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It’s dairy month!

Milk and milk products are important for strong bones and healthy teeth.

Children should have 3-4 servings a day. Try this fun recipe with the children:

Berries and Cream

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup heavy cream
  • 2 tablespoons sugar
  • 2 cups frozen berries (any one or combination of strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, or raspberries)

Instructions:

Place two dessert cups or bowls in the freezer to chill.
Mix heavy cream and sugar in a small bowl.
Remove dessert cups and place berries in them. Berries need to stay frozen.
Drizzle cream over berries to coat, stirring constantly.
Quickly spoon into serving dishes and keep in the freezer until ready to eat.

Makes 2 servings! Enjoy!

Let’s make play dough!

play dough

Play dough is the perfect modeling material for children. Their small hands can pat, poke, pinch, roll and knead it into many shapes. Keep it in an airtight container to use another day, or let it air dry into favorite shapes.

Measure 2 cups of flour, one cup of salt and 4 teaspoons of cream of tartar into a bowl. Add 1/4 cup of oil to one cup of water in a separate bowl then add the mixture to the dry ingredients. Squeeze 10-20 drops of food coloring into one cup of water and add it to the mixture. Mix well to make it smooth and to spread the color evenly. Cook the dough at low heat in a wide pan, stirring constantly until it becomes rubbery. Remove the dough from the heat and knead it for a few minutes. When it cools the kids can play too!

Photo: Gina Guillotine

Make a pie today!

It’s National Pie Day!

Pies are popular on holidays or any day and are easy to make if you buy a prepared crust in the freezer or dairy section of the grocery store. Try these favorite recipes with the children:

Pumpkin Pie

  • 1 can pumpkin (or 2 cups mashed cooked fresh pumpkin)
  • 1 cup brown sugar
  • Pinch of salt
  • 2 teaspoons cinnamon
  • 1 teaspoon ground ginger
  • 2 tablespoons molasses
  • 3 slightly beaten eggs
  • 1 cup evaporated milk

Mix together first 6 ingredients. Then add eggs and milk and mix thoroughly. Batter is very thin. Pour into pie shell. Bake 450 degrees for 45 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.

Apple Pie with Crumb Topping

Peel, core and slice 6 apples into thin pieces. Toss sliced apples gently with:

  • 1/4 cup white sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla

Pile apples into pie shell. Blend 3/4 cup brown sugar and 3/4 cup flour with 1/3-cup butter until crumbly. Spread over apples. Bake at 400 degrees for about 45 minutes.

It’s National Ice Cream Day!

July 18th is National Ice Cream Day! Celebrate by enjoying a few scoops of your favorite flavor or by making your own ice cream at home. Here is a simple recipe. You can change it up by adding a little chocolate syrup, a few chocolate chips, or using a flavoring other than vanilla.

mixinbagIn a quart size zipper baggie, combine…
1 cup of whole milk or half and half
2 tablespoons of sugar
½ teaspoon vanilla extract

In a gallon size zipper baggie…
Fill ½ way with ice cubes
Add 1/3 cup of rock salt (if you don’t have rock salt you can use table salt or kosher salt)

Seal the small baggie carefully and place the inside of the large bag. Seal the large bag and shake the bags until you can see the mixture thickening (about 5 minutes.) It will be cold to hold, so you may want to carefully pass it back and forth between yourself and a partner.  Remove the small baggie and wipe the top off (to remove salt water,) unzip and enjoy!