A Night for the Spooky and the Cooky!

HAVE A SAFE AND HAPPY HALLOWEEN!
Are you going to dress up tonight in a spooky, ghoulish, silly or crazy get up? If so, send us a picture! We would love to see you!! seemysmile@stewartandlabbe.com

Be safe and have fun this weekend. Eat lots of good candy…but PLEASE, if you have braces on or appliances in, stay away from chewy, gooey, overly crunchy and sticky treats.

For more pics of the Stewart and Labbe Gang having some Halloween fun, click here.

We hope to see you soon!

Goblin Good Munchies

Closer and CLOSER! It’s coming! Halloween that is…And here is another tasty treat for all you gorgeous tin grins out there… gobble up these Goblin Good Munchies! Brace Safe and YUMMY…

A mild and gently munchy instead of true crunchies from Teen Cuisine, A Cookbook for Young People Who Wear Orthodontic Braces

Makes: A bowl FULL
Prep Time: 10 min.
Cooking Time: 20 min.

Ingredients:
• 1 small box rice cereal
• 1 small box corn or wheat cereal
• 1 small box of puffed rice cereal
• 1 stick of margarine
• 2 tablespoons teriyaki sauce or Worcestershire Sauce
• 1 tablespoon garlic salt
• 1 tablespoon onion salt

Directions:
Line a cookie sheet or large baking pan with tin foil.
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees, putting margarine in the pan and the pan in the oven as the oven preheats so that the margarine will melt.
Remove the pan from oven and add sauce and seasoning to the melted margarine, stirring until well mixed. Gradually pour cereal into pan, stirring the cereal to coat it lightly in the margarine mixture.
When all the cereal is in the pan, put pan uncovered in oven and bake for 20 minutes, stirring now and then.
Eat warm or store cool in airtight container for future snacks.
(Note: you many want to adjust seasoning to your individual taste.)

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Have a absolutely fantastic day...and don't forget to smile.

Halloween Recipe

Halloween is just around the corner! YEAH! I still have no idea what I am going to dress up as… let me know if you have any suggestions. This glorious candy crammed day is wicked busy for orthodontists. Why you ask! It is because all that witchtastically chewy, ghoulishly gooey, scary sticky and gobbling goodness can be damaging to your braces. TRY and remember to stay away from the temptations of these treats and have “brace friendly” goodies.
To help you along, I am going to post some great looking recipes that we have found and KNOW are safe to have with your braces.

This one is from the American Association of Orthodontics and is called “Scary Jigglers”:

Adapted from Kraft Foods Kitchen

SCARY JIGGLERS
Ingredients:
• 2 ½ cups boiling water (do NOT add cold water)
• 2 pkg. gelatin (any flavor, but we recommend Orange, Grape or Lime for Halloween)
• Halloween-shaped cookie cutters

Directions:
Stir boiling water into gelatin in a large bowl 3 minutes until completely dissolved. Pour into 13 X 9 inch pan. Refrigerate at least 3 hours or until firm (meaning that the gelatin does not stick to finger when touched).

Dip bottom of pan in warm water for about 15 seconds. Cut into 24 decorative shapes using 2-inch cookie cutters, making sure to cut all of the way through the gelatin to the bottom of the pan. Remove from pan. Store in tightly covered container in refrigerator.

We hope that you enjoy!
If you have any great recipe ideas for our many faces with braces out there, please feel free to share them. I would love to post them up here. email me at seemysmile@stewartandlabbe.com.
Have a happy day!!

A wonderful "Light the Night"!

On Sunday, October 4th, the Stewart & Labbe Gang headed out to the Naval Academy Stadium in Annapolis and participated in the “Light the Night” walk supporting the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society. I must say that I am so proud of the turn out this event produced.
All of the walkers held illuminated balloons: white for survivors, red for supporters and gold in memory of loved ones lost. It was a beautiful sight to see the balloons on a clear and gorgeous fall evening in the historical Annapolis town. In addition, as if ordered from the heavens above specifically for this night, a full harvest moon helped to light our way.
The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society (LLS) is the world’s largest voluntary health organization dedicated to funding blood cancer research and providing education and patient services. In fact, LLS funds more blood cancer research than any other voluntary health agency. They are completely relentless in the pursuit of their mission: Cure leukemia, lymphoma, Hodgkin’s disease and myeloma, and improve the quality of life for patients and their families.
With the help of these efforts the survival rates for some blood cancers have doubled or even tripled. In fact, blood cancer survival rates rose by as much as four-fold from 1960 to 2000.
In an effort to support this cause as much as possible, our fundraising web page remains open. If you would like to help out LLS, please click below.

http://pages.lightthenight.org/md/Annapoli09/WireWalkersfeaturingORTHODONCHICKS

Enjoy these pictures of our wonderful team, the Wire Walker featuring the Orthodonchicks.
Take care, stay healthy and smile lots!