committee.

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