18 - Wednesday, August 22, 1990 - North Shore News

FOOD

Smart kids start day with ‘smart’ breakfast

IF CATS could cover their ears, mine would be doing it
this morning. It’s raining. But that doesn’t bother the cats
—— it’s me, prancing around the house screeching ‘*Singin'
in the Rain.’” Hope the neighbors are deaf.

Every September issue of the
home-style magazines is featuring
a big back-to-school section so
figured it might be a good time to
do one of my own. The subject is
breakfast.

As a former teacher, | know
what little effort you can get out
of a kid who arrives without
breakfast. Now, recent studies
(Yale University Medical School)
have shown what happens to a kid
who eats the wrong kind of
breakfast. A big dose of sugar
(two iced cupcakes were cited)
jumps adrenalin levels as much as
10 times normal.

If your kid is nervous or hyper
to start with, that’s enough to
send him ape. It can't do the
average kid a lot of good, either.

So, you’ve got to make sure
that (A) every one of your kids
eats breakfast and (B} he doesn’t
get OD'd on sugar.

Parents who set a package of
sugar coated cereal on the tatle
and call it ‘‘breakfast’’ are asking
for trouble. If their kids begin to
do badly in schoo! they get into
trouble. I’m not saying that every
kid who does badiy in school does
so because he got no breakfast or
a poor breakfast, but it’s one of
the many things a parent can do
something about without too
much effort.

Working parents find mornings
a chore. ‘I've got so much to do
in the morning,’’ they whine.
Sorry, but Ff don’t buy that. I
don’t care what your rezsons are
for working but, if work you
must, then get up early enough to
get the kids off to a smooth start.

Get some of the chores done at
night, such as setting the table,
lining up the menu and organizing
the supplies. It helps if you plan
an entire week in advance and do
the shopping.

In a rush? You can have
scrambled eggs, toast, milk and
fruit on the table in five minutes.

Make-ahead foods can be pop-
ped in the oven and cooked while
you’re in the shower.

Don’t think you have to serve
traditional breakfast foods, either.
My kids often started out for
school after eating a bowl of scup
or a grilled cheese sandwich. Some
kids like peanut butter and
banana sandwiches. What’s wrong
with handing them one for
breakfast? Sure beats a Twinkie.

Here are some make-ahead rec-
ipes that most kids like.

Ham and Egg Bakes
For cach serving you'll need:
1 individual casserole dish, but-
tered
2 slices bread, torn in pieces
legge
’% cup milk
1 slice cooked ham, chopped
1 slice process cheese, diced
a bit of grated onion (optional)
salt and pepper
butter

Layer one slice of torn bread in
the bottom of each casserole dish.
Beat the egg with the milk and set
aside. Top the bread with the ham
and cheese (and onion) and dust
with salt and pepper. Top with the
remaining bread. Pour the ege-
milk mixture over top and dot
with butter.

Refrigerate overnight. Bake at
350°F, 20 minutes to half an
hour, depending on the depth of
your casscrole dishes.

kat

Give the kids a bow! of fruit to
eat while these cool down a bit.

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Oatmeal Muffins
In the days before microwave

ovens, | used to mix the wet part
wf the batter together and
refrigerate. The dry ingredients

were mixed together on a piece of

waxed paper. In the morning I'd
mix the two together and pop in
the oven. Marvellous. Now, you
can bake and freeze — they re-
heat in seconds.

t cup cegular oatmeal (not instant)
{ cup buttermilk

2 cup softened margarine

“: cup brown sugar

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I cup flour

1 teaspoon baking powder

V; teaspoon baking soda

Tleaspoon salt

In a large bow!, pour the burt-
termilk over the oats and fet sit
for a few minutes until the liquid
is absorbed. Beat in the shorten-
ing, sugar and egg. Stir in’ the
combined dry ingredients lightly
— just until no flour shows, bat-
ter will be lurnpy.

Bake at 400°F about 20
minutes. Makes [2 regular muf-
fins (not the big, muffin shop
size).

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