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Recipes to relieve holiday stress
Reducing stress is always a g
idea but during the holiday seaso
it's critical. With excited childre
home from school, festive ente
taining, greeting cards to be ad
dressed and mailed, last-minu
shopping and gift wrapping, yo
holidays can easily turn into chaos
Get a jump on your activities b
preparing food ahead of time. S
food shopping early, plan your hol
day menus in advance and put
gether dishes that store well in th
fridge or freezer.
Eggs are so versatile they are pe
feet for make -ahead foods. Every
day meals for your family or appe
titers for your guests can
quickly prepared with eggs and
few other ingredients.
For speedy preparation of ome
lettes, mix the ingredients the nigh
before and store in the refrigerato
in an airtight container; just shak
before cooking. Previously hard
cooked eggs can be quickl
chopped into salads and sandwich
es. Quiches, fritatas and stratas
easy to make and can all be mad
ahead of time.
Not only are eggs versatile an
convenient, they :,re wonderfully
nutritious. They are an excellen
source of high quality protein and
are jam packed with riboflavin, vi
tamin B12, vitamin D, phosphorus
pantothenic acid, folic acid and vi-
tamin A.
The Canadian Egg Marketing
Agency has prepared some make -
ahead recipes that are ideal for the
holiday season. The recipes and
preparation ideas are found in the
ood booklet Holiday Recipes. Close to a
n, million of these booklets are pres-
n eptly being distributed in stores at
r- their egg cases.
Here are some make -ahead reci-
te pes suggested by the Agency. The
ur strata needs to be stored in the re-
• frigerator overnight to allow the
y flavors to blend and the liquid to be
tart absorbed.
i- • Overnight festive strata
to- 1 tbsp. butter or oil
e 12 slices bread
1/2 cups (250-500 mL) Canadian
r- back bacon or ham, sliced thinly
- 4-6 green onions, chopped
1-1/2 green or red pepper,
be chopped
a 2 cups (500 mL) shredded cheese
(sharp cheddar)
- 8 eggs
t 3 cups (750 mL) milk
✓ 1 tsp. (5 mL) Worcestershire
e sauce
- 1/2 tsp. (2 mL) dry mustard
Y salt and pepper
- Greased a 9" x 13" (3.5 L) baking
are dish with butter or oil. Line the dish
e with half the bread slices. Top
bread with half the meat, half the
d green onions, half the green /red
pepper and half the cheese. Top
t with a second larger of bread. Add
remaining meat, green onions,
- green/red pepper and cheese.
, Mix together eggs, milk and sea-
sonings. Pour carefully over entire
surface. Cover and refrigerate at
least two hours to overnight.
Bake at 375 degrees F. for 35-45
minutes or until crisp, puffed and
golden brown.
Makes 6-8 services.
The Lesson of a
Lifetime
By Kelsi Van Krulstum, Grade 8
Zurich Public School
It was December the twenty-
fourth and my family and I were
planning on exchanging gifts that
night. It was mid-afternoon and I
couldn't wait until 7:00. I was quite
bored and I decided that I would
call my best friends, Melvin and
Maggie and ask them if they want-
ed to hang out at the local pizza
parlour. They both said that they
had to leave in an hour and that
they weren't allowed to go out to-
day. I was really disappointed so I
just sauntered over to the pizza
.place myself, hoping to find some-
one there that I knew.
However, nopeOf my friends
were there and all 1 could see w a
lonely looking man sitting in the
corner. I thought about going up to
him and saying hi, but he didn't
look like the type you wanted to
say hi to. He was quite large and
had on a leather jacket. In a way, he
sort of scared me. After I had or-
dered a coke, I sat down in my fa-
vourite booth and started to feel
sorry for myself. I couldn't believe
that it was Christmas Eve and I was
all by myself in some silly, old piz-
za place.The manager then came
over and asked me how my parents
were. I said that my dad was busy
and my mom really enjoyed having
her sister over for the holidays. He
left and I was alone again. I looked
over at the man and he seemed to
be crying. I got up the courage to
get up and go over. I asked him
why he was all alone. He told me
that his sister, his only living rela-
tive, had become an alcoholic and
had refused to go into rehab. As a
result of this, she had harmed his
small young daughter and causing
her to be injured. She was admitted
into the hospital and was going to
have an operation for her knee,
which had been crushed.The opera-
tion was going to be on Christmas
Day and the man had just taken a
break from sitting at the child's
bedside.Right then I felt sorry for
the man and my worries seemed
pitiful. I offered him a coke and he
thanked me for being so kind. He
headed out the door and I waved
goodbye.
Letter to Santa
By Ashley Bedard, Grade 2
St. Boniface School
Dear Santa:
I want a little watch and a big
bike. I really want a million dollars.
I want a new doll house. I want a
big porcelain ballerina doll. I want
a CD and computer.
Love Ashley
(Optional: Add leftover cooked
vegetables on top of the meat
layer).
Five fast canapes
Egg and Caviar Canapes
Combine 1/4 cup (50 mL) may-
onnaise with 1/4 tsp. (1 mL) papri-
ka. Spread on crackers. Garnish
with half a slice of hard cooked
egg, red caviar and fresh oregano.
Egg salsa bites
Spread crackers with mayon-
naise. Garnish with a thin slice of
cucumber, a slice of hard cooked
egg and a generous dab of salsa.
Bruchetta baguette slices
Toast thin slices of French ba-
guette. Combine chopped hard
cooked egg, chopped tomato, olive
oil'atid chopped fresh basil. Spread
on baguette slices.
Garlic shrimp 'n egg canapes
Spread crackers with herb and
gar:ic cream cheese dip. Add a
slice of hard cooked egg, a medium
shrimp and a sprig of parsley.
Dined egg and smoked salmon
on rye
Combine 1/4 cup (50 mL) spread-
able cream cheese with 1 tsp. (5
mL) chopped fresh dill. Spread on
thinly sliced rye bread or on crack-
ers. Garnish with a slice of hard
cooked egg, a small roll of smoked
salmon and fresh drill or parsley.
To receive your Holiday Recipes
booklet by mail, write to: Holiday
Recipes, Canadian Egg Marketing
Agency, P.O. Box 69038, RPO
Place de Ville, Ottawa, Ontario
KIR 9Z9. As well, a vast array of
egg recipes can be found on the In-
ternet at www.canadaegg.ca.
The Exeter Legion Ladles collected grocery tapes for dona-
tion to the Huron County Christmas Bureau. Pictured, Mary
Thompson, treasurer, makes the donation of proceeds from
cash register tapes collected at bi-weekly bingo to Rev. Dan
Roushome.
A Wish
By Curtis A. Pfaff, Grade 5
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
I have a wish, a wish for all hungry
people so that they may have food.
I'd die without food for a day.
These people don't have food for
years. I wish everyone had food.
Christmas Wishes
By Grade 1
Precious Blood School
Kelsey Hern: There would be no
more pollution
Eric Schroeders: People wouldn't
kill animals in the forest
Jody Spring: The desert animals
will have food
Becky Meindinger: There would
be no more fighting
Molly Hunter: There would be no
more killing people
Marc Denomme: No one would
die
Mike Joyce: No one would get
hurt
Eric Schroeders: People would
have enough food
Kelsey Hern: We would have
fresh clean water for the people and
the animals
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The Frog Who Stole
the Christmas Spirit
By Deanna Zandwyk, Grade 6/7
Zurich Public School
He glared down at Jolly-ville!
The frog looked in astonishment!
Then he screamed(
What people were doing he didn't
think they meant!
Every jolly down in Jolly-ville, the
couples and the peoples,
They were crying like all of us
weeples.
He had stopped all the reindeer and
the presents too,
It never came!
Somehow or other, it didn't come
at all!
And the frog and his sticky tongue
all so cold and hungry,
Stood thinking and thinking of food
all so crunchy.
Then he started thinking the calen-
dar wasn't changed,
They weren't dated or properly
numbered,
It was windy and it thundered.
He started thinking and thinking
and then he said, "I got it!
It is Christmas in three months,
If it was Christmas there would be
lumps and bumps,
Of snow and so much more."
And that night the Frog told the
whole village,
Well....in Jolly-ville they say,
That the village and the frog
Will dance happily every Christmas
day!
Brenna Anstett
Grade 5/6, Exeter Public School
There once was a shownum named frosiy
Whose friends 1Mwwlh he was really bossy
lie was as cold as ice
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7hai poor cold old snowman named holy
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Santa's Christmas
Wish
By Leanne Cronyn, Grade 4
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
On Christmas Eve when Santa was
getting ready for take -off, he
thought to himself, I wish, I wish
that all the homeless people will
have food, a home, a family and
love, on Christmas Eve.
Water-ville
By Nate Haggitt, Grade 6/7
Zurich Public School
He stared down at Water -Ville
The ghost popped a bubble in the
water
Then he sighed.
What he saw was a bad surprise!
Every water droplet in Water-ville,
the long, the big
Were taporating,. witheutranry 'Sun
at all!
He couldn't stop it from happen-
ing!
They went, somehow or other, and
the Ghost with, his ghost feet cold
in the water, stood wondering, and
wondering how could it be so? It
came without sun, it came without
people, sun or light, and he won-
dered four hours 'till his wonderer
was sore. Then the ghost thought of
something he hadn't before, maybe
evaporation he thought doesn't
come from the sun, maybe evapora-
tion...perhaps...means a little bit
more, and what happened then,
well, in Water-ville they say that
the ghost's heart grew three water
droplets that day.
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Letter , to Santa .
By Breapne.Monique Becker,
Grade 4
St. Boniface School
Dear Santa:
Merry Christmas! Thank you a
lot for last year's presents. I really
appreciated that. I especially liked
that Pocohontas watch. How are
you and Mrs. Claus doing?
I have been trying to be good and
trying to help my family out.
This year I would like: food for
the starving people; nice, warm
clothes for the poor people; good
health for my friends and family;
something for the elves.
I don't care what I get from you.
1 will try to be good. I am nine
years old. My name is Brcanne Mo-
nique Becker.
Love Breanne
How the Grouch Stole
Christmas
. By Scott Turkbeim, Grade 6r7
Zurich Public School
She glowered up at Happy-ville!
The Grouch covered her eyes!
Then she fainted!
What she spied wads an eye -
spying surprise!
Every Happy up in Happy-ville,
the skinny and the wide, was danc-
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ithout any gifts at all!
She hadn't stole Christmas!
It appeared!
Somehow or other it appeared, it
appeared with a beard!
A big jolly red guy, he appeared,
he appeared with a beard!
And the Grouch, with her
Grouch -toes were all froze and so
was her nose!
The Grouch stood thinking and
thinking: how, Hey what happened
to my toe? On well.
It came without ribbons!
It came without flags!
It came without packages, boxes
or zigzags!
And she thought five hours, till
her thinker was sore.
Then the Grouch thought of
something she hadn't before!
Maybe Christmas she thought
doesn't come from a store!
Maybe Christ-
mas...perhaps...means much, much
more!
And what happened then...?
Well...in Happy-vilte they say.
That the Grouch's tiny heart grew
nine sizes that day.
(Adapted from how the Grinch
Stole Ctlristmas)
Why Christmas is
Special to Me
By Jessica Bickel!, Grade 3
Usborne Central
One night on Christmas Eve I
went upstairs into my bedroom and
started to read my book "The Night
Before Christmas." I got halfway
through and I was too tired to read
so I turned off my light and went to
sleep. At night when I was sleep-
ing, I had a weird dream that I saw
Santa but he never saw me. After
he left I played with my toys for a
while and went back to bed. In the
morning I had the same toys that I
played with in my dream.
Letter to Santa
By Jeffery Timmerman
Huron Centennial
Dear Santa:
I have been a good boy this year.
Here is my little Christmas list for
you!
1. Dump truck; 2. dinkey cars; 3..
tractors; 4. clothes; 5. pencilb'-a 0
erasers; 6. truck and wagon.
Santa this is alt I could think of
for you. I liked the presents you
gave me last year. I played with
them a lot.
I am looking forward to you writ-
ing back to me. I wish I could see
you but I have to be in bed before
you come. I have my Christmas
tree all ready up and decorated for
you.
See you later Santa.
Your truly,
Jeffery Timmernians
My Christmas Wish
By Katie McKeever, Grade 4
Our Lady of Mt. Carmel
My Christmas wish is that children
all over the world can have clothes
and parents and have a good Christ-
mas and that is my Christmas wish.
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