Meals for Young Cooks

By Winnifred and Ann Jardine

Supper Menu

Calico Main Dish Salad
Thousand Island Dressing
Canned Peaches
Graham Cracker Sandwiches
Milk

Thousand Island Dressing

2 cups mayonnaise

1/4 cup chili sauce

2 tablespoons finely grated onion

Combine all ingredients and refrigerate in clean, covered jar.

Canned Peaches

Early in the day refrigerate peaches. Serve for dessert along with graham cracker sandwiches and cold milk.

Calico Main Dish Salad

2 to 3 quarts shredded lettuce

1/2 (12 ounces) can chopped or pressed ham

1/2 cup grated cheddar cheese

1/2 cup grated swiss or Monterey jack cheese

1 small dill pickle, chopped

2 medium tomatoes, chopped

1 (3 ounces) can french fried onion rings

thousand island dressing

With large knife cut lettuce into 1/2″ sections and separate into shreds. Put all ingredients into salad bowl and toss lightly with two big spoons or salad forks. Let family members serve themselves and add salad dressing.

Graham Cracker Sandwiches

1 (3 ounces) package cream cheese

2 tablespoons milk

2 1/2 cups powdered sugar

1 teaspoon vanilla

1 square (1 ounce) melted, unsweetened chocolate (optional)

30 single graham crackers

In small bowl blend cheese until creamy, then blend in milk. Add powdered sugar, vanilla, and melted chocolate. Add more milk if frosting is too thick. Frost 15 graham crackers with icing and place remaining crackers on top to make sandwiches.

Tips for Young Cooks

When you buy groceries at the store, look for the word ENRICHED on white bread wrappers, white flour sacks, cookie and cake mix boxes, and any product that has flour in it. The word ENRICHED tells you that the white flour used in the contents of the package or sack has three B vitamins added—thiamine, niacin, and riboflavin.

It is important to buy products that contain ENRICHED flour because we all need B vitamins for good health.

Next time you go to the store, check the labels and see how many include that important word ENRICHED.

Illustrated by Tom Pratt