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Don’t forget to order your harvest lunches from the Senior Citizens Center. The cost is $5.00 each. They are good and you won’t have to heat up your house for lunch.

Contact the Senior Citizens Center Cooks at 378-2405.

Menus for the coming week are as follows:

Wednesday, August 9 mock filet mignon, noodles, salad, bread and dessert.

Thursday, August 10 barbecued pork roast sandwich, French fries, potato salad and dessert for the Lunch of the Week!

Friday, August 11 tortilla bake, salad and dessert.

Monday, August 14 lasagna, garlic toast, salad and dessert for yet another Lunch of the Week. Lasagna always rings the bell. Two home runs for the cooks this week!

Tuesday, August 15 Chimichangas, refried beans, green salad and dessert.

This week the Senior Citizen Cooks are recommending Chewy Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies. Here is what you will need for this recipe.

1 cup softened butter

1 cup packed brown sugar

½ cup white sugar

2 eggs

2 teaspoons vanilla extract

1 ¼ cup all purpose flower

½ teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

3 cup quick-cooking oats

1 cup chopped walnuts

1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325.

In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar and white sugar until smooth. Beat in eggs, one at the time, then stir in vanilla. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt. Stir into the creamed mixture until just blended. Mix in the quick oats, walnuts and chocolate chips. Drop by heaping spoonfuls onto an ungreased baking sheet or sheets.

Bake for 12 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.