Bringing Springtime to Your Table

Written by Arleen M. Kaptur


About mid-February, everyone starts thinking about Spring - warm breezes, flowers beginning to blossom and scents of nature coming to life. Surprise your table with this "springtime" basket when your salad course comes to your mealtime: Fit two lettuce cups together. Fill with tossed salad and use split green pepper rings forrepparttar handles. Top with dressing and some crumbled cheese. Trim with some "marigolds" (just notch thin slices of carrots) and you have a really wonderful "salad basket." ************************************* Sunshine Fruit: Slice top from a large orange. With paring knife, remove orange sections and any white membranes. Combine orange sections with banana slices, strawberry halves, blueberries, raspberries, or whatever you like. Refill orange shell and sprinkle some chilled ginger ale over fruit. Trim with mint sprigs and thoughts of springtime will grace your table.

A Few Old-Fashioned Fun Things

Written by Arleen M. Kaptur


There are just too many toxic chemicals in some ofrepparttar things that our children play with. They are also very expensive. Here are a few safe products that will delight your youngster for hours. Play dough: 3 cups flour, 1-1/2 cups salt, 1-1/2 cups water, 2 tbs. oil, food coloring Mix all together. Divide into small portions and add food coloring forrepparttar 111468 color you want. If too moist, add more flour. Store in covered containers and keep cool. Not to be eaten just played with.

Finger paints: 3 tbs. sugar, 1/2 cup cornstarch, 2 cups cold water, food coloring Mix sugar and cornstarch in pan. Add water and stir. Cook over medium heat, stirring constanty. Mixture will boil, then thicken. Cook about 5 mins. Remove from heat; cool. Separate into 4-5 cups. Add food coloring a drop at a time. Add a drop of dish detergent in each cup to make clean-up a breeze. Paint on paper, cardboard or posterboard.

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