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2012 Quick Tip Week: Butter Bread Before Toasting

May 10, 2012 by Tracy

Photograph Credit: Microsoft Images

Our week of quick tips is over halfway complete.

If you missed any of the four quick tips from this week, you can click on these links:

#1 – Designated space for “to be filed” paperwork,

#2 – Use disinfecting wipes for quick cleanings,

#3 – Keep your brainstorming notes, and

#4 – Power off your phone.

The fifth tip comes from my children’s food preferences.

Quick Tip #5: Butter Bread before Toasting

In teaching my children to eat the entire slice of bread, including the crust, I have learned to keep the crust soft.

When bread gets toasted, the hard crust makes eating difficult. With their little mouths, my children enjoy soft bread with melted butter.

To keep the crust soft and still get a light toast to the bread, I butter the bread before toasting in my toaster oven. The butter keeps the entire slice of bread soft, and my children willingly eat the entire piece of bread.

This little tip helps to save our family money since my children are receiving the nutrients from the entire slice of bread without wasting food.

In using time wisely, I butter bread before toasting. By eating the entire slice, my children do not need extra slices which saves me money, energy, and time.

As you feed your picky children, who do not like the hard crust on toast, butter bread before toasting. If your children are like mine, then they may eat the entire slice which will save you money, energy, and time. Happy savings!

Question: Do your children eat the entire slice of toast?

Filed Under: Food Prep, Food Tagged With: quick tips

Comments

  1. Shannon says

    May 15, 2012 at 10:43 am

    That is interesting about the toast. I had always thought that it would catch on fire if I put butter in there. Do you use a toaster oven? My kids are carb fanatics, so buttering before would make it even better 🙂

    • Tracy says

      May 15, 2012 at 11:47 pm

      Yes, Shannon, I use a toaster oven with a drip tray under the rack. With the bread lightly buttered, the butter does not run. If I used an upright toaster, I would be concerned about the butter dripping down on the coils.

      I’m with you. My kids love buttered bread, especially with Italian dishes, like spaghetti. 🙂

  2. Shannon says

    May 16, 2012 at 3:18 pm

    Thanks! Keep up the great work with the blog! I enjoy reading the entries!

    • Tracy says

      May 16, 2012 at 8:31 pm

      Thanks for reading, Shannon! I’m almost caught up. 🙂

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