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Rh Gnocchi of Milk


 * 1 cup milk
 * 1 tablespn. cornstarch
 * 3 drops vanilla
 * 2 egg yolks
 * 2 tablespoons sugar

Put all these ingredients together in a saucepan. Mix well, then put on stove and let cook slowly until thick. When cold serve with milk or cream.

Zabione


 * 2 cups milk
 * 1 cup sugar
 * 4 drops vanilla, or
 * 2 tablespoons fruit juice
 * 2 eggs

Put all together in saucepan and beat well. Put on back of stove; let it heat and cook slowly, stirring often until thick. Serve hot or cold.

Other recipes which may be used for children are as follows:

Spinagi


 * ½ peck spinach
 * 1 tablespoon salt
 * 5 tablespoons cream
 * ⅓ tablespoon butter
 * ¾ tablespoon flour
 * 1 egg yolk
 * 3 egg whites

Wash and cook spinach in salt and one tablespoon water for twenty minutes; chop fine. Put butter and flour into saucepan. Stir while heating, then add chopped spinach. Cook for five minutes, and add cream. Add yolk of egg, well beaten; when cool add well-beaten whites, then place mixture in a buttered dish and bake for ten or fifteen minutes. Italian cooked vegetables are best for children in this form. They are more easily digested than when cooked in olive oil or other fats.