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A Unique Child: Nutrition - How to make the most of ... Bread

Once called 'the staff of life', bread can still be a great mainstay of nursery food, says Mary Whiting.

Children can love tucking into good, tasty bread. Nowadays, though, unless you are lucky, the only way of getting quality bread at a reasonable price is to bake your own.

Most shop bread is now made by standard industrial methods involving a raft of additives and so much salt that bread is now one of the saltiest foods on sale. It has none of the taste, smell or texture of the real thing.

Some nurseries bake bread as a routine, sometimes with the children helping. Mixing dough and shaping little rolls can be fun, and what a touch of magic there is when the dough rises and when golden brown rolls come out of the oven!

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