January 17, 2003, Newsletter Issue #33: Quick and Easy Meals
Tip of the Week
These tips are from iVillage.com:
For speedy cut-up veggies, raid the supermarket salad bar
When broiling, line bottom of pan with foil to make clean up easier.
Quick fixes for a botched recipe: If you over-salt a dish while it`s cooking, drop in a peeled and cut raw potato, as it will absorb the excess salt (remove potato before serving). If you have over-sweetened a dish add salt.
The easiest way to peel, then chop or slice an onion is first to cut off a thin slice from the top and bottom. Then halve it lengthwise. The peel from each half comes off easily. With the flat side of the onion half on a cutting board, chop or slice as required.
Try these low-fat tips from Meals.com:
For each whole egg, use two egg whites
Substitute Nestle Carnation Evaporated Fat Free Milk for heavy cream in sauce and soup recipes.
Replace one-quarter to one-half ground meat or poultry with cooked brown rice, bulgur, cous cous or mashed beans, in casseroles and meat sauces.
These items are always good to have for quick dishes:
crockpot for stews, soups, and casseroles
wok for quick stir-frys
hand or electronic chopper to cut up vegetables quickly.
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