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Eight Time-Saving Cooking Tips |
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1. Plan meals at least a week in advance to incorporate the use of leftovers. For example, have baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy for dinner Sunday, and then use the leftover gravy as the base of beef stroganoff Monday.
2. If you know you're not going to have time to cook one evening, prepare two dinners the night before and just reheat one the next night.
3. When preparing a meal using grated cheese, chopped onions, etc., prepare more than the recipe calls for and refrigerate the rest for another meal.
4. Clean your kitchen workspace as you go. When you're done there will be little left to clean.
5. On grocery shopping day, have your children help individually wrap their cookies, snacks, etc., for their lunches. Makes lunch preparation for the rest of the week a breeze and snacks don't disappear before lunches are made.
6. Don't hide your cookbooks away. Organize them where you can get to them easily, and you will use them a lot more.
7. Keep a notepad on the front of the refrigerator for your shopping list. When you run out of something write it on the list right away. Encourage family members to do the same.
8. Prepare favorite beverages like lemonade, tea, or Kool Aid in gallon-sized pitchers, and you won't have to make them as often.
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About The Author:
Originally published at Suite 101. Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For recipes, tips to organize your home, home decorating, crafts, holiday hints, and more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com |
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15 Minute Meal Ideas!
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Post By Suzie Dee (Guest Post)
(07/11/2005)
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Okay, so I love to eat but because I work so much I never have time to cook. Im always on the run and stopping at fast food joints. But while flipping through my digital cable I found this great new cooking program on Comcast Video on Demand that teaches you how to cook a gourmet meal in just minutes(even Risotto).
The folks at Banyan Productions, (who did Trading Spaces and Ambush Makeover), just released a new video that has lots of great recipes that you can make in 15 minutes or less. They've got some of them running on Comcast's OnDemand and have a 2 DVD set that you can buy. Here's a link to their website with more info www.15andDone.com
Give it a try i know that youll love it as much as I do. I still have no time to cook but all I really need is 15 minutes!!!
Tootles,
Suzie
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