.r V
A prii . 16, 1997 » T he P oru and O bsi rvi r
P agi
z \ 4
Baking Fun At Camp Cookie
Key Nutrients Reduce Blood
Pressure In Children
A national study that included 127
Portland-area children has found that
consuming more calcium and liber
while eating less dietary fat reduces
children’s blood pressure levels. Re
sults o f an analysis o f diet and blood
pressure from the Dietary Interven
tion Study in Children (D lSC)appear
in the April X issue of Hypertension, a
journal of the American Heart Asso
ciation.
DISC researchers found that these
dietary changes led to small but sig
nificant reductions in blood pressure
among 662 boys and girls aged 8 -11
who participated in the three-year
study. All had higher than normal
levels of I.DI. or a “bad” cholesterol
Increasing the daily intake ot calcium
by 330 milligrams and o f fiber by 4
grams while reducing total tat intake
by 19 grams led to a drop ot 2.5 mm/
Hg in diastolic blood pressure, the
lower number in a blood pressure
reading.
‘These dietary changes," says
Merwyn R. Greenlick, PhD, an inves
tig a to r for D ISC at K aiser
Permanente’s Center lor Health Re
search and one o f the article’s au
thors. “should be fairly easy for chil
dren—and their parents-to achieve.
Ihree hundred thirty milligrams of
calcium is equivalent to one eight-
ounce glass ot low-fat milk, four grams
o f fiber is about 1/4 cup ot all-bran
cereal or 1-2 servings o f fruits or
vegetables, and 19 grams of fat is a
little less than two tablespoons of
butter.”
Children who have high blood pres
sure very often become adults who
have high blood pressure, so reducing
children’sblood pressure levels could
have a significant impact on the health
status ofadults. As the study’s authors
point out, “ A downward shift o f
2mm/Hg in systolic blood pressure
| the upper number in a blood pressure
reading] would save about 12,000
lives per year in the United States.
Northeast Loaves &
Fishes Needs Meals-
on-Wheels Volunteer
Drivers
Define "seniorcitizens” : Adults
who have survived the challenges
o f growing up, have overcome
“mid-life” crises, have gained in
wisdom and retained enough vi
tality to settle back and enjoy their
"golden years"? Visit Loaves &
Fishes’ Northeast Center and you
will find active, healthy, older
adults who lit this glow ing defini
tion o f "senior citizens.” They are
Loaves & Fishes volunteers. Few
in numbers but deeply devoted,
these seniors are the "lite blood
o f Loaves & Fishes at the North
east M ulticultural Center W ork
ing together, they struggle each
day to meet the needs of trail,
elderly people living in Northeast
Portland who must rely upon
Loaves & Fishes’ hot meals and
other life saving nutritional ser
vices.
However. Center Manager, Dorit
Riser-Doron say s Northeast 1 .oaves
& Fishes is experiencing a real
crisis: lack of available volunteers.
"We need more volunteers to drive
M eals-on-W heels. A p p lican ts
should be eighteen years of age.
have valid drivers licenses, be avail
able between the hours of 11:00 am
and 1:00 pm, Mondays through
Fridays, be able to lift 20 lb and
have reliable transportation to make
meal deliveries.”
Call 248-5211 to find out how
you can help, today. Northeast
Loaves & Fishes is located in the
Northeast M ultiCulteral Senior
Center, 5325 NE MLK Blvd.
Northeast Loaves & Fishes is
part o f Loaves & Fishes Centers,
Inc , a private, non profit organi
zation which serves 3.600 meals
per day to Portland area seniors.
For general information regard
ing Loaves & Fishes Centers. Inc.,
Relieve The Dog Days of Summer With Your Own Camp Cookie
The results from DISC showed that
lowering systolic blood pressure by 2
mm/Hg could be achieved by reduc
ing total fat by 40 grams a day, the
equivalent of 4 tablespoons o f butter
o f a little more than on Big Mac
hamburger.
Funded by theNational I leart. Lung
and Blood Institute, DISC was the
first large, randomized clinical study
to look at the long-term safety and
effectivenessoflower-fatdietson chil
dren who had high levels of "bad
LDL cholesterol, which leads to the
narrowing of blood vessels that can
result in heart attacks and stroke.
Larlier DISC results, published in the
Journal o f the American Medical
Association (Ma> 10, 1995). showed
that the children who ate the lower fat
diet had a significant decrease in LDL
cholesterol levels, received adequate
nutrition, and posted growth and psy
chological well-being scores equiva
lent to the scores of the children in the
control group.
“The findings of this study are
p a rtic u la rly im p o rta n t.” says
Greenlick. "because they provide a
convincing case that children can
make modest changes in the way they
eat that, if continued throughout their
lives, will have major positive effects
in their adult health.”
Other DISC sites besides Kaiser
Permanente’s Center lor Health Re
search in Portland were:
*
Johns I lopkins University and the
Maryland Medical Research Insti
tute in Baltimore;
Northwestern University Medi
cal School in Chicago;
University o f Iowa in Iowa City;
University o f Pittsburgh;
New Jersey Medical School in
Newark, N.J.;
Children’s Hospital in New O r
leans
Kaiser Permanente"s Center for
Health Research is a not-for-profit
research institute that conducts
health research in the public inter
est. Greenlick is the Center’s founder
and former director.
Kaiser Permanente is a prepaid
group practice health maintenance
organization serving the health care
needs o f more that 4 10,000 people in
Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Not everyday is a day at the
beach, .or even the neighborhood
pool for that matter! Kids naturally
get antsy and are always looking for
new, fun activities. Not to worry,
mom Land O ’ Lakes has the answer
for when you've run out of ideas.
Open a Camp Cookie in your own
kitchen
Feel like your house is some
times a three-ring circus? Use it to
vour advantage by creating an ed
ible. delectable zoo o f baked goods
while teaching kids some kitchen
basics I he Camp Cookie Counse
lors from Land O l akes lestK itch-
ens have practical tips to keep crea
tures big and small entertained for
hours.
Setting Up Camp Cookie
For an authentic camp feeling,
outfit the campers with a bandanna.
camping hat and knapsack filled
w ith favorite cookie cutters. Now,
they re ready for the wild outdoors!
Clear a large work space to let
kids spread out.
If you don’t have hats, be sure to
tie back long hair.
Roll up sleeves and protect
children's clothing with an apron or
old T-shirt.
Wash, rinse and dry hands be
fore starting-encourage frequent
washing throughout, especially al
ter scraping the bowl and licking
fingers.
A Teaspoon of Instructions
Choose kid-oriented recipes. For
example, kids love rolling dough
and using cookie cutters to create
favorite animal shapes and charac
ters.
Read the entire recipe carefully
before beginning.
Teach correct measuring tech
niques. Use graduated measuring
cups for dry ingredients and clear
g lass/p lastic cups w ith pouring
spouts for milk and other liquids.
Show kids the markings on the but
ter wrapper for easy measuring.
Organize recipe ingredients and
equipment before you start. C hil-
dren can help gather the ingredients
and utensils needed for the recipe.
A Hint Of Safety
Always supervise children as
they work in the kitchen.
Explain the importance o f keep
ing wet hands away from appliances
and electrical outlets.
Keep children away from dan
gerous appliances; only adults should
use these appliances.
Inform children about being
careful not to touch hot surfaces,
such as the oven or stove.
Teach children to pick up knives
by handles only.
•
Add Imagination To Taste
Encourage creativity and fun by
providing colorful icings, sprinkles
and candies for decorating cookies.
Chocolate sprinkles make great fur,
red candy drops become animal noses
and raisins serve as perfect eyes. Al
low children to be as creative as they
wish—remember, there is no wrong
way to decorate a cookie!
Let kids cut out their own un
usual shapes using a table knife so
they move beyond the constraints of
a cookie cutter and use their imagi
nation to its fullest.
Serve W ith A Smile
Display cookies in a fun, cre
ative way. Invent a theme and ar
range the cookies to make a cute
exhibit for friends and family to
“ooh and ahh” over. For example,
bake up cookies in animal shapes
and cut construction paper to build
“cages.”
ThisrecipeforasuccessfulCamp
Cookie serves an entire neighborhood
o f kids for a whole afternoon! For
more delicious recipes for those hun
gry. close-to-home campers and more
tips for making your Camp Cookie a
success, send a self-addressed enve
lope to: Camp Cookie Recipe Leaflet,
SAFEWAY
EXPIRES
«722/97
Blade or7-Bone
SAVE up to $1.01 lb
Safeway Weekly
Shopping Guide
Visit Safeway's Web site at
www.safeway.com
PRICES EFFECTIVE
APRIL 1997
I Mon
Toe
20
22
• 1/4 cup Land O ' Lakes Butter
• 4 (l-ounce) squares unsweet
ened baking chocolate
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 2 cups sugar
• 4 eggs
• 2 teaspoons baking powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup chopped walnuts or pe
cans
• Powdered sugar
In I -quart saucepan melt butter
and chocolate over low heat (8-10
minutes); cool. In large mixer bowl
combine melted chocolate and all
remaining ingredients Except I cup
flour, nuts and powdered sugar. Beat
at medium speed, scraping bowl of
ten until well mixed (2 to 3 minutes).
By hand, stir in remaining I cup
flour and nuts. Cover; refrigerate
until firm (2 hours or overnight).
Heat oven to 300 degrees. Shape
rounded teaspoon fu Is o f dough into
1 -inch balls; roll in powdered sugar.
Place 2 inches apart on greased cook ie
sheets. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or
until firm to the touch. 4 dozen
cookies.
N utrition Facts (I cookie)
Calories 90
Protein 2 g
Carbohydrates 13 g
Fat 3 g
Cholesterol 20 mg
Sodium 50 mg
ORANGE JUKI
000000088091
Sweet Corn
• Grown in Flordia • Yellow or white
• SAVE up to $1.02 on six
Fn
Wed
io
P rep aratio n time: 20 minutes
Chilling time: 2 hours
Baking time: 12 minutes
IG tJ U IO
four items pet coupon One coupon pet__
customer Coupon valid 4/16797 thru 472.97 at
your Oregon Safeway stores lercept Milton-
v
|,eewater I and S W Wasmngton Safeway stores
serving Clark Wahkiakum Cowlitz Skamania and Klickitat
counties COUPON CANNOT Bf DOUBLED
Available at your Safeway store.
Chocolate Pixies
SAFEWAY
/-M ’ A
I
1
I
I
In-Store
Savings Guide
Creating a Camp Cookie a,
home is a great way for parents and
kids to have fun together-teach
them the tricks o f baking to stir up
their imaginations and bake yummy
treats. Try delicious Chew Jumbo
C h o c o la te C h ip C o o k ie s and
Chocolate Pixies from the counse
lors at L andO ’ Lakes Camp Cookie
and go wild in the kitchen.
• 12-oz. »Frozen
• SAVE up to $1.40 on two
• First 4 with coupon
In Your Oregonian FOODday
in the Portland Metro Area
...and save more shopping
at Safeway!
Enjoy Exira Savings
With The
SAFEWAY EXTRA
Bake Up Sweet Treats at
Camp Cookie
Safeway Orange Juice
FOOD & DRUG
Look For Your
P O. Box 39104, Chicago, IL 60639
or call 1-800-782-9602 and ask for
the Camp Cookie Recipe Leaflet
1/
t 8
1 9
W. z*m
M e « » ltt« e tt» » w *« » *» « » » M » ’*
thru Tue»«»» April f t . M»«nl«ht
■
I No salts to dealers 'eslaurants or institutions Sates in '»tail quantities onty
f
r, •• R d M lR f h * “’ ’ ' * ' '
Not responsible to« typographical v pKtona' errors We reserve the r-ght
10 correct an printed errors O1W7 Sateway Stores inc
N obody does it B etter 8 for L ess .
call 777-2424.
■eaa