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Here is your GDC Morning WACH for Monday, November 18 2012:

You got an awesome mustache

As we once again celebrate changing the face of men’s health by letting our mustache flags fly for prostate cancer, we sat down with Dr. Brian Willard from Carolina Urology to talk about localized prostate cancer.

You can check out the details HERE.

Share Your Holiday

With a little over a week until our annual Share Your Holiday food drive for Harvest Hope Food Bank, we are reminded of our friends and neighbors need for food, especially over the holidays. 

According to Denise Holland from the Harvest Hope Food Bank, around the holidays, they have a rise in the need from 38,000 people a week served to nearly 50,000.  There are details about Share You Holiday HERE.

See our time on Good Day HERE.

Are you willing to walk a mile…without shoes?

Glen Forrest’s William Knopf, AKA the “Barefoot Coach” will coach game 63 tonight in his effort to bring awareness to Samaritans Feet, an organization created to provide shoes to children in need.

You can learn more about his efforts HERE.

The coach and Janet went barefoot this morning on the show.  Check it out HERE.

Get some yummy sweet ‘taters

Jackie Brown from Texas Roadhouse joined us this morning to talk about a yummy side dish just in time for your Thursday Feast.

Check it out HERE.

As promised, here is the recipe for the Texas Roadhouse Loaded Sweet Potatoes that you can make at home:

Equipment:  Oven safe pan, Knife, oven mitts, measuring cups

Recipe:

• Bake sweet potato in oven at 450° for 35 to 45 minutes, until tender.
• Remove at once and prick with a fork to let steam out – be careful, steam will be very hot.
• Cut a 1 1/2-inch cross in the center of each potato.
• Using oven mitts open the potato by pushing the ends toward the center until filling starts to push through the cut. 
• Place ½ the marshmallows into the sweet potato
• Pour 2 oz of your favorite store brand caramel sauce over the marshmallows; or make your own sauce using the recipe below.
• Place the rest of the marshmallows over the caramel sauce.
• Put potato bake on an oven safe pan and put back in the oven on Broil.
• Let cook for just a minute or two, keeping careful watch.
• Remove from oven when marshmallows start to brown.
• Serve as soon as possible.

Honey Caramel Sauce

• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 cup light brown sugar
• 1/4 cup honey

In a saucepan add butter and whisk in brown sugar: do not boil. Add honey and continue stirring for approximately 4 to 5 minutes.

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