Nurturing the College Kid

For College kids, it`s the last 3 weeks of school for the term....a rush of projects, exams and for most a time of GREAT stress.  It`s a time when comments from teachers like ``50% of you will fail this exam`` and ``if this class is the future of Fashion, then I`m very afraid``  For some kids that rolls off their shoulders, for others, it`s a kick in the teeth.... It negates what the positive teachers have done all year.  

My Girl Child is working on her second College Diploma.  Having had Boy Child in Uni too, I think I know what they need about now.  No lectures on how much they study, or how they leave everything to the last minute.  What they need is food.  To fuel their brains and late night rushes. Girl child had a day off from her Internship today, so arrived home last night.  We haven`t mentioned school. We went shopping for warm socks and I fed her home cooking.  She`s heading back with a big chicken pot pie and fresh Cauliflower Cheese soup. And a dozen breakfast muffins made with bananas, oats and honey to freeze and breakfast on during exam week.

This morning I made her a simple breakfast of a warm muffin and Greek yogurt with blackberries and pomegranates....served  with a pretty napkin.  A hug and kiss,a basket of clean laundry, a bag of Cadbury`s Buttons, and she`s back on her own to make her way through the next few weeks. Recipe for muffins below.  Do you have kids in College feeling the stress?.  What do you do?

BANANA OATMEAL MUFFINS

Printed from COOKS.COM

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1/2 c. sugar
1/2 c. butter
2 eggs
2 ripe bananas, mashed (1 c.)
3/4 c. honey
1/4 c. milk
1 3/4 c. flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda

½ tsp salt
1 c. oatmeal
1 c. raisins
1/2 c. walnuts

Cream sugar and butter. Add egg, bananas, honey and milk. Add flour, baking powder, baking soda, salt and oatmeal. Stir until blended. Add nuts and raisins. Spoon in greased muffin tins. Bake at 375 degrees for 20 minutes. 18 muffins.