4 Friday, May 26, 2017brooklintowncrier.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! Community Calendar If you have a community not-for-profit event you would like included in the calendar, please email it to editorofBTC@gmail.com with the subject line "calendar." Priority will be given to Brooklin events. Some editing may occur. Fri., May 26: 4:00- 5:00 pm (4th Friday of each month) Teen Leadership Council at Brooklin Library Whitby Public Library's Brooklin Branch seeks members for Teen Leadership Council. Participants will share ideas, assist with special events and programs, and have a say about what goes on at the library. TLC members in grades 9-12 also earn community service hours. Grade 7-12 students may come to this month's meeting to see what it's about! Snacks provided. No registration required. For more information, email teenservices@whitbylibrary.ca. Sat., May 27: 9:00 am - 1:00 pm Brooklin Horticultural Society's annual plant sale at Grass Park. Perennials, vegetables, heirloom tomatoes, cannas, daylilies, dahlias & more. Reasonable prices. Also garden vendors. A Master Gardener will be on site. Sun., May 28: Golf tournament Sponsored by Brooklin Optimist Club at Lakeridge Links Club for boys & girls 10 - 18. $45 includes 18 holes, meal, gift and a chance to qualify for June 24 dis- trict golf tournament in Caledon. We will send and pay for top 2 golfers. Other golfers can enter but must pay their own way. To register, call An- nette Cowan 905-605-3305 or email swissmiss@rogers.com Sun., May 28: Walk for dog guides From Pet Valu Brooklin - Register at 9 am - Walk begins at 11 am Register at www.walkfordog- guides.com. Click Brooklin location Sat., June 3: 9 a.m. - 12 noon 6th annual Race for Kids hosted by Durham Boys and Girls Club Participants across the age and abil- ity spectrum "race across their local communities" to help Boys and Girls Clubs raise funds and awareness. All checkpoints are top secret. Infor- mation: Phone: 905-728-5121 ext: 229 Email: pdeveaux@bgcdurham. com. Visit www.bgcdurham.com Sun., June 4: 7:00 p.m. - Brooklin Pub Quiz Night $15 per person = a platter of wings and fries and a mug of beer for your team of 4-8; 6 is best. Winning team gets $10 gift certificate per person to the Pub. All proceeds to Pulmonary Hypertension Association of Canada Hints: 1. The first hot air balloon, September 19, 1783 2. Michael Fagan Mon., June 5: 7:00 pm: Healing Strong at Copper Branch "Building Confidence: Your Right to Take Charge of Your Health" How cancer is survivable, finding healing confidence, thoughts and words matter, becoming an expert on cancer's behaviour, finding a supportive and cooperative doc- tor, handling loved ones' concerns. Contact: HealingStrong.org - Face- book: HealingStrong_Toronto. E-mail address: HealingStrongToronto@ gmail.com. Sat., June 10: 9 a.m. - 12 noon Community Care Durham's 12th Annual Walk for Mental Health Awareness The Durham-wide event is at Palmer Park in Port Perry Pre-register by calling 905-430- 8014 or 905-985- 7784 or visit www.ccdwalk.org, or drop in to a CCD office. Master of Ceremo- nies: former NHLer Jim McKenny. Sun., June 11 - 2:30 pm Decoration Day Service at Groveside Cemetery Mondays: 6:30-7 pm: French Family Storytime: Children and their caregivers can join Ma- dame Sue for weekly French Family Storytime! A half hour of stories and songs in French, with a dash of English! Registration not required. Just drop in! At Central Library's Children's Program Room CLASSIFIEDS Guitar Drum Lessons Repairs Rentals patricksguitarstudio.com Sarah's Sewing Alterations, Mending, Crafts, Costumes - Call or text: 905 242-4251 blue.dragonfly@rocketmail.com 4th Annual Brooklin Wide Yard Sale! Sat., May 27. Over 30 homes taking part in this year's sale. Full map and details available on Facebook at www.facebook.com/ brooklinwideyardsale or by emailing Sherry at sherry.corbitt@ migroup.ca. Signage will be out across town! Plant-Based Eating by Sheree Nicholson Barbecue Season Challenges The summer season's family reunions and backyard barbecues can pose challenges. The dilemma is, what do you cook for your vegetarian or vegan family members or friends? The easy way is to serve soy burgers, which are okay, but they are highly processed and, frankly, are a bit dry even at the best of times. What I do when entertaining meat-eating relatives is to use my main dish for their side dish. So I cook them meat and I grill veggies and portobello mushrooms for me and the other vegans in my family. I serve the grilled veggies on a large platter as the side dish to the meat and then use the grilled veggies for wraps or sandwiches for those who don't eat meat. That way I'm not stressing about cooking two entirely different meals. My favorite marinade recipe is from the Oh She Glows cookbook, which I've adapted a bit over the years. I use portobello mushrooms, zucchinis sliced from end to end, red, yellow and green peppers cut in quarters, and lately Chinese eggplant and Ontario asparagus, which is in season right now. You can marinade the vegetables overnight or for at least an hour. Sometimes I marinade them in large freezer bags so they don't take up too much space in my refrigerator and it's super easy to turn them. After grilling the veggies, I serve them on a large platter. It's an impressive looking dish. If you want to make wraps, just lightly grill the wraps, spread with hummus or guacamole, top with sliced grilled veggies and roll 'em up. You may need toothpicks to hold them together. I took these wraps to a family reunion last year and they were a huge hit. I'm in love with Farm Boy's wide range of hummus types and their new Kale-A-Mole. The Basic Recipe 2 medium portobello mushrooms 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar 2 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 1 tsp lemon zest (optional) 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1-2 cloves garlic minced (2 cloves is very garlicky) 1 teaspoon dried oregano 1 teaspoon dried basil Pinch of dried red pepper flakes Salt and pepper to taste Prepare the mushrooms by washing them and removing the stems (give the stems a little twist and they pop off). In a large bowl, whisk together the vinegar, lemon juice, lemon zest, oil, garlic, oregano, basil, salt, red pepper flakes and ground salt and pepper. Add the portobello caps and toss to coat them in the marinade. Marinate the mushrooms for at least 60 minutes, rotating them every once in a while. You can also marinate them overnight. Double the marinade recipe and add the red, yellow and green peppers. Triple the marinade recipe and add a small zucchini sliced long ways for grill- ing. Sheree's Hack: Prepare and marinade these the night before to save time and also for a more flavourful dish.