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Page 3 Classified, Page 14 Classified, ❖ AimingAiming ToTo ReboundRebound Entertainment, Page 10 NeighborhoodNeighborhood Outlook,Outlook, PagePage 33 ❖ Healthy,Healthy, Hearty Food Sports, Page 12 ToTo SurviveSurvive the Season WinterWinter Food,Food, PagePage 22 HostHost W-LW-L WinsWins Barbara ReinwaldReinwald Invitational Winter Fun Sports,Sports, PagePage 1212 Page 10 Photo Contributed online at www.connectionnewspapers.com www.ConnectionNewspapers.comJanuary 28 - February 3, 2015 Arlington Connection ❖ January 28 - February 3, 2015 ❖ 1 Winter Food Healthy, Hearty Food To Survive the Season Zalman’s go-to winter preparation by Marilyn Campbell/The Connection Photo Local chefs and nutritionist share their method for vegetables is to coat them with olive oil and sprinkle them with pepper and favorite tips for cooking healthy comfort food. fresh herbs before roasting. “If you don’t By Marilyn Campbell vor-infused and nutritious. have time to roast, you can also steam them The Connection “I start at breakfast with an egg-white and then sauté them in olive oil ” she said. frittata with turkey sausage, peppers and “They caramelize and have more flavor and earty comfort food doesn’t al- asparagus,” said Randy Johnston, chef in- it’s a thousand times more satisfying than ways get the respect nutri- structor at The International Culinary steam alone.” tionists say it deserves. That’s School in Arlington, Virginia. One of the keys to a healthy winter meal H is making sure it appeases a ravishing cold because the image the often Consistency plays a role in the winter comes to mind is artery-clogging, fat-laden meal plan. “In winter, I like foods with but- weather appetite. “Adding a healthy starch fare, but it doesn’t have to be that way. And tery textures, like squash. I also like grain like sweet potatoes, brown rice or quinoa let’s face it, when temperatures barely crawl carbs that keep you warm and are hearty,” will give it body,” said Zalman. “You’ll be high enough to melt ice on the sidewalk, a said Moreno Espinoza, executive chef at more satisfied than if you ate a salad for dinner of arugula and pine nuts dinner and then snacked on cookies and drizzled with olive oil falls flat. candy for the rest of the night.” Incorporating seasonal produce “We really need to eat differently “Salad, salad, salad is not going to “I make savory kale or collards,” into your diet is one way to eat today than July 1. Salad, salad, said Johnson, who also produces a satisfy a ravenous winter appetite. salad is not going to work when it work when it is freezing, freezing, line of gourmet food and sauces is freezing, freezing, freezing,” said called NRJ Spice. liquid that isn’t bland,” she said. “You want Janet Zalman of the Zalman Nutri- freezing. The first thing that people “I find soups very satisfying in sauces that are low in saturated fat, but that tion Group. “The first thing that winter, [especially] vegetable and have a lot flavor. Try chicken broth, veg- people need is something warm.” need is something warm.” lentil soups,” said Espinoza. “And I etable broth, low sugar tomato sauce, even Instead, opt for seasonal produce — Janet Zalman, nutritionist love a good roast chicken when it’s wine mixed with the chicken broth.” and heady dishes that have been cold out.” For a warm, sweet treat after dinner (or transformed into healthier versions For those without the time or any time), “I always recommend people of their former selves, such as brown rice Wildfire in McLean. “I also like the full fla- desire to prepare dinner, Zalman recom- make real hot chocolate,” said Zalman. “By with beans, which Zalman suggests topping vors of winter vegetables [like] parsnips, mends a slow cooker, although she cau- real, I mean unsweetened coco powder, low with chicken, low-fat cheese or tofu. root vegetables, turnips and sweet potatoes. tioned the countertop appliance often needs fat milk and a sweetener like Stevia and Think whole grains and root vegetables “In winter, it’s all about roasting, baking a little help to produce flavorful and excit- Splenda. Heat it on the stove the old-fash- that have been roasted and baked. When and braising,” Espinoza added. “I like to ing meals. ioned way. It gives you all those feel good- cooked properly, winter fare is brawny, fla- keep the oven going.” “There are lot of ways that you can add brain feelings, but for only 100 calories.” Be Part of The February Pet Connection Send Your Photos & Stories Now to arlington@ connectionnews papers.com or complete our online form at arlington connection.com Be sure to include your name, address and phone number, and identify all people and pets in photos. Submission deadline is February 18. 2 ❖ Arlington Connection ❖ January 28 - February 3, 2015 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Arlington Connection Editor Steven Mauren Neighborhood Outlook 703-778-9415 or [email protected] Aiming To Rebound Arlington looks for new industries, doubles down on contracting. George Washingt By Vernon Miles nology and contracting agencies in the The Connection area. “We hate losing the National Science on Mem o ith an average of 20 percent Foundation, but they’re a funding rial P kw office vacancy across the arm,” said Palma. “The sci- y Wcounty, it’s clear that the entists and technology stay exodus of federal govern- here. We put up an effort to ment jobs has impacted Arlington. Local keep the National Science neighborhoods have struggled with their Foundation, but we own losses and have, in turn, found a di- really kicked and verse range of solutions to try and rebound. screamed when we 120 Old Dom Ballston is still recoiling from the 2013 thought DARPA was inio federal government decision to relocate the going to move.” n Dr Photo Contributed National Science Foundation from Arling- Rendering of the ton to Alexandria, taking 2,100 jobs from a Wilson Boulevard region already impacted by Defense Plaza between the Base Closure and Realignment N Glebe CEB Towers (BRAC). Overall, Arlington has lost 17 66 29 Rd million jobs from BRAC. The Ameri- 29 can Diabetes Association announced on Jan. 23 that it would relocate its 120 headquarters from Alexandria to Arling- 66 50 29 Washington Blvd ton, but with 300 employees it’s not much 237 compensation for the loss of the National 66 Science Foundation. “This really does nothing for the region, 66 it’s just moving pieces around the chess- 50 board,” said Troy Palma, a regional econo- mist for Arlington Economic Development (AED). “We’re not growing an economy like 27 1 in Silicon Valley or Austin, which is what 50 we’re working to do. We have to figure out “We’re a 110 50 what we can grow here that is unique to company 120 this area.” 244 For much of Arlington, and Ballston in town.” Columbia Pike particular, that means doubling down on federal contracting. — Troy Palma, regional “We’re a company town,” said Palma. “We economist for Arlington 395 will always be a government town given our Economic Development location, so we have to understand our true assets here: the federal government. This Palma listed a series of inventions, like 120 is a cluster of development that makes GPS, the Internet, and voice recognition sense.” software, all developed either by DARPA or Ballston’s biggest strength, currently, is contractors working with that agency. Palma the headquarters of the Defense Advanced lamented that these inventions were being 1 Research Project Agency (DARPA). While designed in Arlington for military use and the headquarters itself isn’t that big of a job then commercialized elsewhere. For Palma, 395 pool in the area, roughly 200 employees, the ideal future for Arlington would be to lems in the area. Palma says it’s a major draw for other tech- transition those inventions to the private “It’s going to help things for about four or five years, and then we might see this sector while they were problem come around again,” said Leone. still in Ballston. “It might be time to look into a new bus Nearby, the Ballston-MU Metro Station station in Ballston, there needs to be some and Ballston Common Mall are both receiv- ideas flowing on that.” ing major redesigns. The Metro plans will According to Leone, the plans for the help increase traffic circulation in the area Ballston Common Mall will turn the build- and make it more pedestrian friendly, par- ing “inside out.” The plans open the store- ticularly on Stuart Street. The Metro will fronts up to the street. also have a new bus shelter installed across “This mall can really serve the people that Fairfax Street from the station with the live and work here,” said Leone. “They’re street vendors relocated to the canopy near not looking to compete with Tyson’s and the shelter. The area will also receive a ma- Pentagon City, it can support the market jor upgrade in terms of bicycle parking. here as a new town center. There’s going to Work on the metro redesign is expected to be a plaza area at the entrance by Wilson, start in 2016. Tina Leone, the CEO of so we’ll be able to program that with events Ballston BID (Business Improvement Dis- and activities. It’s a great opportunity to trict), warned that while the metro improve- bring some culture.” Photo Contributed ments were promising, it was also a tem- Rendering of the nighttime exterior of the Ballston Common Mall porary solution to the transportation prob- See Development, Page 6 www.ConnectionNewspapers.com Arlington Connection ❖ January 28 - February 3, 2015 ❖ 3 Opinion ArlingtonThe Connection Many bright spots will be overshadowed in the www.ConnectionNewspapers.com coming budget season in Northern Virginia.

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