Watkins Newsletter – Around the Kitchen Table – July 2010 Issue

Welcome to another issue of Around the Kitchen Table!

This month we celebrate the 4th of July, the Independence Day of the United States of America. This is the day to show pride in your city, state, and country.

Recipes this issue include Baked Beans, Cucumber and Sweet-Onion Salad, Sausage Shrimp Kabobs, Cherry Chocolate Cake, Blueberry Banana Bread, and Simply Sweet Cinnamon Strawberry Shortcake.

Enter July’s Giveaway! Win a tube of Natural Beeswax Lip Balm with Peppermint Oil, a tube of Vanilla Lip Balm with Natural Beeswax, and a 2.7 fl oz bottle of Great Outdoors Insect Repellent Lotion. All products are small enough to carry in your purse, pocket, or backpack. Summer has arrived and with the warmer weather comes outdoor fun! The winner will be chosen at random from July orders.

Carolyn from Minnesota is June’s Giveaway winner of an All-Natural Watkins Peppercorn Grinder.

If you are considering a home based business please take a look at Watkins. I will give you a $30 gift certificate to buy products for yourself. Just join with me as your sponsor, Eleisia Whitney ID# 335001. Sign up at my business information web site http://www.vanillasage.com, at http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney under Join Us – As an Associate, or by calling Watkins at 1-800-928-5467. Give my name and ID# as your sponsor.

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Simply Sweet Cinnamon Strawberry Shortcake
2 cups/450 mL all-purpose flour
1/4 cup/60 mL sugar
1 tbsp/15 mL Watkins Baking Powder
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL baking soda
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Purest Ground Cinnamon
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL Watkins Orange Peel
1/2 tsp/2.5 mL salt
1/4 cup/60 mL butter
1/4 tsp/1.2 mL Watkins Original Double-Strength Vanilla
1 1/4–1 1/2 cups/310–375 mL heavy cream
1/4 cup/60 mL walnuts, chopped

Preheat oven to 400F/200C. Mix together flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, orange peel, salt and butter. Stir in vanilla, cream and walnuts. Drop on baking sheet using a 1/4 cup/60 mL measuring cup. Brush with butter and sprinkle with sugar and cinnamon, if desired. Bake for 15 to 20 minutes or until brown. Cool shortcakes and cover with strawberries and whipped cream.

Sweetened Strawberries
4–6 cups/1 to 1.5 quarts strawberries
1/4 cup/60 mL sugar

Hull and quarter strawberries, toss in a medium bowl with sugar, let stand at least 20 minutes. Makes 12 biscuits.

Until next month,

Eleisia
Independent Watkins Manager
http://www.watkinsonline.com/eleisiawhitney

• Blueberry Blintzes
• Irish Cream Glazed Bundt Cake
• Noodles Romanoff
• Cherry Walnut Scones
• Broccoli and Chicken Noodle Soup