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Show ? 4 Doctor in the Kitchen9 - by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D. Consultant, National Dairy Council. DOLLAR STRETCHERS FOR OLDSTERS Today I want to talk about how people can stretch their food dollars. dol-lars. Especially older people who probably have to watch pretty closely how to make ends meet. There are never too many ideas I'or making food appetizing and, at the same time, nutritious and economical. So here are some you might consider: Serve macaroni and cheese as your main dish, but add bits of leftover green vegetables, or meat, or hard-cooked egg to the mixture. Or make a cheese sauce or a cream sauce for leftover meat and vegetables and then serve this over toast or rice. Sound good? Here are some more ideas: Less Expensive Meat Buy less expensive cuts of meat. Then cook them slowly, using some liquid as you would with a pot roast. They'll come out delicious and tender. If you like liver, beef, lamb, or pork liver are less expensive than calves' cal-ves' liver. Brown shell eggs, if available, may be less expensive than white shell eggs, but they have the same nutritive value. Dried peas and beans are inexpensive in-expensive and nutritious. Use them in casserole dishes with tomatoes and ground beef or pork. Ground beef is your all-purpose friend for meat loaf, patties, meat balls and in meat sauce over spaghetti. Serve creamed dried beef over boiled or baked potatoes or mix it with rice. The cream sauce will enhance the rice, too. In Season Foods Buy fresh fruits and vegetables in season if they are less expensive expen-sive than frozen or canned. Ocas-sionally, Ocas-sionally, use tomato juice instead of orange juice. All of your leftover vegetables juices will help add flavor and nourishment to soups. Leftover juices from canned fruits go well in gelatins and fruit sauces for cake or ice cream. Slightly stale bread will be refreshed re-freshed by toasting. So will leftover left-over biscuits or rolls if you butter but-ter them or sprinkle them with cheese and then brown them under un-der the broiler. Older people should not forget milk, the original convenience food. Just pour it and it's ready to drink. At least two glasses a day are a good idea. Also, get at least 2 moderate servings of meat each day, 4 servings of fruits and vegetables, and 4 serving serv-ing of breads and cereals. That's the four food group plan, a plan that will keep you healthy. |