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Show I Makes Cents I AL BY VI JUDGE Dear VI: i I've soaked in a lot of your money-wise suggestions. One I use a y lot is your "gift shelf". It's so relaxing to have a t supply of gifts on hand for all the occasions that k come up. I try to make several every month. One k of my favorites for a 0 bride is patchwork placemats with matching h napkins, and, if I have 1 time, napkin holders. The K latter are made with toilet tissue tubes cut into V. three-inch sections and ) simply covered with ? contact paper. The birds' J eyes sparkle when they open a handmado gift. f I've noticed that so often. Donetta X I've noticed that, too, Donetta. Thanks for writing. V Dear Vi: iS When you have roses or j) other blossoms with weak stems that bend, strip off g some of the leaves and x insert the stems in V drinking straws. For v tulips and other flowers with thick, hollow stems, h insert a pipe cleaner in (t the stem. Blossoms seem A to stay fresh for me much longer when I do this, in addition to standing . . . J 1 ! 1 11 BUaigill UUU Hill. C Erma Young ) Dear Vi: ft When you want to give f your child a nice A "growing" experience, cut the top end off several carrots and arrange them V in a shallow container ) with a little water. Place ( them in a sunny window h and watch them grow pretty fernlike new tops. ft Mom Shriever Dear Vi: I bake rolls and buns on ) aluminum frozen-dinner trays, then cover these ) with foil and freeze them A in the same containers. f (Remove rolls and cool a them on a rack before storing. Otherwise, they'll sweat and taste v bad.) The rolls can also y be heated in the same container. J I also cook several A different vegetables at X the same time in a . .w i wm. pressure cooker, using heavy foil containers such as meat pie comes in for bowls. Place them on a rack in cooker. Any leftovers can be refrigerated in the same foil bowl. I also like aluminum foil better than brown paper bags for reheating rolls. If the rolls are dry, sprinkle a little water on them before wrapping tightly in foil. About 10 minutes in a 330 deg. oven is about right. Delilah Sylvester Dear Readers: How much of your food budget goes for zero nutrition? I'm thinking of soda pop, of course. It gives you taste satisfaction and maybe a lift (especially cola drinks) but no nutrition. Why not try substituting some delicious fruit juice drinks when you want a soda pop? Strawberry Muscle Punch, developed by a health food store in Ohio, is extremely popular and gives a great energy lift. It's made with milk, strawberries, bananas, raw sugar, wheat germ, and brewers yeast, all blended together. f rozen orange juice tastes almost carbonated and is deliciously refreshing if you put a lot of air bubbles in it. Simple to do, too. Give it a whirl in the blender, or with a whisk or egg beater, or simply pour it back and forth several times between two containers. Also try bananas and milk blended together with a few drops of vanilla. Ice cold, this makes a most refreshing drink. Let's get our money's worth nutritionally, too. With love, VI READERS: This is your feature. Please address questions and your own good ideas to IT MAKES CENTS, co this newspaper. $2.00 will be paid for each letter printed here. |
