Kids’ Lunches that Make the Grade
rui uituurcn across tnc country,
“|>ack to school” season means shop
ping for new clothes and stocking-up
on school supplies. For parents,
“back to school" season renews the
challenge of packing kids' lunches
every day.
With some school lunch programs
not always providing the best nutrition
for kids, low-fat, nutritious lunches
made at home can help parents mon
itor what their kids are eating. To'
help ensure that your children are
eating right, send them to school with
an enticing homemade lunch packed
with plenty of love and good nutrition.
The makers of Ziploc® brand sand
wich bags with the Gripper* zipper
offer these helpful suggestions for
encouraging children to eat a healthy,
nutritious lunch:
• Teach your children about the
importance of good nutrition and
healthy foods. Explain what vita
mins and minerals can be found in
certain foods and why eating a vari
ety of foods is important.
• Understand which foods your
child likes or dislikes. To find out
what children like to eat, let them
help you plan lunchtime meals. Invit
ing children to participate in meal
preparation will help to ensure they
eat what they carry to school.
• To keep children interested in
their lunches, include a variety of
textures, distinct flavors, shapes and
bright colors. The way a lunch looks
to a child can be just as important as
the way it tastes.
• Don’t go overboard with nutri
tion. Recognize that less nutritious
foods can still be ei\joyed in mod
eration.
Children will find it hard to resist
a “Crunchy Confetti Sub" sandwich
(recipe follows) made with their
favorites — apples, raisins and pea
nuts. Each mini-sub sandwich is
packed with healthy fiber and pro
vides a full serving of protein. Pack
"Crunchy Confetti Sub" along with
colorful carrot and celery sticks,
graham crackers and milk for a well
balanced and delicious school lunch.
Remember: To keep your child's
lunch fresh and flavorful, pack sand
wiches and other foods in Ziploc sand
wich bags. Ziploc sandwich bags with
the Gripper zipper are the easiest
closing bags you can buy — they’re
especially easy for little hands to
handle. You can actually feel the zip
per grabbing hold for a tight, secure
seal.
For more tips to use in the kitchen
and around the home to help make
kids' lunch preparation and other
family tasks less time-consuming and
more rewarding, send for a free copy
of Get A Grip On It All. Send your
name and address to: Get A Grip On
It AH, Department #3600-Ml, P.O.
Box 78980, New Augusta, IN 46278.
Crunchy Confetti Subs
1 2 cup thinly sliced red or green
cabbage
1/4 cup chopped, cored apple
2 tablespoons raisins
2 tablespoons chopped peanuts
2 tablespoons mayonnaise or
salad dressing
1/4 teaspoon sugar
1/4 teaspoon D(jon-style mustard
2 small whole grain buns
2 ounces thinly sliced turkey
2 ounces thinly sliced lean ham
2 ounces thinly sliced Swiss or
Monterey Jack cheese
Combine cabbage, apples, raisins
and peanuts in small bowl; stir In
mayonnaise, sugai and mustard.
Slice buns, but do not cut all the
way through. Arrange turkey, ham
and cheese in buns; spoon cabbage
mixture over cheese. Place sand
wiches in Ziploc sandwich bags.
Makes 2 sandwiches.
NOTE: Try making extra "slaw"
(cabbage, apples, raisins, peanuts,
mayonnaise, sugar and mustard) to
keep on hand for another meal. Store
in a Ziploc storage bag.
There is More to the Price of Beans
Than Meets the Eye
The recent summer drought and its
effect on this year’s crop has many
consumers concerned about whether
or not food prices will escalate in the
coming months.
Certainly, the amount of harvest
farmers are able to salvage can
influence the prices we pay at the
check-out lines of local supermarkets
But as long as the businesspeople
involved in the food industry have
been successful in hedging their in
vestments, the drought and othei
acts of nature will not have as much
of an impact as you might think.
The fact is that the prices we paj
for goods and services are deter
mined to a large degree on how wel
businesses manage risk. For the mos
part, that risk management take:
place not on the grocers’ shelves, bu
rather at marketplaces in Chicagi
and around the world known a:
futures exchanges.
Each morning as the opening bel
sounds, trading pits like those a
the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT)
the world’s oldest and larges
futures exchange, erupt into i
flurry of activity. Numerous tele
phones begin to ring, and hundred
of men and women dressed ii
brightly colored blazers scurr;
across the floor shouting to eacl
other while communicating simults
neoualy through a unique system c
hand signals.
To an outsider, this process, whic.
continues throughout the day
is often confusing at best. Bu
amusingly enough, it is this ver
activity, known as the open outer
auction market, which allows bus
nesses and individual investors t
transfer some of the risks associah
with conducting business.
According to Thomas R. Donova
president of the CBOT, "What
actually happening on the tradii
floor is that traders are buyii
and selling futures contracts. T1
contracts are legally binding agre
menu to buy or sell a standards
quantity and quality of a commodi
during a certain month in the futui
nnd*1* terms and conditions est
blished by a designated futur
market, at a specific price agre
upon in the trading pit at the tii
of the trade.”
Much like an insurance policy p:
tects policyholders from potent:
losses caused by unexpected even
. jtures contracts provide business
and individual investors with
mechanism by which to protect th<
investments from potential losi
caused by price fluctuations.
For example, a prolonged drouj
tW reduces a farmer’s crop w
result in a smaller supply of grai
Because of the reduced supply, grt
companies will havi to pay a higl
price for corn, wheat, soybean and
oats. This additional cost could then
be passed on to consumers in the form
of higher prices for cereal, breads,
meats, and other foods. However, il
the grain companies have properly
“insured” themselves in the futures
market against the risk of rising
prices, they will be able to protect
their profits without dramatically
raising consumer prices.
By buying and selling futurei
contracts, participants in the foot
industry — merchandisers, producers
grain elevator operators, exporter!
and even the farmers themselves -
can minimize their risks in process
ing or producing actual commodities,
which, in turn, can lower their cost
of doing business.
HEALTH
for the whole family
High Blood Pressure Can be Controlled
By Lifestyle Adjustments
i
Although few people die trom nign
blood pressure, or hypertension as it’s
commonly called, it may lead to such
’ diseases as heart attack or stroke.
For the 62 million people who are
, „ hypertensive then, the questions are:
l what is high blood pressure and can
, it be controlled?
j "High blood pressure in adults
is defined as a systolic reading
f (higher number) being equal to or
greater than 140 and a diastolic
. reading (lower number) being equal
to or greater than 90," said Robert
£ Danoff, D.O., M.8. a member of the
. clinical faculty in the Department of
v Family Practice at Delaware Valley
Medical Center.
0 The systolic reading refers to the
id pressure of the blood flow when the
heart beats, while the diastolic
a, reading records the pressure between
’s heart beats, said Dr. DanofT, an
ig osteopathic physician specialising in
ig family practice.
ie He explained that high blood
e- pressure readings generally mean
id the heart is working harder than
>y normal. Left untreated, high blood
e, pressure forces the heart to work
a- progressively harder to pump blood
es and oxygen until veins and arteries
id become scarred and hardened and the
ie heart becomes dangerously enlarged.
"The people most at risk for high
o- blood pressure and diseases that
al accompany it usually have a family
ts, history of hypertension or are
es African-American,” Dr. Danoff said,
a He added that African-Americane
>ir have an almost one-third greatei
ies chance of having high blood pressure
compared to whites,
ht Although doctors don’t know what
111 causes high blood pressure, con
ls trolling weight, reducing sodiunr
in intake, reducing alcohol consump
iei tion, eliminating Bmoking, exercisinj
regumiijr, auu mnoi iu§ ouooo »**
cholesterol levels can help lowe
blood pressure that has climbe
above 140/90. In many casei
medication is available to contn
hypertension.
Studies hav
proven tha
losing weigh
reduces th
amount of wor
the heart mui
do, Dr. Dane
said When th
heart doesn
have to wor
as hard, bloc
pressure com*
Robert down. Oftei
Danoff, D.O. regular exercii
accompanies
weight-loss program, both of whic
can have beneficial effects on bloc
pressure, too.
“I recommend that my patien
stay within 10 percent of their idei
body weight," Dr. Danoff said.
Modifying diet, including reducir
the intake of sodium, alcohol and fi
have also been proven effective i
lowering blood pressure levels.
Dr. Danoff recommends that h
hypertensive patients limit ss
intake to 2 grams a day, redui
alcohol consumption to less than
ounce per day and eat a diet th
derives less than 30 percent of i
calories from fat.
High blood pressure is knov
as the “silent killer” because il
possible to be hypertensive and n
know it. However, regular check u]
that include blood pressure testin
along with lifestyle modificatioi
such as exercise and proper nutritii
can not only lower blood pressui
but can help prevent heart attac
and strokes.
Dear Betty Crocker
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Q. Is there a chocolate extract to
use for flavoring cakes, brownies and
cookies? People in my family are
allergic to chocolate or they stay
away from chocolate because of
saturated fat.
C.P.
Hillsboro, N.H.
A. There is chocolate extract
available in cake decorating
specialty stores and some
supermarkets. It has chocolate
flavor, but doesn’t add the brown
color typical of chocolate. The best
use of the extract is in cookies and
frostings. In a cake, a teaspoon of
extract wouldn’t give a rich chocolate
flavor. Using more than a teaspoon
would upset the balance of most
recipes.
Q. Why do my caramel-nut rolls
crack on the side while they bake?
Ms.A.A.Y.
Falls, Pa.
A. Your problem may be due to
either too much flour or how you
shape the dough. Stiff dough,
containing too much flour, tends to
split and crack. Or, you may havt
rolled dough too tightly and stretched
it too much while you were shaping
the rolls.
Q. We enjoy eating saffron bread,
but I'm not sure how best to get the
most flavor from saffron. What can
you tell me?
Ms.W.L.C.
Burlington, Wis.
A. Saffron is one of the world’s
most expensive spices and it adds
enormous flavor to many Spanish
dishes and breads, rice and seafood.
Saffron is available both in dried
strands and powdered form. Dried
strands have the most flavor,
especially when crushed as they are
added into your recipes. The
powdered or ground form is less
expensive, but loses its flavor
quickly. Store saffron in a cool, dark
place for up to six months.
Do you have a cooking querstion?
Write “Dear Betty Crocker,” Box
1113, Dept. Betty, Minneapolis, Minn.
55440.
Tip of the week: Lentils are tiny,
brown legumes that supply fiber, fi
vitamins and minerals plus complete
protein when you prepare them with
a grain (rice, whole grain bread or
pasta)) or added to meat or cheese.
Lentils are delicious in soup, stew or
such casseroles as Lentil Pilaf which
is featured in the Recipe of tljp
Month.
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