| 1 potato | ¼ cup milk |
| 2 tsp. butter | |
Boil potato, not quite tender, and slice in moderately thin slices; arrange in layer in an individual earthenware baking dish (ramekin), add butter in bits between layers, pour the milk over; set dish in oven, cover and bake slowly for 15 minutes, until most of the milk is absorbed and the potatoes are nicely browned on top. In cases where the patient is allowed cheese, 2 teaspoonfuls may be sprinkled between the layers, giving 31 additional calories.
Vegetable and Fruit Salads
Cucumber
62.5 calories
| ½ cucumber (7 in. long) | 1 tsp. olive oil |
| ½ tbs. vinegar | ⅙ tsp. salt |
| Few grains of pepper | |
Slice cucumber in thin slices and allow to stand thirty minutes in ice water, drain and serve with French dressing.
Tomato (No. 1)
with mayonnaise, 61 calories
with French dressing, 131 calories
Wash tomato carefully, cut in shape of flower by cutting almost through the tomato making six sections. Place on lettuce leaf and serve with dressing.