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Show SNACKING IN STYLE FOR ACTIVE LIFE If your lifestyle has prompted you to abandon the three-meal-a-day routine or if you are a well-seasoned snacker, you are not alone. Snacking is not necessarily a bad habit to be broken, but one that can easily tip the nutritional balance. Studies have put snacking in a favorable favor-able light. A nibbler is probably better off than a one-meal-a-day gorger because the body can handle han-dle food in small amounts more efficiently. Crunchy Peanut Butter Crisps, with a glass of skim milk are a mini-meal, high in protein, minerals and vitamins. Made with Fleischmann 's Corn Oil Margarine, they are a sensible snack choice. Children will love them as an after-school snack or a brown bag dessert. Since it is believed that heart disease and other degenerative diseases may begin in childhood, child-hood, it is important to J" ; - - - m ' t i i- v . "- - J stress good habits early plenty of exercise and proper eating. If you are very active, your body, not only your lifestyle, may demand de-mand small, frequent pick-me-ups. Hikers and bikers can tuck these high energy cookies into their packs. Make your snacking habits a part of your personal fitness program by selecting the foods which will work in you while you work out. PEANUT BUTTER CRISPS ! 3 cups quick cooking oats 34 cup firmly packed light brown sugar 12 teaspoon salt i 12 cup Fleischmann's 100 ( Corn Oil Margarine 1 cup Planters Creamy Peanut Butter j Thoroughly combine oats, ( sugar and salt. Set aside. In 1 a small saucepan melt margarine. mar-garine. Add to oat mixture and mix well. Firmly pack 12 of mixture into a 11 x 7 -inch baking pan. Melt creamy peanut butter. but-ter. Spread evenly over oats. Cover with remaining oat nixture, packing gently. Bake at (350 F.) 25-30 minutes. Let cool almost completely before cutting. Makes 18 squares. |