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AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE
Welcome to this issue. The Spice For This Issue
Editor's Comments
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Welcome to another issue of Around the Kitchen Table! Starting August 1st the online catalog will include this year's Holiday Gift Line, under Gifts and Entertaining - 2006. Check out the special offers for your holiday baking, entertaining and gift giving needs. You'll want to order early so you won't be disappointed if some items sell out. I've included some gift ideas in this issue. Don't forget to enter this month's newsletter contest. Recipes this issue include Chicken, Sausage, and Vegetable Skewers, Spicy Cocoa Sloppy Joes, Beef N' Pork Burgers, White Chip And Macadamia Nut Coffeecake, Citrus Dream Pie, and Peachy Blueberry Pie. Read my new blog Healthy Insites If you are interested in starting your own Watkins Home Business get all the details at: Watkins Business Details Build your own home business so you can stay home with your family, retire early, pay off bills, or save for retirement. With consistent effort you can build a thriving business! Let me help you.
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Until next issue,
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Did You Know? The Holiday and Gift Line for 2006 is now available in our online catalog, under Gifts and Entertaining - 2006. Check out the special offers for your holiday baking, entertaining and gift giving needs. You'll want to order early so you won't be disappointed if some items sell out. Online Catalog
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Shortbread Cookie Mix 05625 $5.19
Apple Spice Bread Mix 05623 $5.49
Spice Towel Set 05629 $12.99 for 2 or just $7.99 with purchase of Glass Bottle Vanilla (00350) or Gold Medal Assortment (05960) Logo Baking Pan (8 x 8) 05611 $10.49 Watkins is one of the premier names in baking—now it’s cast in steel! This nonstick carbon steel baking pan is stamped with the Watkins logo, and is perfect for use with the Apple Spice Bread Mix, the Pumpkin Bread Mix, or any quick bread recipe 8 x 8”/ 20 x 20 cm.
Original Double-Strength Vanilla in Glass Trial Mark™ Bottle 00350 $10.99
Almond Extract in Trial Mark™ Bottle (Limited Quantities) 05546 $9.99
Barbecue Sauce Concentrates (325 ml/11 fl oz) Our expertly-blended concentrates are more convenient that homemade, better than pre-bottled, and easily adaptable to fit your tastes. Use the basic recipe on the bottle, or personalize your sauce; use ketchup, tomato soup, or tomato sauce as a base, and add your favorite Watkins spices, extracts or other ingredients to create your own secret signature sauce. Mixed according to package directions, each bottle makes over a quart of fantastic sauce!
01164 Original
Snack and Dip Seasonings (325 ml/11 fl oz) While quantities last, when you buy two of our large-sized seasonings, you'll get our popular regular-sized Salsa and Sour Cream (a $4.69 value) for just $.99! Everybody loves Watkins Snack and Dip Seasonings. They're perfect for entertaining; just mix with ordinary or lowfat sour cream and/or mayonnaise, pureed cottage cheese, or plain yogurt to create delicious dips and dunks for everything from crackers to veggies.
02050 Bacon and Cheddar
Tips:
Soup Bases
01175 Beef (255g/9oz)
01180 Cheese (280g/9.8oz)
01007 Double-Strength Imitation Clear Vanilla Extract(325 ml/11 fl oz) Save $2.00 For wedding cakes and other baked goods that need to be pure white, turn to the choice of professional bakers. Our colorless Clear Vanilla has all the bake-proof, freeze-proof, double-strength flavor of our famous Original Vanilla but without the color.
Gourmet Extracts and Flavors(59 ml/2 fl oz)
21380 Almond
21376 Vanilla Nut
02071 Sesame and Garlic Snack and Dip Seasoning - Limited Time!
05969 Italian Pepper 05969 Italian Black Pepper $4.69
01978 Pickling Spices - Limited Time!
Gourmet Herbs
01921 Basil Regularly $4.59 Special $4.29
02090 SoyNilla (350g/12.3oz; 10 servings) $10.99 or just $5.99 with purchase of TheraTrim Duo 02284 (includes TheraTrim and Reduce Plus 30 day supply)
02272 Rezist Plus - Save $3.00 02272 (30 day supply) Regularly $17.99 Special $14.99 Testimonals - Individual results may vary "I have allergy and sinus problems and since taking Rezist Plus I haven't suffered from either of these, nor have I had a cold or any other respiratory problems." ~ Suzanne Kyc, Michigan "For years I've suffered from allergies. I started taking Rezist Plus and have had little or no allergy symptoms." ~ Dean Gengler, Kansas
03106 Invigorating Peppermint Foot Scrub Gentle cleanser with aloe vera deep-cleans and moisturizes as fine pumice exfoliates dead skin cells. Peppermint oil tingles and stimulates, while our exclusive botanical blend tones and pampers well-traveled feet.
03107 Rejuvenating Peppermint Foot Cream A tingling burst of aromatic peppermint oil cools and revives tired, aching feet. A real treat that must be experienced!
03329 Vanilla Conditioning Shampoo (360 ml/12 fl oz) Our two-in-one formula features a built-in conditioner to clean, detangle, and moisturize. Orange flower water, oak bark, Roman chamomile and sandalwood contribute further benefits. Save time by using one product instead of two, and for this month save money too!
02358 Menthol Camphor Ointment Save $1.00 This cooling, soothing product has been making people feel better for more than 85 years. It helps relieve that stuffed-up congested feeling of a chest cold and supress the accompanying cough. Also provides temporary relief from aching muscles as well as sunburn, windburn, and minor burns and scalds. Also in handy travel size.
Many other products are featured in the August Highlights Catalog and August Specials Online. Canadian catalog available online.
DON'T FORGET TO ENTER AUGUST CONTEST
Here is her summer recipe. Picnic Deli Sandwich
1 loaf (about 14 inches long) Sourdough Bread
My mouth is watering, Audrey. Thanks for reading my newsletter and entering each month. Please don't quit; you might be next month's winner!
The winner of August's newsletter contest will receive their choice of a jar of Aloe and Green Tea Gentle Facial Moisturizer or a bottle of Peppermint Exfoliating Foot Scrub.
Make your life the best it can be. Eat nutritious foods, exercise, love, and laugh!
While I sat in the reception area of my doctor's office, a woman rolled an elderly man in a wheelchair into the room. As she went to the receptionist's desk, the man sat there, alone and silent. Just as I was thinking I should make small talk with him, a little boy slipped off his mother's lap and walked over to the wheelchair. Placing his hand on the man's, he said, "I know how you feel. My mom makes me ride in the stroller too.
Friendly Fats Avocados, nuts, olives, and seeds are good for you even if you have high cholesterol. Unsaturated fats are your friends when it comes to lowering bad LDL cholesterol and raising good HDL cholesterol. So if your salad looks a little dull, make your stomach and your arteries happy. Toss in some walnuts, sunflower seeds, or avocado and use a dressing made with olive oil.
To make your diet heart-healthy, choose foods that contain unsaturated fat rather than saturated, and stay away from trans fat altogether. How can you tell the difference? Almost all plant-based fats are the heart-healthy kind, unless they have been hydrogenated. Cook with natural, unhydrogenated canola, sesame, or vegetable oil instead of butter, shortening, or stick margarine. On sandwiches, skip the mayo and spread on a moist, flavorful alternative like mustard, hummus, or crushed-olive tapenade. Just remember
Zucchini contains a lot of water, and freezing seems to pull the moisture to the surface, leaving a “puddle” upon thawing. You can add frozen zucchini directly to soup without thawing, but if you’re making bread, cookies or cake, you should thaw it and blot it dry. A bit of shredded zucchini added to a boxed brownie mix makes moist and tasty brownies.
Grilled Chicken, Sausage and Vegetable Skewers 8 12-inch wooden skewers, soaked in water for 30 minutes prior to use
Marinade
Chicken In a shallow dish, whisk together the marinade ingredients; add chicken mushrooms and red bell pepper. Spray unheated grill grate with cooking spray; prepare grill. Remove chicken and vegetables from marinade; discard marinade. Alternately skewer chicken, mushrooms, peppers, onion and sausage. Grill 20 minutes or until meats are completely cooked, turning occasionally. Serve with orzo or rice. Spicy Cocoa Sloppy Joes
1-1/2 pounds lean ground beef 1. Cook ground beef and onion in large skillet on medium heat until beef is browned and onion is tender. Drain excess fat. 2. Stir in ketchup, cocoa, mustard, chili powder, pepper and salt. Heat 10 to 15 minutes on low heat or until hot. Serve in buns. Cover; refrigerate leftovers. About 4-1/2 cups sandwich filling. Beef N' Pork Burgers
4 bacon strips, diced In a skillet, cook bacon, onion and garlic over medium heat until the bacon is crisp; drain and place in a bowl. Stir in the bread crumbs, egg, water, parsley, salt, marjoram, paprika and pepper. Crumble beef and pork over the mixture and mix well. Shape into eight 3/4-in.-thick patties. Grill, uncovered, over medium-hot heat for 9-12 minutes or until juices run clear, turning occasionally. Serve on buns with mayonnaise, lettuce and tomato. Yield: 8 servings. White Chip And Macadamia Nut Coffeecake
CRUMB TOPPING (recipe follows)
WHITE DRIZZLE Beat together 3/4 cup powdered sugar, 2 to 3 teaspoons milk, 1 teaspoon softened butter and 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract. If necessary, add additional milk 1/2 teaspoon at a time until of desired consistency. Citrus Dream Pie Crust 9-inch pie crust
Lemon-Orange Butter Filling
Lime Cream Filling
Topping and Garnish For crust, prepare pie crust recipe. Place in 9-inch pie plate. Bake and cool completely. For lemon-orange butter filling, combine 1-1/2 cups sugar, flour, cornstarch and salt in medium saucepan. Stir orange juice and 1/4 cup water into sugar mixture gradually. Cook and stir on medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook and stir 8 minutes. Stir 1/2 cup hot filling into egg yolks slowly. Mix well. Return mixture to saucepan. Cook and stir on medium heat until mixture comes to a boil. Reduce heat to low. Cook and stir 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Add butter. Stir well. Add lemon peel, orange peel and lemon juice. Stir until blended. Cool. For lime cream filling, sprinkle gelatin over 1/4 cup water in small bowl. Beat egg yolks lightly in small saucepan. Stir in 3/4 cup sugar gradually. Add remaining 1/2 cup water gradually. Stir well. Cook and stir on medium heat 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Add gelatin mixture, stirring until dissolved. Cool 2 to 3 minutes. Beat cream cheese at medium speed of electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add slightly cooled gelatin mixture gradually. Beat at low speed until blended. Stir in lime peel and lime juice. Place in freezer 1 hour to set filling. To assemble pie, spread half of lemon-orange butter filling in bottom of baked pie crust. Spoon lime cream filling over lemon-orange butter filling. Place in freezer 1 hour. Drop teaspoonfuls of remaining lemon-orange butter filling over lime filling, reserving 1/2 cup for garnish, if desired. Spread gently to cover. For garnish, spread whipped cream carefully over top. Use reserved lemon-orange butter filling to pipe lattice strips across top, if desired. Refrigerate several hours or until firm. Peachy Blueberry Pie 1 unbaked 9-inch double pie crust
4 cups peeled, thinly sliced fresh ripe peaches (or 4 cups frozen, thawed) Heat oven to 350°F. In a large bowl combine peaches, blueberries, 1 cup sugar, cornstarch and vanilla extract; mix gently until cornstarch is dissolved and fruit is well coated. Pour into unbaked pie crust. Moisten pastry edge with water. Cover pie with top crust. Trim 1/2 inch beyond edge of pie plate. Fold top edge under bottom crust; flute. Cut slits in top of crust to allow steam to escape. Bake about 35 minutes. Remove from oven, brush top with milk and sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Return to oven and continue to bake for an additional 15 to 20 minutes or until peach-blueberry mixture bubbles and crust is golden. Let cool 10 minutes before serving.
 The Mourning Doves built another nest near our front door again this year. This is the second family of doves in this nest this year. I'll take a picture for the next issue. Visit Project FeederWatch for more bird watching facts. Project FeederWatch
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Congratulations! Audrey in Idaho is July's winner.
She wins a tin of Egyptian Bouquet Dusting Powder to keep you cool and fresh this summer. This beautiful tin is a replica of our Egyptian Bouquet Talcum Powder tin from 1922, but today's powder has a non-talc cornstarch base. Its fragrance is a wonderfully nostalgic floral scent. Use everyday after shower or bath. Will protect against heat rash.
This is one of my favorite products.
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