Show o rte 1 e e nn am e Use se of Green Color ColorIn In Spring Food Menus Jill ill Enhance Appeal I WHETHER ITS IT'S a party youre you're planning or just a family menu roure youre preparing take a tip from rom Mature lature and use the delicate green colors of foods generously They'll j I I h. h give the lilt of s spring P rin g to y yourI your our I 1 meals t The green of oft t I vegetables may be I W combined w wIt with I t h sv white ite or yellow to great advantage for appetizing meals as well weli as colorful tables If youre you're cooking the green vegetable Its It's s 's important to remember that will make the delicate green look dull as well as lose important important im- im nutrients so keep one eye eyen an n the clock This is the time tune too when you youcan youcan can an use many of the green vegetables vegetables bles les in salads in raw form Keep them crisp so theres there's no wilting and you'll have foods as DS fresh as the season eason itself IF YOURE YOU'RE PLANNING a B St. St Patricks Patrick's day party for oldsters or youngsters you'll like this salad Lime Grapefruit-Lime Salad Serves 8 1 package lime flavored gelatin gelatin gela Iela- tin 1 cup hot water 1 cup canned grapefruit syrup 1 cup drained canned grapefruit grapefruit grapefruit grape grape- fruit J 34 cup sliced stuffed olives Salad greens 1 avocado mayonnaise or French dressIng dressing dress dress- ing lag Dissolve the gelatin In hot water Add f dd the grapefruit syrup then chill until mixture begins to thicken Add Addle the le drained grapefruit and olives Turn into small individual molds nd md chill until set on salad greens reens garnish with avocado slices nd md serve with mayonnaise or French dressing e r Q ca Jr Y r y f if U it doesn't look Just like ike a party for the youngsters with perky lime Ume gelatin shamrocks sitting prettily on slices of lime bavarian cream Feature this delicious Irish dessert on on a green linen or paper tablecloth and you have a picture table IF YOURE YOU'RE GIVING a party for forthe forthe the he youngsters and want to give the them m just a snack you'll find the next recipe a answers n s w e r s your yourt t problem complete complete- ly Perky shamrocks shamrocks shamrocks sham sham- rocks are set on slices of Bavarian cream and are are guaranteed to tobe tobe be the hit of the party As a matter matter matter mat mat- ter of fact it would be a good idea to hang onto the lie recipe as it offers all sorts of possibilities With little chick cutters you can canise lse ise lemon colored ones for Easter ed oed and pink flowers for May day tc Serve them on a base of lime Bavarian cream or on plain cake or orce orce ce cc cream Jolly thought isn't it Try fry it soon Lime Bavarian Cream Serves 8 9 8 9 1 package lime ria lime flavored gelatin gelatin gelatin gela gela- tin tini i teaspoon salt 1 cup hot bot wn water ter 1 cup canned pineapple juice 1 cup eup cream whipped 3 tablespoons sugar 1 cup canned crushed pineapple pineapple pineapple pine pine- apple 1 package lime-flavored lime gelatin gela gela- gelatin tin 1 l 4 cup hot bot water Dissolve 1 package gelatin and alt talt in 1 cup hot water Add pine pine- LYNN SAYS I Make lake the Most Of or Vegetables I A dash of nutmeg and pickled unions mions added to new peas will lift this lovely vegetable out of the ordinary class Top asparagus served on toast joints with wIlli cheese sauce and slices of broiled bacon if you want to make makei i 1 complete vegetable luncheon Tomatoes may be stuffed with cooked corn kernels or those lovel lovely cub lima Iima beans Bake just enough to cook the tomato LYNN C CHAMBERS CHAMBERS' MENU Minted Fruit Cocktail Braised Lamb Steaks Mashed Potatoes Spring Vegetable Platter Date Muffins Beverage Lime Bavarian Cream Recipe Given apple juice Chill hill until slightly thickened Then fold in whipped cream Add sugar to pineapple and fold into gelatin mixture Turn into inch pan and chill until firm Meanwhile dissolve the other package of gelatin In 1 las la's cups hot water Turn into another pan of the same size as one used above Chill until firm Then cut 8 or 9 shamrock shamrock sham sham- rock shapes with a n shamrock cooky cutter With spatula carefully arrange arrange ar ar- ar- ar range ranee shamrocks on first gelatin mixture allowing one for each ench serving Chill Cut in squares If desired cubed or gelatin may be used for decorating Instead of shamrocks F El H Asparagus tips riding on toast points with smooth well flavored cheese sauce make a truly spring spring- like dish for luncheon or supper The green and yellow color scheme which this combination makes will make a welcome sight for winter-weary winter appetites ASPARAGUS that aristocratic vegetable which comes Into season early in Spring is sometimes called 1 sparrow grass 0 But whatever you call eail it this handI handsome handsome hand hand- some tipped green tipped W. W I r green v vegetable Is one of the true appetite treats of the sea sea- son Eon The vegetable can be changed from a supplementary tary to a main dish if you serve iton it iton iton on toast with a cheese sauce because because because be be- cause cheese is a high grade protein pro protein tein food The cheese sauce is also an excellent idea to remember if you want to add Interest to leftover vegetables Asparagus on Toast with Cheese Sauce 2 tablespoons butter 4 tablespoons flour floor 2 cups milk M pound American cheese shredded Salt Satt pepper Hot cooked asparagus tips Toast points Make cream sauce with the butter butter butter but but- ter flour and milk When thick and smooth add the shredded cheese and stir until it is melted Season to taste Place each serving of asparagus asparagus asparagus as as- on 2 toast points and cover with a generous amount of hot cheese sauce If you want to make a spring vegetable platter that looks pretty as well as one which interests winter- winter jaded appetites this next next recipe is just the thing Spring Vegetable Platter Serves G 6 1 pound green beans 4 m medium carrots cut In strip strips 1 box frozen asparagus 1 hard-cooked hard egg egi chopped cup butter 2 Z tablespoons lemon Juice Cook green beans in boiling salted water for 30 minutes Cook carrots in boiling salted water for 15 minutes Cook spinach without water 5 8 5 8 minutes Arrange spinach spinach spin spin- ach in center of platter and garnish with egg Arrange drained green beans and carrots in spoke fashion around the spinach Pour over them thema a sauce of the butter melted and mixed with lemon juice Garnish the platter with the following Roll slices of luncheon meat spread with salad dressing around tiny sweet pickles Fasten with toothpick Like creamed cauliflower Stick Vt h cup of salted almond meats in inthe inthe inthe the white sauce after pouring It over ovel the vegetable for appetite appeal Young cabbage cooked in th milk rather than water is delicious to taste Melted butter mixed with lemon juice and chopped parsley makes an excellent sauce for or whole cooked carrots Cup of corn added to 3 cups ol of cabbage and seasoned with crisp and a a bit a-bit bit of sugar suga in Is delicious I |