The Coolidge Examiner

Dainties for Child

EVERY mother knows how hard it is to force children to eat the food they should eat. The only way to accomplish this is to begin with the baby. Food and feeding time will be a happy time if habits of correct eating are formed early. The child who has his own way in all things is going to make a difficult adult to live with or for other people to enjoy being with. It takes but little patience to train a baby, but often it is difficult when the child has become willful. All foods given children should be simple, well cooked, easy to digest and attractively served. Tasting the food before being served is an important duty for the mother or nurse, to be sure it is palatable, for often dislikes have been formed that are hard to overcome by one dish of poor food. The following are a few breakfast suggestions:

Orange Honey Crispy.-Peel an orange and separate into sections, removing the membrane. Allow six to eight sections for each serving. Dip each section into honey and turn over in rice or corn flakes, puffed wheat or any of the light cereals which have been warmed until crisp in the oven. Arrange on an attractive plate and serve. Maple sirup may be used in place of honey for variety.

Breakfast Cocktail-One beaten egg yolk, a pinch of salt, a teaspoonful of honey and the juice of two oranges. Beat well and serve cold. This supplies iron from the egg yolk and vitamins from the orange juice. This is a good drink to give as a mid-meal.

All the above recipes are equally good for the nursing mother who needs to take as much liquid as possible. For a child of six years the addition of the juice of half a lemon to a glass of orange juice is recommended to give increased vitamin C and to prevent and cure tooth troubles.

Frosted Orange Juice.-Into a large glass pour a cupful of orange juice. Add a spoonful of vanilla ice cream and stir a moment, then serve.

(©. 1930. Western Newspaper Union.)