Recipe card for "Grandpaws Granola"

This cookbook is interesting because it only contains one actual recipe. “Grandpaw’s Granola” is the recipe provided in this cookbook, with a short explanation as to why the author included it. Coffin says it is a healthier alternative to store bought granola-type cereals for a child's breakfast. This is significant to the overall purpose of this cookbook as it is trying to convey a message of healthier diets. The ingredients used in this recipe are as natural as possible, such as use of real vanilla, raw honey as a sweetener, wheat germ, and mixed chopped nuts and seeds. There are very lengthy step by step instructions on how to prepare this recipe, that gives specific mixing instructions and oven temperatures. It does not provide a specific cooking time, but rather suggests experimenting with different times the pan should be left in the oven. It provides alternative ingredients to switch out which caters to different households and makes it versatile for each family.

Sugar contents in popular food items

Although this is not a recipe, it is interesting to look at the foods that were included in this little fact sheet. Coffin mentions how this is a list of common foods expressed in teaspoons. Most of these foods are what we consider today to be 'junk foods'. Foods such as candy, cakes and cookies, ice cream, pie, and soft drinks were all included in these common food items. This gives us an insight as to what most people were eating during the 1970s, and which foods they decided to feed their children.