Friday, May 3, 2013

Freeze, Spin & Squeeze Food Tips

This salad's Butter Lettuce can replace tortillas & save calories
     The following are food tips from April 2013's Women's Health Magazine that save money and enhance cooking/ baking flavors. My favorite tip is #6 -
$?! emphasis !?$ mine:

1. Crack eggs on a flat surface rather than on the side of a bowl. The egg will crack more evenly with less shells falling into the bowl?Ka -tip???

2. Creating a tasty berry vinaigrette is easy. When you have finished the contents of a jelly jar, with small amounts of jelly remaining, add even amounts of oil and vinegar, plus salt and pepper to taste. Close and shake the contents and voila.  $Ka -ching$$$

3. Marinade flank or skirt steak after grilling rather than before...for 10 minutes. The marinade will soak into the meat better.  !Ka -yum!!!

4. Instead of salt, squeeze fresh lemon onto broccoli, after cooking.  !Ka -yum!!!

5. Freeze butter when making pastry dough. Grate the frozen stick of butter into the dry ingredients. You will handle the dough less, which equals a more flaky crust.  !Ka -yum!!!

6. When making cookies from scratch, mix together cinnamon and other spices and then add that mixture to the butter and sugar when creaming (rather than to the dry flour ingredients). Fat disperses the flavors better.  !Ka -yum!!!

7. Freeze fresh, whole ginger in a freezer-safe bag. Cut off small portions for recipes and then return it to the freezer. The ginger will last longer.  $Ka -ching$$$

8. Washed lettuce needs to be spun or pat dry. Salad dressing clings better to dry leaves, and less will drip to the bottom of the bowl and be wasted...and you might end up using less dressing.  $Ka -ching$$$

And an extra bonus tip (not from WH Magazine):
9. Store tomatoes stem side down. The tomatoes will last longer.  $Ka -ching$$$

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