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Eight Time-Saving
Cooking Tips
by Rachel Paxton |
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1. Plan meals at least a week in
advance to incorporate the use of leftovers. For example, have
baked chicken, mashed potatoes, and gravy for dinner Sunday,
and then use the leftover gravy as the base of beef stroganoff
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2. If you know you're not going
to have time to cook one evening, prepare two dinners the night
before and just reheat one the next night.
3. When preparing a meal using grated cheese, chopped onions,
etc., prepare more than the recipe calls for and refrigerate
the rest for another meal.
4. Clean your kitchen workspace as you go. When you're done there
will be little left to clean.
5. On grocery shopping day, have your children help individually
wrap their cookies, snacks, etc., for their lunches. Makes lunch
preparation for the rest of the week a breeze and snacks don't
disappear before lunches are made.
6. Don't hide your cookbooks
away. Organize them where you can get to them easily, and you
will use them a lot more. |
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7. Keep a notepad on the front
of the refrigerator for your shopping list. When you run out
of something write it on the list right away. Encourage family
members to do the same.
8. Prepare favorite beverages like lemonade, tea, or Kool Aid
in gallon-sized pitchers, and you won't have to make them as
often. |
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Author: |
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Rachel Paxton is a freelance writer
and mom who is the author of What's for Dinner?, an e-cookbook
containing more than 250 quick easy dinner ideas. For more recipes,
gardening, organizing tips, home decorating, holiday hints, and
more, visit Creative Homemaking at http://www.creativehomemaking.com. |
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Article Posted: 2002 |
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