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Siletz
Community
“Cha-may weeya”
Medicine Talk
Fun Recipes
Fun Foods
Pretzel Animals
What
do
Cracker
Jacks,
marshmallows, popcorn, TV dinners,
SpaghettiO’s, Twinkies and Oreo cookies
have in common? Kids like to eat these
foods because they taste good and are fun.
Children don’t usually care about nutrition
and calories.
Kids can lick the filling out of Twinkies
and Oreo cookies, get a prize in Cracker
Jacks, eat out of neat sections in TV
dinners, roast marshmallows, watch and
hear popcorn pop, and find the letters in
SpaghettiO’s. If parents could make lima
beans and peas this much fun to eat, these
foods might be a bigger hit.
Parents shouldn’t force a child to eat.
This strategy only backfires. Just serve a
wide variety of fun and tasty foods and let
your children decide which ones and how
much to eat.
Try not to overreact if your child turns
up his nose. And don’t turn into a short­
ordercook by offering to fix something else.
Just offer at least one thing you know your
child likes at each meal. Children won’t
go hungry.
Ideas for making food fun:
♦ Try different shapes of pasta - bow ties
one meal and corkscrews another.
♦ Vary peanut butter sandwiches with
different toppings. Use banana slices
one day, raisins another, and apple slices
the next. Use cookie cutters to shape
bread for sandwiches.
♦ Serve leftovers in a clean used TV
dinner tray.
♦ Invent a new fun food with your children.
It’s said that Popsicles were “invented”
by an 11-year-old around 1905. He left
his powdered soda mix outdoors in the
cold winter weather. The next morning,
he found it frozen with the stirring stick
standing straight up. Later, he made a
frozen treat with soda pop - thus the
name “Popsicle.” The Popsicle was
patented in 1923.
What You Need
1 package of dry yeast
1-1/2 cups warm water
4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
How to Fix
1. In a large bowl, dissolve one package
of dry yeast in 1-1/2 cups warm water.
2. Mix 4 cups flour, salt, and sugar in
another bowl.
3. Stir 3 cups of the flour mixture into the
yeast and water.
4. Knead the mixture on a counter for a
while, then add in remaining flour. Break
off pieces of the dough for each child to
use in making a pretzel animal.
5. Once pretzels are shaped, place them
on a greased pan and coat them with
one egg slightly beaten in a tablespoon
of water.
6. Bake pretzels about 12 minutes or until
browned in a preheated 475°F oven.
Banana Boat
What You Need
1/2 banana with peel
6 by 8 inch piece of foil
Miniature marshmallows, chocolate chips,
raisins or chopped fruit
How to Fix
1. Cut a wedge on the inside curve of the
banana through the peel and into the
meat of the fruit. The wedge should be
narrow but deep.
2. Fill the “boat” with any of the fillings.
Cover with the strip of peeling.
3. Wrap the banana in foil. Bake at 350TF
for 10 to 15 minutes or until banana is
warm. Banana boats also may be heated
over a grill or campfire.
Banana-Peanut Butter Dip
Spread on crackers or use for dipping
apples and pear wedges.
What You Need
1 medium-sized ripe banana
2 tablespoons peanut butter
How to Fix
1. Peel banana and cut into small pieces.
Mash well with fork in small bowl.
2. Mix in peanut butter.
Health
Clinic
Contract Health
Services Expands
Radius
25-Mile Radius Expands to 40-Mile
Radius Effective July 1, 2000
If you live in Lincoln County, you
will be restricted to the Siletz Community
Health Clinic for medical, dental, and
pharmacy services. Call 541-444-1030 or
1 -800-648-0449 for an appointment.
If you live in Marion County, you will
be restricted to the Chemawa Indian
Health Clinic for medical, dental, and
pharmacy services. Call 1 -800-452-7823
for an appointment.
If you live in Polk or Yamhill
counties, you will be restricted to the
Grand Ronde Wellness Clinic for medical,
dental and pharmacy services. Call
1 -800-422-0232 for an appointment.
If you have any questionsvplease
call the CHS department at
541 -444-1236 or 1 -800-628-5720.
Breastfeeding
Benefits Last a
Lifetime
Deciding to breastfeed your baby is
more than .a,.personal choice. It’s an
important health choice. In fact, studies have
shown that breastfeeding may result in a
lifetime of better health for your baby.
Breastfeeding is better for your baby
for many reasons. Breast milk is easier to
digest than formula. This is why breastfed
babies almost never get constipated.
Mother’s milk also contains special factors
that protect a baby from illness, which is why
breastfed babies tend to get sick less often
than bottle-fed babies do.
Breastfeeding babies also tend to have
fewer colds, earaches, stomach problems,
and fewer serious illnesses such
as pneumonia.
The health benefits of breastfeeding go
on long after a baby has weaned. Children
who were breastfed are less likely to have
allergies, childhood cancer, diabetes, certain
liver diseases, and some type of ulcers. So
when you are deciding how to feed your
baby, keep in mind that the decision to
breastfeed may affect your baby’s health for
years to come.
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