Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 60, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1918 — Mother’s Cook Book [ARTICLE]

Mother’s Cook Book

The Child's Lunch Basket. The filling of a lunch basket for a small child Is not an easy task If it is a daily one. For the growing child we must not only see that they have food for the daily needs of heat and energy but for Jthe growth of the frame and muscle. The average child is fond of peanut butter and a luncheon which may be used only in an emergency but which is highly nutritious may help out in time of stress; this is the college sandwich, two cakes of sweet chocolate put together with peanut butter. This with an apple or a glass of milk will afford a good meal. Baked apple with cream, plain bread and butter or bread and butter with a filling of a lettuce leaf dipped in French dressing or other salad dressing with a cupful of cocoa or hot milk is another good combination. The child’s love for sweets should be satisfied as often as possible with a date or fig or a little fresh fruit rather than rich cake or candy. Cottage cheese is another wholesome food, and when it is mixed with cream and well seasoned it is sufficiently sustaining to take the place of meat. Two slices or more of barley or steamed brown bread served with the cottage cheese with a banana or an apple will be a good lunch. The cheese, if rich with cream, may be carried in a small paper cup. These paper cups are useful for carrying custards of various flavors or jams and jellies to supply the sweet that a child enjoys for dessert. Chopped cooked egg, well seasoned and spread on buttered bread is a sustaining sandwich. A small cupful of rice pudding or tapioca or sago pudding will add variety to the luncheon. The best of cakes for little people are sponge cakes, as they are never too rich for them to digest. With the sugar saving which we are asked to make, frosted cakes and fancy filled cakes are not at all common, gave on state occasions when a birthday is to be celebrated.