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Chrissy and Jerry Bollinger with children Ryan, 4, and
Kimberly, 2, live in Denver.
Milk: Great Ingredient for Happy Families
You’ve heard of children who
don’t want to eat meat or vege
tables. But have you ever heard
of any who don’t like dairy
products?
Cheese, pudding, ice cream,
macaroni and cheese, the list
goes on, are favorite foods of
children everywhere. Again and
again, your letters say how
much your family loves dishes
made with dairy products.
Your recipe entries for the
Dairy Recipe Drawing salute
dairy farmers who work hard
providing milk for America’s fa
vorite foods.
This is the third week, entries
from the dairy recipe contest
appear. The final installation
will be printed next week. So, get
Hey Dad ,
You 9 re the Greatest!
LOU ANN GOOD
Lancaster Farming Staff
LAMPETER (Lancaster Co.)
Father’s Day comes once a
year, but being a father requires
year-round commitment.
Chet Hughes, Lancaster
County extension livestock
agent, takes fathering seriously.
He and his wife, Marie, want
their children Allison, 14, and
Andy, 11, to become confident,
responsible teenagers and
adults.
According to research com
piled by the National Center for
Fathering (NCF), the way a dad
treats his son and daughter has
lasting effects throughout their
lives.
Time is a commodity that
Hughes sets aside to give his
children. This requires some
preplanning. For example, his
children are active in 4-H. Alli
son raises sheep and Andy raises
hogs. So each year, Hughes and
Allison go on a day long trip to
Fayette County in search of the
perfect sheep.
“We talk about everything.
He’s easy to talk to,” Allison
your scissors. Clip these recipes
that are sure to become your
family’s favorite also.
BROCCOLI HAM
HOT DISH
20-ounces frozen cut broccoli
2 cups cooked rice
6 tablespoons butter
2 cups fresh bread crumbs
1 medium onion, chopped
3 tablespoons all-purpose
flour
1 teaspoon salt
V* teaspoon pepper
3 cups milk
VA pounds fully-cooked ham.
cubed
Shredded cheddar or Swiss
cheese
said of their car conversations.
On another day, Hughes and
Andy take a trip to an annual
pig sale in search of a potentially
ribbon-clenching hog.
Since Hughes is a 4-H live
stock agent, he suspects some
people think he coerces his chil
dren into 4-H activities.
“I don’t,” he said. “Marie and
I encourage the kids to be in
volved with many different ex
periences and activities.”
Varied experiences, the par
ents believe, help their children
determine their natural abilities
and the interests they want to
pursue.
Sports, playing musical in
struments, and involvement in
school plays are some of the ac
tivities the children have pur
sued. Allison has participated in
field hockey, basketball, and
track, but she has curtailed
sports involvement to pursue
her love for school plays. She
played a major role in Annie,
when her school put on that
show and loved it.
“I’d be an actress if I could
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Joyce Burkholder, husband, and sons, Jess, Joel, and Jeremy live on a Washington
Boro dairy farm and milk 90-100 cows.
Cook broccoli according to
package directions, drain.
Spoon rice into a 13x9x2-inch
baking dish. Place broccoli over
rice. Melt butter in large skillet.
Sprinkle 2 tablespoons butter
over bread crumbs; set aside. In
remaining butter, saute onion
until soft. Add flour, salt, and
pepper, stirring constantly until
bubbly. Stir in milk and con
tinue cooking until sauce thick
ens and bubbles. Cook and stir
for one minute; add ham and
heat thoroughly. Pour over rice
and broccoli. Sprinkle the
crumbs over all.
Bake at 350 degrees for 30
minutes. Sprinkle with cheese;
let stand 5 minutes before serv
ing.
Chet Hughes and his children Allison, 14, and Andy, 11, talk about what they think is
important in father/children relationships.
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I love to cook one-dish cas
seroles like the one above; espe
cially since we have a houseful of
active little boys. My husband
and / have three boys, Jesse, 5;
Joel, 2%, and Jeremy, 1. We live
on a dairy farm and milk between
90-100 cows.
2 cups elbow macaroni,
cooked
V* cup butter
V* cup flour
V* teaspoon salt and pepper
IVi cups milk
2 cups white shredded Ched
dar cheese
Vi cup bread crumbs
Joyce Burkholder
Washington Boro
MAC AND CHEESE
CASSEROLE
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Heat oven to 350 degrees. In
large saucepan over medium
heat, melt butter. Blend in flour,
salt, and pepper. Gradually stir
in milk. Cook stirring con
stantly, until sauce thickens and
mixture begins to boil. Add
cheese; stir until cheese is
melted. In IVi-quart casserole,
stir together pasta and cheese
sauce. Cover with bread crumbs
and bake 30 minutes or until
bubbly. ' '
I hope you enjoy this recipe as
much as I do. I have made this
recipe since I was ten. It’s easy to
make and delicious to eat.
/ have loved to cook ever since
I was little. I am one of four chil
dren. When we turned ten years
old, my mother gave us each a
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