By Conrad Wilson
Ray Spaulding is standing over a frying pan full of sliced green apples. He’s sautéing them in front of a cooking class at the Portland Veterans Affairs.
“I feel like I’m on the Martha Stewart show,” he said “You are!” said Jessica Mooney, a clinical dietitian at the VA, standing next to him. Spaulding is 85 years-old. He served in the Air Force from 1948 to 1952.
“This is caramelizing!” he said “Yeah, it’s going to be good,” Mooney replied. Spaulding is making cooked apples sprinkled with a little bit of cinnamon.
Today’s class is about ways to make healthier desserts, like brownies made with cocoa, Splenda and pureed black
beans — rather than flour and sugar.
Mooney, the VA dietitian, said this class is part of a series. Veterans cooked healthier 
breakfasts, dinners and snacks. She said they also learned about portion control and how to read nutritional labels.
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