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E-4 The Indiana, PA Gazette Sunday, June 18,1995 Grilling Summer cookout time heating up Summer is just around the corner, which means the barbecue and grilling season will be in full swing. For a different twist on grilling, try Spinach-Stuffed Smoked Beef Tenderloin with Bourbon-Molasses Sauce or Grilled Lamb Chop with Apple Shallot Barbecue Sauce. Some tasty side dishes, like Mashed Potatoes and Turnips, can round out that summer menu. SPINACH-STUFFED SMOKED BEEF TENDERLOIN WITH BOURBON-MOLASSES SAUCE Charcoal: Indirect Gas: heat 1 Head garlic 2 Tablespoons butter 4 Cups fresh spinach, stemmed, washed and drained 2-3 Tablespoons flour Cup cream or milk 1 (2-ZVz pound) centercut beef tenderloin Salt and pepper 2 Cups woodchips, soaked Cut head of garlic in half across cloves, brush with olive oil, wrap in foil and place on cooking grate. Cook for 30 minutes or until very tender.

Remove from grill and squeeze the soft garlic out of the halves and discard skins. In saute pan, melt butter then add the spinach and toss to wilt. Sprinkle in flour, stir, then slowly add the milk or cream. Cook 2-3 minutes until mixture thickens. Season to taste with salt and pepper.

Stir in the roast garlic, transfer mixture to a bowl and chill. Take the beef tenderloin and make a hole through the center with a long knife. Try to expand the hole a bit with your fingers or the knife. Stuff the spinach mixture into the hole from both ends until filled. Coat meat with marinade (see below) and season with salt and pepper.

Sear on grill. Place wet wood chips on coals, lower lid and smoke meat for approximately 45 minutes, turning once halfway through cooking time. Remove from grill and let rest before slicing. MARINADE FOR BEEF TENDERLOIN 3 Tablespoons brown sugar 1 Teaspoon salt V4 Cup bourbon 1 Teaspoon coarse-ground black pepper 1 Teaspoon minced garlic 1 Tablespoon Worcestershire sauce Vs Cup balsamic vinegar Mix all ingredients. Marinade meat for as little as 10 minutes or as long as 8 hours.

MOLASSES-BOURBON SAUCE 2 Tablespoons butter 1 Smoked onion, finely chopped 1 Teaspoon minced garlic Cup smoked mushrooms, finely chopped 2 Smoked tomatoes, cured, peeled and finely chopped 2 Tablespoons molasses 2 Tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 Teaspoon soy sauce 2 Tablespoons ketchup 2 Tablespoons bourbon Cup rich beef stock (you can start with 1 cup regular broth and reduce to Vt, cup) Teaspoon chili powder Salt, pepper and cayenne In a small saucepan, saute the onion, garlic and mushrooms in butter for 2-3 minutes. Add all the other ingredients and simmer over low heat for about 15 minutes. Season to taste. Adjust consistency with water or stock, if necessary- SMOKED VEGETABLES 2 White onions, peeled and halved 2 Whole tomatoes Pound mushrooms Place soaked wood chips on coals, arrange vegetables on cooking grate. Cover grill and smoke about 15 minutes.

MASHED POTATOES AND TURNIPS 2 Potatoes, peeled and sliced 2 Turnips, peeled and diced 2 Cups turnip greens or mustard greens, washed and chopped Spinach-stuffed smoke beef tenderloin with bourbon-molasses sauce Grilled lamb chops with apple shallot barbecue sauce 2 Tablespoons butter or olive oil 1 Tablespoon minced garlic Salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce Boil potatoes and turnips in lightly salted water. Drain and mash. Place in a saucepan and keep warm. Saute the greens and garlic in butter for about 10 minutes until wilted. Puree in a food processor and stir into potato mixture.

Season to taste with salt, pepper and Tabasco sauce. GRILLED LAMB CHOPS WITH APPLE SHALLOT BARBECUE SAUCE Charcoal: Direct Gas: heat 8 Lamb loin chops, cut 1-inch thick 2 Tablespoons olive oil 1 Clove garlic, chipped 1 Tablespoon fresh rosemary, chopped Salt and coarse-ground black pepper to taste Apple Shallot Barbecue Sauce (see below) Trim fat from chops. Rub chops with olive oil, garlic, fresh rosemary, salt and black pepper to taste. When grill is ready, place chops in center of the cooking grate. Cook 7-9 minutes for rare (140 degrees 10-13 minutes for medium (160 degrees turning once halfway through cooking time.

When cooked to desired temperatures place on serving platter. Serve with Apple Shallot Barbecue Sauce and Oven-Roasted Potatoes with Radie- chio. APPLE SHALLOT BARBECUE SAUCE Pound dried shallots 2 Tablespoons butter, melted 2 Fresh apples, finely chopped 1 Red pepper, finely chopped 1 Green pepper, finely chopped 1 Large red onion, finely chopped 2 Cloves of garlic, chopped 1 Cup Worcestershire sauce 1-2 Tablespoons liquid smoke 2 Tablespoons brown sugar 4 Tablespoons red wine vinegar 1 Tablespoon coarse-ground black pepper Cup apple sauce 2 Tablespoons tomato paste or ketchup In a saucepan, place dried shallots in 2 tablespoons of melted butter to carmelize. Combine the rest of the ingredients in a separate saucepan and cook 45 minutes over medium to low heat. Remove shallots from butter and mix butter into barbecue sauce.

OVEN-ROASTED POTATOES WITH RADICCHIO 3 Large baking potatoes, sliced and oven-roasted 1 Head radicchio, cleaned and separated 3 Cloves garlic, chopped 1 Spring of fresh rosemary 2 Tablespoons olive oil Chopped parsley, salt and pepper to taste Heat oil in skillet, add garlic and rosemary; saute until just soft. Add radicchio and saute until wilted. Add oven-roasted potatoes and heat until potatoes are warm. Season to taste with chopped parsley, salt and pepper. Serve with lamb chops.

GRILLED WILD MUSHROOM SALAD WITH SMOKED BACON AND ONION Charcoal: Direct Gas: heat Pound Shiitake mushrooms Pound Oyster mushrooms 1 Large Portabello mushroom, sliced Cup leeks julienne 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil 1 Teaspoon seafood seasoning, i.e., Old Bay 1 Tablespoon soft butter Salt and coarse-ground black pepper to taste 6 Pieces of good quality smoked bacon or regular bacon, cooked crisp, drained and chopped into large pieces 6 Ounces of cold water Vz Cup Worcestershire sauce 1 Head fresh arugla, cleaned and separated Vz Bunch green onions, finely chopped, for garnish 2 Tablespoons each of red and yellow pepper, finely diced for garnish Remove stems from mushrooms In a large mixing bowl, toss mushrooms and leeks with vegetable oil. Add seafood seasoning, soft butter, salt and pepper, gently combining all ingredients- Using tongs place mushroom mixture directly on the cooking grate and cook until tender, about 3-5 minutes, turning occasionally. Try to keep mushrooms in a pile so they don't fall through the grate. Meanwhile, preheat a cast iron skillet until very hot, add 3 ounces of cold water. Put onions.

Worcestershire and bacon in skillet. Let cook for about 5 minutes or until onions are -golden brown. Reduce liquid. Add balance of cold water, salt and pepper to taste. Remove mushrooms from the grill and place in a mixing bowl; combine with onion-bacon mixture and arugla.

Toss and spoon onto plates. Garnish with finely chopped green onions, finely diced red and yellow peppers. PSYCHOLOGICALLY SPEAKING How to recognize signs of teen depression By Dr. HAP LeCRONE Cox News Service Adolescence is an exciting but often stressful time in the life cycle of human growth and development. Physical changes including hormonal ones are taking place.

Rapid growth, awareness of developing sexuality, increased negativism and rebelliousness are all quite common in this phase of the teen-a- ger's life. Identity formation, which includes the process of psychologically separating from the parents, and peer pressure surface. The lure of potentially harmful and destructive things such as alcohol and drugs and violence are ever present. Peer pressure and influences from the media may lead teens to engage in sexual activity before they are mentally ready for it, which can lead to teen pregnancy and emotional problems. Depression during adolescence is common in varying degrees.

Disappointment and frustration resulting from unmet goals, fractured relationships and normal struggles with parental control are quite common. However, more severe and potentially harmful depression frequently arises as a result of the adolescent being in stressful situations for extended periods of time. These situations could be: Parental separation or divorce. Family tension or violence. Emotional abuse or neglect.

4 Break-up with a friend. Academic problems. Death of a family member or close friend. Personal health problems or health problems of another family member. Sexual abuse.

Because teen-agers are often sullen, irritable, prone to mood swings and desire distance from their parents, depression can be difficult to differentiate from "normal" adolescent development. The following are common symptoms of depression in adolescence: An unusual change in appetite or weight. Loss of usual energy. Diminished socialization and detachment from friends. Changes in school performance, loss of usual interest in school activities, poor memory or concentration.

Complaints of illness with little or no physical basis. Sleep disturbances, including difficulties in awakening in the morning. Aggressive behavior or agitation, being quarrelsome, showing disrespect for authority, belligerence, hostility, intense anger. Prolonged feelings of worthless- ness, consistent display of negative self-concept, preoccupation with death, suicidal thoughts or attempts, running away from home. Expressions of sadness, hopelessness and helplessness.

Persistent moodiness and crying spells. Depressed mood and poor self- concept taken together for a period of a month or more are highly indicative of depressive illness. Situations and symptoms indicative of depression should be attended to by the adolescent's physician or mental health professional. Next week I will discuss the terrible tragedy of adolescent suicide. EDITOR'S NOTE: Dr.

Hap LeCrone is a Waco, Texas, clinical psychologist. If you have questions or topics you would like Dr. LeCrone to discuss, write him at P.O. Box 7854, Waco, Texas 76714.. Turn your pool into a health club By ROBERT BARRETT The Arizona Republic PHOENIX Backyard pools aren't something just to gaze at when you barbecue, a place to cool off after mowing the lawn, or a place for the kids to play.

The pool can double as a health club, and a variety of water workouts can help you get into shape. "Depending on your needs, you can do exercises in the pool to burn fat, build muscle, or both," said Annie Torza, a physical therapist and athletic trainer at St. Joseph's Center for Sports Medicine in Phoenix. Pools are an ideal alternative to running, jogging or biking, even if your backyard pool is too small to swim laps. "Start with some stretching, then do some walking." Torza said.

"A person who hasn't worked out for a while should take it slow at first." After you stretch, try a simple 20-minute exercise program that includes 10 minutes of brisk walking in which you use the water to provide resistance. This raises the heart rate, which makes it a cardiovascular workout. Start off in shallow water and move into deeper water as you get stronger. After the walk, do about 10 minutes of calisthenics in the pool, including a variety of leg lifts abdominal exercises. Again, start easy and build yourself up.

Try the 20-minute program for a week or so and evaluate how you feel, Torza said. "You have to be careful, because you get in the water and you think you can do a lot. Then the next day you're sore." The 20-minute program should be done five to seven times a week, with a goal of increasing it to 30 minutes. As you get stronger, you can increase the length of time you walk in the water and even progress to jogging, Torza said. You can add more exercises, such as flutter kicks.

For a flutter kick, hold onto the side of the pool, allow your body to float and then just move your legs in a gentle flutter, or scissor, kick. These are good exercises for beginners, Torza said. Those who want more-advanced aerobic exercises should take an aqua-aerobics class to learn specific exercises. "I recommend people go to a water-aerobics class for a few sessions," she said. "A lot of health clubs will allow you to take a course a couple of times without having to join.

You can get some great ideas from the instructors, and, once you know the basic exercises, you can do it at home or in any pool." Resistance training, or weight lifting, also can be done in the pool, Torza said. Equipment designed for pool use is available at most sporting-goods stores. For example, waterproof dumbbells cost $20 to $25, paddles cost $30 to $50, and belts to keep a jogger upright in deep water cost $25 to $40. "But you don't have to spend a lot of money on equipment," Torza said. "There are alternatives." Instead of waterproof dumbbells, use empty gallon milk or water jugs, she said.

"That's a craze now," Torza said. "The less water there is in the jug, the harder it is to use. "You can use them when you walk hi the water by swinging your arms, or you can do flies, curls or press- downs with them. Or you can use them when you're jogging in the water, and they give you more resistance. Just play around with the amount of water in them.

Again, start off slowly." Exercise look like fingerless gloves that give the hands the look of a duck's foot are designed to build arm, shoulder and chest muscles, because the paddles increase the resistance when you move your arms through the water. The empty jugs or a kickboard most cost less than will accomplish the same thing. "Get a kickboard and push it away from you and pull it back," Torza said. Start slowly, she said. Put just part of the kickboard perhaps a third of it into the water.

Pull it to your chest, and then push it away. The deeper in the water the board is, the "heavier" it is, because there is more resistance. Funnoodles, sold in department stores such as Target and Wal-Mart for $3 to $5, can be used hi place of expensive belts. The belts keep the body upright so exercisers can continue to jog in deep water where they cannot touch bottom. "You don't have to get real fancy," Torza said.

"They market the Funnoodles for kids, but they can hold up to 200 pounds, so just wrap one or two around yourself, and you can jog in the water. "It's great for athletes that have an ankle or knee injury. They can continue to exercise while they recover. You can get cardiovascular conditioning that way." Funnoodles can also be used for resistance training, Torza said. Treat them like a weight bar and do curls and push-downs with them.

Also, you can hold them vertically and twist your body from side to side to exercise the back and sides. Again, the amount of resistance depends on how far into the water you hold them. Those who are really ambitious and want more resistance training should try rubber bands or rubber tubing. Hook one end of a band or tubing to the popl's ladder. any or rail, and you've got a resistance system similar to those used for upper-body development in aerobics classes, she said.

"The pool is a great place for a workout," Torza said. "But, like anything else, boredom is always a problem. So be creative and stay with it. "If nothing else, get a waterproof Walkman and a tape you like and just jump in the pool and walk to the music." Computer a better By JUNE N. RODRIGUEZ Fort Worth Star-Telegram FORT WORTH, Texas We live in an age in which computers do everything for us at home and at work, so why shouldn't a computer design our workouts? CyberTrainer does that, and it updates and revises workouts as necessary.

The only thing it doesn't do is the actual exercise. Created with input from Dan Wirth, director of strength and conditioning at the University of Arizona, and fitness authorities Dr. Kenneth Cooper of Dallas and Covert Bailey, the machine eliminates guesswork from personal training. Because no two people need exactly the same workout program, the computer prescribes an intricate plan for each user. The only CyberTrainer now in Fort Worth was introduced about three weeks ago at Fit For Life, a health club in Cityview Centre; others are being used at the Cooper Clinic in Dallas and at the Houston Oilers football facility.

The imposing green, purple and gray machine, measuring about 4 feet high and 2 feet wide, sits just inside the front door at Fit For Life; this one large unit offers touch- screen capabilities, colorful graphics and CD-ROM videos, as well as a silent interior printer. It's designed so the average exerciser will use it for a minute or two just prior to a workout, says club owner Robert Dyer. If demand is sufficient, multiple stations and screens can be added to the central unit, he says. Dyer illustrated the machine's functions the other day by entering a profile for Mary, a fictitious 45-year- old woman, 5 feet, 6 inches tall, weighing 135 pounds and having 23 percent body fat. Mary's fitness goal is to lose weight and tone, one of five programmable goals; other options are circuit training, strength and power, body building and general can design workout fitness.

A red notebook contains her data sheet, which includes her starting measurements, her experience level and strength capability, plus planned exercise frequency. Subsequent pages generated by Cyber- Trainer show a 12-week plan, explaining what each week will hold in terms of intensity and purpose. Then there are specific pages detailing exercises such as squats, bench presses, barbell curls, abdominal crunches and aerobic sessions for each workout throughout the 12 weeks. Sets, repetitions and amounts of weight are spelled out for each workout. The program also tells Mary how long and how intensely to do aerobic work, but it lets her decide which activities to do.

Should Mary need help remembering proper form on a certain exercise, she can ask the computer. Thanks to CD-ROM capabilities, Cy- berTrainer shows a short video of someone doing the requested exercise with the right form and technique. More than 130 videos depict stretching, training with free weights and use of exercise machines. When Mary's through with her workout for the day, she passes that day's sheet through a slot so Cyber- Trainer can read the information and register her progress. That way it's ready to generate her nex't workout prescription.

If you're thinking about running out and buying one, think again. The price tag is $18,000. For that price CyberTrainer does more than plan exercise programs. It offers a program called Fitness School that provides answers to hundreds of questions on subjects ranging from overtraining and muscle density to effective fat-burning methods. Another program designs individual nutrition plans, complete with a daily menu, shopping list and recipes..