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Welcome in th fall on with
thi delightful bre d that' a perfect
combination of autumn' colorful
fruits and vegetable. Thi tender,
slightly tangy bread is delectable
erved with an orange butter.
1/3 cup diced c rrots, cooked,
pureed
1/3 cup c nned pumpkin or
diced b n n qu h, cooked,
pure d
11 cup un weetened ap­
pi auce
1 tabl poon iloney
1 tablespoon butter or m r-
arine
1 cup bread Dour
1 cup whole wheat Dour
'1 teaspoon It
1/4 te poon ground aU pice
2 te poons ctlve dry ye t
start.
After the baking cycle ends,
remove bread from pan, place on
e k, nd 110 to cool 1 hour
before licin .
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14 cup mil
2 tabl poon butter or m r­
rine
1/3 cup chopped onion
2 cu bre d Dour
1 tabl poon u r
1 te poon It
1/2 te poon dried dill
1/2 te poon dri d b II
1/2 te poon dried rosemary
11/2 te poon ctlve dry ye t
In a mall killet, melt butter over
low heat. Add onion and aute 8 to
10 minute until onion is soft but not
brown. Remove from heat; allow
mi ture to cool for 10 minutes before
adding it to the bread pan.
Place all ingredients including
onion mixture in bread pan. For 1
pound loaf, select "Rapid Balce" set-
ting and pre tart.
Iter the baking cycle ends,
remove bread from pan, place on-
Before parents get home
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By Pat Moriarty, R.D.
From front door .. to refrigerator
door. The favorite afternoon pas­
time of school children remains
"snacking." But what if mom or dad
isn't been estimated that roughly 7
million American kids ei ther care for
themselves after school or are cared
for by a sibling. What arethe most
important food and kitchen safety
fact you should reach your
children?
Read on for our crash course in
"Safe Snacking 101."
WHILE MO TOLD. R kids
can easily prepare their own snack, it
is critically important to educate
them about the larger issues of food
and kitchen safety.
In fact, you should establish basic
"Kitchen Rules" and consider put­
ting them in writing. And snacks
that you know ycur child can easily
handle alone.
Whether your child choose a cold
snack, it ready-to-eat snack, a do-it­
yourself snack or a hot snack, it'
never too e�rly to teach children
about the Importance of clean hands,
utensil , and other basic food safety
technique.
Here's a basic beginner's course.
w ri tte n so botu you and your
youngsters can read it.
- Place books or bookbags on
the floor, not on eating counters or
the kitchen table.
- Throwaway leftover
.andwichc or other "refrigerator
type" [0 ds you bring h me.
- Wa h your hand. before you
make or eat a nack, Hand carry
lots of germs.
- Alway u e clean poons,
torlc and plate .
- Wa .h fruit and vegetables
\'Yith water bcf rc you eat them.
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- Do not eat bread, cheese or soft
fruits or vegetables that look bad or
have even small spots of mold.
- Do not leave cold items, like
milk, lunchmeat, hardcooked eggs or
yogurt, out on the counter at room
temperature.
Put these foods back in the
refrigerator as soon as you've fixed
your snack.
to cool 1 hour
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Thi H waii n- tyle bread a
pec cul r ddition to ny luncheon
buffet. It' moi t, light. nd elegant.
poo butt rmUk
2 ble poo rved p eap-
pie juice
2 t bl poon butter or m r­
rin
1 ( bout 1/4 cup) e (room
t mperature)
1/3 cup c nned pine pple
cbun cut up nd ell drained
(re rveju e)
1/3 cup Hced b n na
2 cu bread Dour
. 3 t ble poon hole whe t
flour
1/3 hredded coconut
1 tabl poon u ar
1 te poon It
1/4 te poon baking soda
1/4 cup Chopped macadamia nuts
1 1(2 teaspoons active dry yeast
Place all ingredients in bread pan,
select "Light Crust" setting, and
press Start.
San Di 0 Sun hin
Thi bread will delight your n-
e! It's a weet whole wheat loaf
with a delicate hint of orang. Pack
up picnic b ket with a th rmos of
hot coffee or tea, a loaf of this bread
and orne honey butter. You'll have
the makings for a romantic, leisurly
breakfast.
3/4 cup w ter
1 1/2 table peons butter or
ma arine
1 bl poon honey
11/3 cu bre d Dour
213 cup whole wheat Dour
1 tabl poon brown u ar
1 te poon It
grated rind from 1 orange
11/2 te poon RED TAR Ac-
tive Dry Ye t
Place all ingredients in bread pan,
select "Light Crust" setting, and
press Start.
After the baki ng cycle ends,
remove from pan, place on cake
rack, and allow to cool 1 hour before
slicing.
After ba le s
remove bread from pan, place on
cake rack, and allow to cool 1 hour
before slicing.
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children who can read be allowed to
use the microwave. This is what
they need to know.
Kids, for safe microwaving:
- Never tum on an empty oven.
Thi can cause the oven to break.
- Read package directions care­
fully. Make sure you know how to
set the microwave oven controls (for
example, 10 seconds, rather than 10
• minutes).
BUT WHAT IF your child wants - Use only microwave-safe
a hot snack? Should you let your cookware. Mark specific utensils
child use the microwave? Accord- and containers for microwave use
ing to a recent G od Housekeep- . and keep them in a certain place.
ing/International Microwaver Power . Never re-use cold storage containers
Institute study, children are frequent such as margarine tubs.
users of the household microwave. _ Rotate food in the microwave
Fifty-two percent of the respondents and stir halfway through cooking if
said that their children under the age possible.
of 12'use the microwave.
- Use pot holders to remove
The average age at which items from the microwaveable
children begin to use the microwave dishes get hot from cooked food. Do
is 7. In general, parents perceive the not use the microwave if you have to
microwave oven to be a safe cooking reach up to remove food from the
appliance. For this reason, they let oven.
children use the microwave, but not _ Ifa dish is covered with plastic
a gas or electric range. wrap or wax 'paper, tum up one
However, parent hould know eomer to let exce steam escape.
that evere butns can and do occur Pull plastic wrap off foods so steam
from improper microwave usage. escapes away from hand and face.
Special packaging for kid's favorite Steam can burn.
foods like popcorn, pizza and french
fries can get too hot for kids to hand- Here are peciflc tips for favorite
te. Steam from popcorn bag can foods:
burn the eyes, face, arms, and hands.
Jelly donuts, P strie , hotdogs and
other foods can reach scalding
temperature in seconds.
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Product Safety Commi sion es­
timated that n early I, 00 children
under the age of 15 uffered
microwave-related burns in 1990.
If you give permi ion for your
child to u c the microwave, tart by
holding a Saturday morning training
e sion. It j recommended that only
- Hotdog and Baked Potatoes.
Pierce before cooking. This keep
them from exploding.
- Jelly Donuts and Fruit
Pastries. Break open before eating.
The jelly or fruit inside can get very
hot and bum your mount.
- Popcorn. Let the bag sit for
several minut before opening.
Steam from the bag can bum the
face. eye .arrn and hands.
e r, es
read.
chool
Never pop any food right from
the microwave into you mouth.
Allow the food to cool for everal
minutes before eating.
Here are some suggested snack
ideas for younger children (age 5-
10) and older children (11 and up).
Snacks for Younger Children
- peanut butter and jelly
sandwiches
- cheese and crackers
-yogurt
- cookies and milk
- fre h fruit
- precut vegetable
- hardcooked egg
- cold cereal and mi lk
-lunchmeat sandwiche
Snack for older children
-- microwave popcorn
- microwave snacks and meals
- items requiring cutting with a
knife
- items requiring can openers
- leftover requiring heating
For your other microwave and
safe food handling questions, call
USDA's Meat and Poultry Hotline
1-800-53 - -4555, weekdays 10-4
(EST).
Washington. D.C., area resident
dial 202-720-3333.
Other Re80urces:
Parents, for a free copy of Project
Home Safe, call 1-800-252-SAFE.
Produced by the American Home
Economic Association, the kit
provides a variety of rc ources for
olutions to the .after chool child­
care problem.
Homemade bread has proven to be a family favorite.
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