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Barbara
NicCreadie

BUDGET BEATERS

EVERY YEAR, I go on at
length about the importance
of packing A-1 school hunch-
es. Does it make a difference?
L hope so.

As a former teacher, I know what

a lot of kids haul to school and it's
Sickening. I don't know how a par-

"ent can send 2 kid to school with a

(jam saridwich, a’ Twinkie and a

- Pepsi, but it’s done every day. .
“."On the other end of the scale,
some parents pack wonderful junch-

‘~*ees and the kids just toss them away.

‘Why? Too hard to eat in public!
‘Other kids will taunt and tease while

.. your kid struggles with a falling-
~ apart sandwich, a chicken Jeg, or
., something that smells like garlic.

_ Some foods don’t carry weil.

_ Kids sling lunch sacks at each other.
- They drop them, sit on them and
‘otherwise mangle them. Food such
18s cake with icing doesn’t survive.

* It looks cute —- a lovely lunch
"packed i in tidy little plastic, reusable
“~containers, Forget it! To reuse, you
“need a return. Lots of luck. The
“same goes for your silver teaspoons.
1'll swear that half the cutlery in

“staff rooms comes from kids aban-
doning spoons in the lunchrooms.

So, what can a parent pack that
, will get eaten, not tossed? Firm
‘ sandwiches, cut in half. Skip the egg
~— it smells up a locker. I’ve yei to .

-»:see a kid sheli a hard-boiled one.

(They throw with great accuracy.)
.. Small fruit or cut-up sections will
be eaten. Whole apples and oranges

 — possibly, but not likely. Carrot

sticks, if the kid likes them, may be
eaten. Packaged salads — unlikely.
Tomato'slices — probably not, but
English cucumber pieces, probably.
Lalso hope every school lunch
-has a couple of cookies, preferably
homemade. Pack them at the top so

_-akid can grab them at recess. A
; hungry child doesn‘t learn a thing.

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and as a teacher, | always encour-
aged my classes to have part of their
lunch early. No child can go four or
five hours without food —eseu
adults benefit from a mid-morning
snack, providing it isn’t junk.

Here are a few kid-tested cookie
recipes. Make in quantity: cookie
dough freezes well. Baked cookies
freeze too, but have a habit of evap-
orating in the freezer.

DAD'S COOKIES

This is probably the all-time
favorite cookie tn our house. but
let’s not argue.

Ic. butter

1c. brown sugar

1c. white sugar

2 eggs

2 ¢. flour

% tsp. soda

pinch salt

I tsp. baking powder
14 ¢. fine coconut
2c. roiled oats

Beat the butter with two sugars
until fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla.
Stir remaining ingredients together
until well mixed. Add to first mix-
ture and mix well. Form into small
balls and set well spaced on sprayed
cookie sheet. Bake at 180°C (350°F),
about eight minutes or until golden
brown. To freeze, fonn the balls and
freeze on sheets —- you can crowd
them. Bag when frozen. No need to
thaw them; just increase the baking
time.

PERFECT CHOCOLATE
CHIP COOKIES

This recipe card is so old that it’s

hardly readable. This only makes

about 20, so double it for lunches.
’%e. Crisco
4%, white sugar
% ec. pecked brown sugar
% tsp. vanilla
1 egg
Te. plus } tbsp. Nour
4 tsp. soda
% tsp. sult.
1 ¢. chocolate chips
4c. chopped walnuts or pecans
Beat the Crisco, sugars, vanilla
and egg together until very fluffy.
Stir the flour with the soda and salt
together on a sheet of waxed paper.
Stir into first mixture. Add chips and
nuts. Drop well-spaced onto a
sprayed cookie sheet. Bake at 190°C
(375°F), about £0 minutes, Watch
these -— they burn easily. Keep your
racks up towards the middle of the
oven and rotate two sheets halfway
through baking.
PEANUT BUTTER COOKIES
I always top these with half a
peanut and press criss-crosses into
the tops with a fork.
‘’c. margarine
4. peanut butter (smooth)
% ec. white sugar
4c. brown sugar, packed
i egg
1%e. flour
4 tsp. baking seda
% tsp. soda
% tsp. salt
Beat the margarine with sugars
and egg until fluffy. Stir dry ingredi-
ents together and add. Chill. Form
into 1” balls and press half a peanut
on top. Flatten with fork. Bake at
190°C (375°F), about 10 minutes.

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OATMEAL CRUNCH
COOKIES

iast, no bake. kids can make
these themselves. Our kids used to
whip them up when I'd forget to
bake for lunches —- quite often.
%e. cocoa (dry, unsweetened)
%e. milk
“Ac. margarine
Pe. sugar

child’s schooling

% tsp. vanilla
14 c. roiled outs (regular)
4%e. coconut (long shred)

Combine cocoa, milk, margarine
and sugar ina saucepan. Bring to a
boil, stirring. Remove from heat and
add vaniila, oatmeal, and coconut.
Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper
on a cookie sheet. Chill. Pry off and
store in the fridge.

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purchase it from one of our local
truck or produce stands,

Serve with this savory butter to
slather over the cars as they come
off the grill, Makes | ¢. (250 mL).
May be doubled.

4% Vb. (250 g) butter, softened

2 large cloves gurlic, peeled and
minced

4 Thsp. (50 mi ) minced fresh
herbs (dill, thyme, jasil,

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oregano, sage, rosemary etc.)
2 Thsp. (30 mL) minced fresh
parsicy
2 Tbsp. (30 mL) fresh lemon
juice
Grated zest from 1 lemon
1 Tbsp. (15 mL) olive oil

In a food processor, cream the
softened butter. Add all remaining
ingredients. Beat until light and
fluffy.

Store flavored butter in a tight-
ly sealed crock, refrigerated, until
ready to serve (up to one week).

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