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AROUND THE KITCHEN TABLE
Welcome to this issue.
The Spice For This Issue
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Welcome to another issue of Around the Kitchen Table! St. Patrick's Day is Saturday, March 17. Spring begins March 21. Send in your recipe using Watkins products. You could win a KitchenAid Mixer or a Watkins gift certificate. Details in this issue. Read the Health Tip about Trans Fats and how they can affect your health. Recipes this issue include Shamrock Mint Cupcakes, Mini Ice Cream Sandwiches, Cookie Pops, Roast Chicken, Herb-Grilled Cornish Game Hens, Creamy Lemon-Asparagus Risotto, Tortellini Chicken with Garden Vegetables. Don't forget to enter this month's contest to win a bottle of Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix. If you are interested in starting your own Watkins Home Business get all the details at: Watkins Business Details Join for the discount, for part time income, or a full time career! Build your own home business so you can stay home with your family, save for your children's college fund, 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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A woman in our diet club was lamenting that she had gained weight. She'd made her family's favorite cake over the weekend, she reported, and they'd eaten half of it for dinner. The next day, she said, she kept staring at the other half, until finally she cut a thin slice for herself. One slice led to another, and soon the whole cake was gone. The woman went on to tell us how upset she was with her lack of willpower, and she knew her husband would be disappointed. Everyone commiserated, until someone asked what her husband said when he found out. She smiled. "He never found out. I made another cake and ate half!"
ENTER MARCH CONTEST Thanks for reading my newsletter and entering each month. Please don't quit; you might be next month's winner!
The March newsletter contest requires you to use your creativity. Get those creative juices flowing. Your job is to develop a new product that would compliment the current gourmet ingredient and natural remedy product line. It can be a product already in existence but not in Watkins current catalog. Name and describe your new product. Email your answer, name and address to: eleisiawhitney@watkinsonline.com with "March Contest - New Product" in the subject line. Make your life the best it can be. Eat nutritious foods, exercise, love, and laugh!
Roasting Chicken Wash and sanitize your hands, cutting boards, sink, all work areas and equipment with hot, soapy water before and after handling raw chicken. Many people overcook chicken. As a general rule, cook whole chickens for about 20 minutes per pound at 350 degrees F. When feeding a big crowd, cook two chickens instead of one. That way you get moist chicken breasts and an extra set of drumsticks! You don't have to double the cooking time; just increase it by 5 to 10 minutes per lb.
Did You Know? - Corned Beef You may wonder where the term “corned beef” came from. Corning is a form of curing. In the days before refrigeration, meat was dry-cured in coarse “corns” of salt. Chunks of salt, akin to the shape and size of corn kernels, were rubbed into the beef to keep it from spoiling and to preserve it. These days instead of dry salt, salt water is used to “corn” beef. This process is called brining. We can consider the name “corned beef” still relevant because of the spices that are added to it, one of the most prevalent being peppercorns. For tender corned beef place roast and spices in a covered pot of water and bring to a boil. Watch carefully so that pot does not boil over. Reduce heat and simmer for two or more hours until meat is fork tender. Remove from pot, cut off fat, and slice across grain. For a corned beef and cabbage dinner serve with cabbage wedges, carrots, and potatoes. I prefer not to cook the vegetables in the pot with the spices as they overwhelm the taste of the vegetables. Add the cabbage wedges when the carrots and potatoes are almost cooked as the cabbage takes less time to cook.
Trans Fat Facts Q: What are trans fats? A: Their proper name is trans fatty acids. They're the fats created when liquid oils are made into solid fats like shortening and hard margarine. The process of adding hydrogen to vegetable oils to harden them is known as hydrogenation, which increases the shelf life and flavor stability of foods. Small amounts of trans fats are found naturally, primarily in some animal-based foods. Q: What foods have trans fats? A: Trans fats can be found in vegetable shortenings, some margarines, crackers, cookies, snack foods and other foods made with or fried in partially hydrogenated oils. Q: Why are trans fats bad? A: Trans fats pack a double whammy. They raise low-density lipoprotein, (LDL) or "bad cholesterol'' and also lower high-density lipoprotein (HDL) or "good cholesterol,'' increasing the risk of coronary heart disease, which can lead to heart attacks and strokes. Q: What's the difference between trans fats, saturated fats and cholesterol? A: All three can raise bad cholesterol levels in the blood, but saturated fats and cholesterol don't decrease good cholesterol levels the way trans fats do. Saturated and trans fats can be found in some of the same foods, such as vegetable shortenings, some margarines (especially margarines that are harder), crackers, candies, cookies, snack foods, fried foods, baked goods and other processed foods made with partially hydrogenated vegetable oils. High amounts of saturated fat are found in animal products, such as beef and pork, chicken skin, butter, whole milk and cheese. Foods high in cholesterol include liver and other organ meats, egg yolks and dairy fats like cheese. Q: What about food labels? A: As of 2006, all packaged foods must show how much trans fat they contain, as well as saturated fat and cholesterol. To make the healthiest food selections, choose items with the lowest combined amount of saturated fat and trans fat and the lowest amount of cholesterol. Source: The U.S. Food and Drug Administration Web site.
Answers to the Food Trivia Quiz.
1) Where does cream of tartar come from?
2) Which of the following fruits are grown on every continent except Antarctica? (choose all answers that apply)
3) This item was so expensive up until the 1500s that it was used in small amounts in medicines, but not in food.
4) What are the 3 major fruits native to North America?
'Tis the luck o' the Irish you'll be gettin' when you top cake-mix cupcakes with a simple shamrock design.
1 box (1 lb 2.25 oz) chocolate fudge cake mix with pudding
Not enough green for St. Patrick’s Day? Color the frosting with a little green food color. Use colored frosting without the gumdrops.
Mini sugar cookies Bake your favorite sugar cookie recipe or store bought refrigerated cookie dough. When cookies have cooled, spread slightly softened ice cream on bottom of cookie. Top with another cookie, roll edges in colored sugar or sprinkles and enjoy! Wrap individual cookie sandwiches in plastic wrap, waxed paper, or sandwich bags and place in freezer until ready to eat.
These cookies make a cute lollipop!
Sugar cookies made from you favorite recipe or from store bought refrigerated cookie dough Bake cookies as directed. When cookies have cooled, spread a generous amount of frosting on bottom of cookie; top with another cookie. Gently press cookies together. Insert a craft stick into the frosting between the cookies. Tie ribbon on stick.
Roasted Chicken
1 roasting chicken or two smaller whole chickens Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Wash and pat chicken dry with paper towels. Brush bottom of chicken with 1/4 cup of the dressing. Tuck wings under chicken; carefully place chicken, breast-side up, on rack in roasting pan. Brush or pour 1/2 cup of the dressing on outside surface of chicken. Sprinkle chicken with pepper. Mix onions and celery with dressing; spoon into chicken cavity. Bake 1-1/2 to 2-1/2 hours or until chicken is cooked through (180 degrees F). Let stand 10 minutes before serving. Meanwhile, remove and discard vegetables from chicken cavity. Remove drumsticks and slice breast and thighs. Serve on warm platter. Herb-Grilled Cornish Game Hens
4 Cornish Game Hens Wash hens. Cut in half lengthwise using shears or knife. Arrange hens on broiler pan (they can also be grilled). Squeeze lemon or lime juice over hens and season with remaining ingredients. Broil close to heat for 10-12 minutes. Turn over and broil 12-15 minutes more, or until juices run clear. Makes 8 servings, 1/2 hen each. You can also prepare hens according to recipe and roast in 350 degree F oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.
Creamy Lemon-Asparagus Risotto
2 Tbsp. olive oil Heat oil in large skillet on medium heat. Add onions; cook and stir 2 minutes or until tender. Stir in rice, asparagus and broth. Bring to boil. Reduce heat to low; simmer 5 minutes. Add cream cheese spread, lemon peel and juice; stir until well blended. Tortellini Chicken with Garden Vegetables
10 ounces dried cheese-filled tortellini (2-1/2 cups) or two 9-ounce packages refrigerated tortellini
Make-Ahead Tip: Prepare as directed but don't bake it. Instead, cover and chill up to 24 hours. Bake, covered, in a 350 degrees F oven about 55 minutes or until hot.
Rare Hummingbird Videos See videos sent by two FeederWatch participants hosting rare hummingbirds this year. Rufous Hummingbird sent by Gary Mueller of Rolla, Missouri. Selasphorus (Allen's or Rufous) Hummingbird sent by Deb Rosengrant of Lexington, South Carolina.
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The prize for March's newsletter contest is a bottle of Mandarin Orange Fruit Dip Mix. Mix with sour cream, yogurt, cream cheese, or whipped topping for a luscious fruit dip. Recipe for Mandarin Orange Tart in March 1st issue.
Shamrock Mint Cupcakes
