Favorite Cooking and Kitchen Tips From Our Blog Readers

September 30, 2007

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Earlier this week I posted a Chef’s Call, asking our blog readers for their favorite cooking and kitchen tips. My thanks to the following ladies for their helpful tips. If you each email your address to eleisiawhitney@watkinsonline.com I’ll send you a little gift of appreciation from Watkins.

Tip from Shirley

Hi, my tip is to save bacon grease to use at a later date. When it is cool enough, put a tsp. of it in a piece of plastic wrap (Handiwrap or Saran) and freeze it. Store the frozen packs in a zip lok bag and when you need it to flavor soup or something. It is ready.

Tips from Lilly

I always check my cupboards for the ingredients I need to make a recipe prior to making it.
Quick cleanup. I wash, dry and put away all the bowls, utensils, measuring devices immediately after using them. This way, I only have the dishes, silverware, glasses and pots left to wash after dinner.
I pick fresh parsley from our garden. I use the food processor to process it. I place some in each section of an ice cube tray adding just enough water to make it freeze into cubes. When the cubes are frozen I take them out of the tray and place them in a zip lock freezer bag to use in other recipes. Tastes just like fresh parsley!

Tip from Jennifer Lavender

Well, I don’t know how creative the idea actually is, but it makes me feel creative.
We plan our menu for two weeks at a time. Whenever we sit down to do a menu we do the grocery list at the same time, writing down everything we need and how much. Then we check our cupboards and check off anything that we already have enough of. When we’re done we have a list that only includes the stuff we need so we don’t have to find spots in our small kitchen to store extra stuff.

We also subscribe to a few different e-newsletters and have a collection of easy to cook from cookbooks. We try to include at least 1 new dish in every menu. It keeps things from getting boring at meal times.

Eleisia Whitney has a Watkins Home Business. She enjoys cooking and baking with Watkins extracts, spices, herbs, and sauces for healthy meals. Eleisia publishes a Watkins Newsletter, Around the Kitchen Table, that brings you recipes, cooking and health tips, and contests for free Watkins products.
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