22—Lancaster 1 Fai’ming. Saturday, February 27,1971 «» By Mrs. Richard C. Spence If you’re woirying about that bulge around the waistline that seemed to appear after the holi days and doesn’t want to dis appear try wmtei flints They add low-calorie, vitamin-rich zest to winter meals and snacks Fruits are alway s delicious eat en as-is, but don’t stop theie You can serve them as an imaginative part o£ a meal, too Salads and flints are neaily synonymous in the winter Toss chunks of oranges or tangei ines with bowlfuls of crisp salad igieens; add grapefruit if you like Allow about one cup of prepared fruit to each quart of greens Serve with French dressing oi your favoate sweet dressing For a quick low-calone lunch eon salad, team citxus with cot tage cheese Serve with Fiench dressing made with lemon juice instead of the usual vinegar. Oranges, bananas and apple slices on shredded salad greens are another tempting salad. Or, add avocado slices to the com bination. For a sumptuous salad, fold canned or fresh grapefruit sec tions, diced celery and finely shredded cairots into slightly thickened orange-flavored gela tin Serve on salad greens, top ped with sour cream or mayon naise for the non-dieters in the family Here’s a novel salad idea combine grapefruit segments and fresh shredded spinach with s celery-seed Fiench dressing A citius glaze goes beautiful ly with ham or roast pork Serve baked or broiled winter pears with ham or pork For an attractive garnish, fill the centers with mint jelly 01 cran berry sauce A fresh fiuit cup can get any winter meal off to a tangy start Gi apefruit sections, orange or tangerine segments and cubed pineapple (fiesh 01 canned) aie a favoute combination Add moist coconut flakes and a dollop of whipped ci earn 01 soiu ci earn for an atti active dessert For fewer calories, use whipped dry milk 01 a non-dan y whip ped lopping For anothei coloiful fruit compote, combine ftesh diced wintei peais with fiesh giapes sliced bananas and citiui seg ments \dd fiozen melon balls for a touch of summer coloi and flavoi The citius juice will accent the flavor of the peais and bananas and keep them fiom daikemng Tiy stewing fiesh peais in cranbeiry, orange 01 pineapple juice foi a low-calorie desseit Choose slightly undempe peais You can serve the stewed peais with a small scoop of sheibet, ice cream or dollop of soiu ci earn if you’re not dieting No need to wait till spring fo’ shortcake Simply fold juicy, ■cutup orange or tangeune seg ments into whipped cream and ■serve between and ovei biscuit halves foi a luscious midvwntei •dessert If you’re weight watch ing, tiy whipping diy milk mix ed with water according to the. recipe on the package When you’re selecting giape-! fruit, look for fum, well-shaped FOR THE FARM WIFE AND FAMILY fuuts that are hea\\ for then size Thin-skinned flints have moie juice than the coarse skinned ones If a grapefruit is pointed at the stem end, it’s hkeh to he thick-skinned Rough ridged or wunkled skin also indicates thick skin, pul piness and lack of juice Giapefiuit often has skin de fects, scale, scais, thorn sciatch es or discoloiations These usually don't affect the eating quahtj When you’ie bujing oranges, select fum, heavy fruits with fresh, bright-looking skin that is reasonably smooth A gieen ish cast or green spots do not indicate an immature mange Fully matured oranges will often turn gieenish late in the season Often Florida and Texas oranges will have a tan, blown or blackish mottling 01 speck ling over the skin This russet ing has no effect on quality and often occurs on thin-skinned oranges with superior eating quality. Anjou, Bose, Winter Nelhs and Comice are winter pears usually available until May Look for firm pears Anjou and Comice should be light to- yel lowish green; Winter Nelhs will be medium to light green Bose pears are often brownish yellow, a characteristic of this variety Avoid wilted or shriveled pears with dull-appearmg skin. A slight weakening of the flesh near the stem indicates im maturity, these will not ripen Spots on the side or blossom end mean that corky tissue maj be underneath GRAPEFRUIT A LA MODE 2 grapefruit 1 orange, peeled, cut into bite- size pieces ~ c/i cup maraschino cherry halves OR diced dates 2 tablespoons maple syrup OR honey 1 pint sherbet, (lime, orange or lemon) Cut each grapefruit in half Cut around each section, le move grapefruit segments and reserve Remove white mem brane, leaving shells intact Toss grapefiuit segments with orange pieces and chemes Fill grapefruit shells with fruit and drizzle with syrup or honey Chill thoroughly Top each with a generous scoop of sherbet 4 servings. CRISP ’N CLEAR ORANGE SALAD 1 head lettuce, chilled 2 to 3 oranges, peeled 1 red onion, thinly sliced I '< cup bottled Italian dressing 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cucumber, peeled and sliced V> cup snipped parsley Teai lettuce into bite-Size pieces m large salad bowl Slice oranges into caitwhesls cut each in half Separate onion slices in to rings Mix Italian dressing v.ith lemon mice Combine oianges onion nngs, cucumbei and paislej with lettuce pour dressing over salad and toss lightli Seive at once 6 serv ings OVERNIGHT DESSERT SALAD orange shells eggs, slightly beaten tablespoons sugar tablespoons lemon juice tablespoon butter or- mar garine can (BV2 ounces) crushed pineapple, drained envelope whipped* dessert topping OH. 1 cup l heavy cream Vt cup dairy sour crfcam cup miniature marshmal lows , ' cups bite-size orange pieces, well drained cup sliced fresh straw berries large banana, sliced (1 cup) To make orange shells, cut blossom end from fruit about V' to Vz distance from the top Cut out juicy meat to combine with the other fruits Rsfugei ate orange shells Thoroughly combine beaten eggs, sugar and lemon juice in top of double (Cntinued on Page 23) Pick a bouquet of attractive posies, add a scroll design and use simple chain and seed stitches to embroider them on this waist-length, knitted vest. Vying for first place with. th)e new layered looks of this season, this U-neckline vestas a sure winner. Using two colors of “Red Heart' Knitting Worsted, work vest in the slip stitch method of Jarittmgi Hi misses’ sizes 10-16. Free instructions are avadlabtedjjr send ing a self addressed, stamped envelope'to this newspaper along with your request for leaflet'PK 5163 ANNOUNCING STARTING JANUARY 1, 1971 there will be o man available for Filing your 1970 Tax Return. For Appointment call: 768-8279 GEO. A. WEAVER, INC. ' Intercourse Branch NEXT TO THE FIRE HALL
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