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AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE
Welcome to this issue. The Spice For This Issue
EDITOR’S COMMENTS Visit our web site for new offers and information. Watkins Visit our online catalog to see our complete product line and November's specials. If you would like to receive a new Watkins catalog and product sample, send me an email with “new catalog and sample” in the subject line. Send to: eleisiawhitney@watkinsonline.com
Welcome to another issue of Around the Kitchen Table! Happy New Year! We are begining a new year and whether or not you start the year resolving to change something in your life or not, 2006 has begun! We are entering the years that the science fiction writers of the 50's and 60's used to write about. While we have many astounding new inventions to make our lives easier (as long as we are well stocked with batteries) family life hasn't changed all that much. Families still gather together for the holidays. We arrive by automobile, train, or plane. While clothing styles have changed we aren't wearing jet packs or space age styles. We've stayed pretty much down to earth, even with all the computer advances, laptops, ipods, nano technology, x-boxes, and playstation 2. I'm looking forward to this new year filled with change and expectation, but I'm still the same old me! We have a new Watkins Mainline Catalog with several price decreases and only a few increases. Even with rising fuel costs Watkins was able to whittle down shipping costs for our customers! See more below. If you have any cooking or recipe questions just send me an email. I'll be happy to answer them or ask our readers for help. If you are interested in starting your own Watkins Home Business get all the details at: Watkins Business Details For a few highlights about the Watkins business Business Highlights 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.
Wishing you a happy, healthy, and prosperous New Year!
Until next issue,
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Balanced Ginseng
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Only two subscribers entered December's contest, Marilyn in Missouri and Audrey in Idaho. Since both have been recent winners I decided to choose this month's winner a little differently. The first one to email me will win the Vanilla Dry Oil Spray and the Vanilla Shea Butter. Marilyn won the Vanilla Classic Recipes Cookbook last month and Audrey won Cookie, the plush doll shaped like a chocolate chip cookie, in my Expo vendor drawing of customers who purchased Watkins products during the holidays. I chose one wish to share with you. This Christmas wish is from Marilyn in Missouri.
"If I had one wish for Christmas, it would be for peace in the entire world."
It was really a surprise to me because it arrived in the mail before I knew I had won the contest. I had been in Florida visiting my grandchildren and just hadn't taken the time to catch up on my e-mail. Thank you again. I truly love Watkins products and my family has used them from the time I was a little girl in the 40s and 50s. A cousin and neighbor sold Watkins products at that time and my grandmother swore that Watkins was the best. DON'T FORGET TO ENTER JANUARY'S CONTEST This month one lucky subscriber will win their choice of one of our special holiday cocoas, Peppermint Stick Cocoa or Raspberry Truffle Cocoa. Mix with boiling water for a delicious hot cocoa.
To enter this month's contest tell me one thing you would like to change about yourself. If you're perfect the way you are, then just say, "I like myself the way I am." Please email to: eleisiawhitney@watkinsonline.com with "January Contest - Change" in the subject line. Don't forget to include your name and address.
Cinnamon - The Heart-Warming Seasoning
Cinnamon, researchers have discovered, has potent antioxidant properties, most likely due to the heart-healthy phenols in the spice. To help protect yourself against heart disease, occasionally indulge in a cup of hot cocoa, latte, or mulled cider with ground cinnamon sprinkled on top. Antioxidants offer powerful protection against disease and aging. They help to mop up free radicals that are left over from natural metabolic processes. These free radicals can damage cells and DNA, but antioxidants help to neutralize them. To ensure you are getting the right quantity and variety of antioxidants, eat a diet that is varied and colorful with many different kinds of fruits, vegetables, spices, and nuts. Fresh isn't your only option; frozen, dried, and canned versions of these items can provide antioxidant nutrition as well. RealAge December 19, 2005
Ginseng Fights Colds Researchers from the University of Western Ontario and the University of Alberta found that when people who usually suffered colds took a standardized extract of Panax ginseng, they had significantly fewer colds and less severe symptoms than the group taking a placebo. Volunteers in the study took two capsules per day of the ginseng supplement for four months, beginning at the start of the cold and flu season. While more studies are needed to duplicate these results, the authors of the study, published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, point to prior research showing that Panax ginseng may boost production of natural killer cell activity, thought to decrease susceptibility to frequent colds. Watkins Balanced Ginseng, which contains Panax ginseng and other immune-boosting ingredients, taken daily along with Watkins Rezist Plus, may offer additional benefits for the discomforts of the upcoming season. For relief of respiratory and allergy symptoms all year long, take Watkins Superfood Multiple (Super Multi) and Watkins Rezist Plus every day, and be sure to add Watkins Balanced Ginseng to your daily regimen during the cold and flu season.
If you spray the measuring cup with no-stick vegetable oil spray before you measure sticky things like molasses or corn syrup, they will pour out of the measuring cup, so easily! To decrystalize honey, remove the cap and zap it in the microwave for several seconds. It will return to its normal consistency.
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Mini Pizzas with Pizzazz Smokey Vegetable Pizzettas
1 16-ounce loaf frozen bread dough
Nutrition facts per serving: Portobello Pizzettas
1/2 of a 10-ounce package frozen chopped spinach
Nutrition facts per serving: Three-Cheese and Herb Pizzettas
1 10-ounce package refrigerated pizza dough
Nutrition facts per serving: Greek-Style Party Pizzettas
8 4-inch pita bread rounds
Nutrition facts per serving: Shrimp and Tomato Pizzettas
1 10-ounce package refrigerated pizza dough
Nutrition facts per serving:
Antipasto Bread
Chop:
Mix chopped veggies with: Combine bread mix and water. Do not over mix. Shape dough into a 9-inch/23-cm circle on greased cookie sheet. Brush with Watkins Garlic & Parsley Grapeseed Oil and spread mixture on top. Top with Parmesan cheese before baking, if desired. Bake at 350°F/180°C for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Variation: Add half of the vegetable mixture to the bread dough and top with the remainder.
Reindeer Snack
3 cups popped popcorn
Microwave Directions: Place butter, chili powder and garlic in 3-quart microwavable casserole or bowl. Microwave uncovered on High about 1 minute or until butter is melted; stir. Stir in popcorn, snacks, pretzels and cereal. Toss until well coated. Microwave uncovered 6 to 8 minutes, stirring every 2 minutes, until toasted; cool. Praline Cheesecake Squares
Makes 48 servings
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
Nutrition facts per serving:
 Top 10 Foods for Winter Bird Feeding (from Bird Watcher's Digest.com) Winter: 'tis the season for feeding birds all across North America, especially in those regions where it gets mighty cold and snowy. If you are a veteran bird feeder, you've probably gained lots of insight into the foods your backyard birds prefer. Perhaps you've learned through trial and error, or perhaps you did your homework and read up on the subject. If you are just getting started in bird feeding, or if you are frustrated by a lack of success in attracting birds to your feeders, the first thing you need to determine is whether you are feeding the right foods. If you are not giving the birds what they want, you might not have many birds. The following 10 foods are extremely popular with backyard birds all across North America. 10. Black-oil sunflower seed This seed is the hamburger of the bird world. Almost any bird that will visit a bird feeder will eat black-oil sunflower. Birds that can't crack the seeds themselves will scour the ground under the feeders, picking up bits and pieces. Bird feeding in North America took a major leap forward when black-oil sunflower became widely available in the early 1980s. Why do birds prefer it? The outer shell of a black-oil sunflower seed is thinner and easier to crack. The kernel inside the shell is larger than the kernel inside a white-or gray-striped sunflower seed, so birds get more food per seed from black-oil. This last fact also makes black-oil a better value for you, the seed buyer. Striped sunflower is still fine (evening grosbeaks may even prefer it slightly), but black-oil is better. 9. Peanuts Peanuts-de-shelled, dry-roasted, and unsalted-are bird-feeding's hot new trend, at least in North America. In Europe, feeding peanuts has been popular for a long time. Peanut manufacturers and processors have now identified the bird-feeding market as a good place to get rid of the peanuts that are broken or otherwise unfit for human consumption. Ask your feed/seed retailer about peanut bits or rejects. Several major feeder manufacturers now produce sturdy, efficient tube-shaped peanut feeders. Woodpeckers, jays, nuthatches, chickadees, and titmice will readily visit a feeder for this high-protein, high-energy food. Even cardinals and finches will eat peanuts. 8. Suet Most humans don't want a lot of fat in their diet, but for birds in winter, fat is an excellent source of energy. Ask at your grocery store butcher counter if you don't see packages of suet on display. No suet feeder? No problem-just use an old mesh onion bag. If you want to get fancy with your suet, you can render it. That is, melt it down to liquid, remove the unmeltable bits, and then allow it to harden; this is best accomplished in a microwave oven. Rendered suet lasts longer in hot weather, and while it's melted, you can add other ingredients to it (see "bird treats," #1, below). 7. Good mixed seed Is there such a thing as BAD mixed seed? You bet! Bad mixed seed has lots of filler in it-junk seeds that most birds won't eat. Bad mixed seed can include dyed seed meant for pet birds, wheat, and some forms of red milo that only birds in the Desert Southwest seem to eat. Good mixed seed has a large amount of sunflower seed, cracked corn, white proso millet, and perhaps some peanut hearts. The really cheap bags of mixed seed sold at grocery stores can contain the least useful seeds. Smart feeder operators buy mixed seed from a specialty bird store or a hardware/feed store operation. You can even buy the ingredients separately and create your own specialty mix. 6. Niger/thistle seed Though it can be expensive, Niger, or thistle, seed is eagerly consumed by all the small finches-goldfinches, house, purple, and Cassin's finches, pine siskins, and redpolls. You need to feed thistle in a thistle feeder of some kind-the two most commonly used types of thistle feeder are a tube feeder with small thistle-seed-sized holes, and a thistle sock. A thistle sock is a sock-shaped, fine-mesh synthetic bag that is filled with thistle seed. Small finches can cling to this bag and pull seeds out through the bag's mesh. Two potential problems with thistle: it can go rancid or moldy quickly in wet weather and uneaten seeds can germinate in your yard, creating a patch of thistle (Guizotia abyssinica) plants that you may not want. Fortunately, this problem does not seem to be widespread. All thistle seed is imported to North America, and it is all supposed to be sterilized prior to entry into this country. 5. Safflower This white, thin-shelled, conical seed is eaten by many birds and has the reputation for being the favorite food of the northern cardinal. Some feeder operators claim that safflower seed is not as readily eaten by squirrels and blackbirds (caveat: your results may vary). Feed safflower in any feeder that can accommodate sunflower seed. Avoid feeding safflower on the ground in wet weather; it can quickly become soggy and inedible. You can buy safflower in bulk at seed and feed stores. 4. Cracked corn Sparrows, blackbirds, jays, doves, quail, and squirrels are just a few of the creatures you can expect at your feeders if you feed cracked corn. Depending on where you live you may also get turkeys, deer, elk, moose, and caribou. Fed in moderation, cracked corn will attract almost any feeder species. Some feeder operators only use this food to lure the squirrels away from the bird feeders. Squirrels love corn-cracked or otherwise-best of all. Whole corn that is still on the cob is not a good bird food because the kernels are too big and hard for most small birds to digest. Cracked corn is broken up into smaller, more manageable bits. 3. Mealworms We fed mealworms to a pair of nesting bluebirds all this past summer. They rewarded us with four healthy broods of young bluebirds. Eighteen fledglings in one summer should land our bluebirds in the Guinness Book of World Records. Most feeder birds, except goldfinches, will eat mealworms if you offer them. Mealworms are available in bait stores, or by mail order. Don't worry, they aren't slimy and gross. In fact, they aren't even worms; they are larval stage of a beetle (Tenebrio molitor), if that makes you feel better. We keep 1,000 mealworms in a tub of old-fashioned rolled oats and feed them to the birds in a shallow ceramic dish. The dish has slippery sides so the worms can't crawl out. 2. Fruit Humans are supposed to eat at least three servings of fruit every day. Fruit is also an important dietary element for birds, but it can be hard to find in many areas in midwinter. Set out grapes, slices of citrus fruits, apple or banana slices, and even melon rinds, and watch your birds chow down. If you want to feed raisins, chop them up and soak them in warm water first to soften them up a bit. Offering fruit to tanagers and orioles is a traditional spring and summer feeding strategy, but many winter feeder birds will eat fruit, too. 1. Homemade bird treats Make you won homemade bird treats. Smear peanut butter on a tree trunk, and poke some peanut bits into it. Melt suet in your microwave, and pour it into an ice-cube tray to harden. Before it solidifies, add peanut bits, raisins, apple bits, or other bird foods. Put the tray in your freezer to harden. Once it does, you've got cubed bird treats. Easy to make and easy to use! Combine shortening, peanut butter, oatmeal, dry cereal, peanut bits, and bird seed. Shape into balls or square-shaped pieces for your suet feeder. Store extras in your freezer. Visit Project FeederWatch for more bird watching facts. Project FeederWatch
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